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Sustainability transitions: Anemerging feld o research and its

prospects. (2012) Marard! ".! #a$en!#.! %ru&er! '.

resented by:Mirna arc*a

"ulio +u,uilema

-ctober 10th! 201.


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Content

1. /ntroduction

2. Sustainability

transitions: re$ieo the literature.

. otential lines o

uture researchand contributiono the papers inthe special issue.


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/ntroduction

hallenges:3n$iromental!social and

economicproblems.

4o to promoteand go$ern atransition toardsustainability5


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/ntroduction

-b6ecti$es

/dentiy the ma6or research felds andthe dynamics beteen them.

3nrich the agenda or uture research.

/ntroduce the special section papers.


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Socio7technical system andtransition

8etors o actors as ell as material artiacts and

noledge (eels! 2009 Marard! 20119 eber! 200).rocesses that lead to a undamental shit in socio7

technical systems (eels and Schot! 20109 ;emp! 1arteact

(?e$elopments)

#oad

inrastructure

#egulationsand policies

@uelinraestructu

ulture andsymbolicmeanings

@inancerules!

interestrates


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ong7term! multi7dimensional! and undamentaltransormation processes through hich establishedsocio7technical systems shit to more sustainablemodes o production and consumption.

Sustainability transitions


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onceptual Approaches (1)

Socio7technicalregime /mposes a logic

and direction or

incremental socio7technical change.

8iche

rotected spaces inhich inno$ationscan compete ithestablishedtechnologies.

Source: eels! 2002.


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onceptual Approaches (2)

Strategic NicheManagement

reation and support o

the niches.

3$olution: reation!groth! stabiliBe ordecline.

?ynamic ith stablished

regimes.

Multi-levelperspective

?ynamic at threedi&erent le$els and

e$olution.

Source: eels! 2002.


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onceptual Approaches ()

TransitionManagement

Sectors as compleC! andadapti$e systems ith

go$ernance process. Model practice7oriented

or inDuencing ongoingtransitions into moresustainable directions.

Action research andparticipation in regionaland national policypro6ects.

Special attention in cities.

Technological InnovationSystems 3mergence o

technologies andinstitutional andorganiBationalchanges.

/nno$ation systems.

/nstitutionalinrastructure is thedri$er o the change!ey processes andbarriers.

#ecent studies about

specifc technologies!


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Criteria:

QUANTITATIVE

A!"AC#

7 4o to defne the core o the feld5

4o to implemented theresearch5

7 hich elements to ocus on5

hich source to use5


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QUANTITATIVE

A!"AC#

-#3 @/3?E/t comprises all scientifcarticles that are concerned ith

the analysis o the institutional!organiBational! technical! socialand political aspects o ar Freaching changes in e$istingsocio-technical system Grelated to moresustainabilityGGmodes oproduction and consumptionG.

hich includes empiricalstu%iesG..H

7 Selection o elements and

sources7 hoice core articles

/mplementation

3lements

7eer7re$ieed "ournalArticles (publications)

Sources

Scopus database F range 7Social sciences 6ournals


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QUANTITATIVE

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ISelectedapers

;ey ords I%otalaper

s

-bser$ations

20 @our@rameors

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QUANTITATIVE

A!"AC#Core apers:

%itle Author (s) year and 6ournal Iitations

%he approach o

strategic nichemanagement

;emp! #.! Schot! ".! 4oogma!

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1. itations Articles

Num*er o+ citations ,line le+t scale. an% /ournal articles ,columns right scale. per year.


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2. "ournals in S%S

Most important /ournals in the 0el%.

Source: Marard et al. (2012)


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Analytical 1ocus o+ the articles in our sample,E$clusive categories.Source: Marard et al. (2012)


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1.7 %o 3laborate and speciy the conceptual rameors andmethodologyG..or understanding historical and ongoing transitions.

- here and ho to apply them! their limitations and assumptions.

2.7 'etter understanding o politics and policies o sustainability transitions.

- %o 'uild on the $ery early uptae o transitions7based policy concepts

.7 #elates to the understanding the agency o di&erent actor groups in

transitions process.- #ole o actor and groups on the transitions processes.

.7 eographical dimension o historical and emerging transitions processes.

7 /ncluding Spatial conteCt

t ib ti th i th i l


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ontribution o the papers in the specialissue

ontribution

SpatialconteCts

-ntologicalinroads to

account oractor

strategies

@latontologies

oranalyBingtransitions

Modellingtransitions

olitics andgo$ernance

o nicheprocesses

%ransitionpolicy

rationales


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-8NS/-8S

- ?espite to the recent high groth! sustainability transitionsresearch is still narro.

- #esearch ocus on energy mainly! less in ater! sanitation

-

3uropean bias! studies rom hina! /ndia! "apan are notrepresented.

- Sustainability transitions has high societalbecause o challenges e acing today! hoe$erit is highly compleC due to the number and$ariety o actor and actors. /n$ol$ed in theprocesses and it is 6ust in the beginning.


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