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1. Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

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Organisations and Sustainability, Leerstoel Engelhard, Experimental psychopathology, Innovation Studies, Clinical Psychology (overkoepelend voor heel KP), Vlasceanu, Madalina, Doell, Kimberly C., Bak-Coleman, Joseph B., Todorova, Boryana, Berkebile-Weinberg, Michael M., Grayson, Samantha J., Patel, Yash, Goldwert, Danielle, Pei, Yifei, Chakroff, Alek, Pronizius, Ekaterina, van den Broek, Karlijn L., Vlasceanu, Denisa, Constantino, Sara, Morais, Michael J., Schumann, Philipp, Rathje, Steve, Fang, Ke, Aglioti, Salvatore Maria, Alfano, Mark, Alvarado-Yepez, Andy J., Andersen, Angélica, Anseel, Frederik, Apps, Matthew A. J., Asadli, Chillar, Awuor, Fonda Jane, Azevedo, Flavio, Basaglia, Piero, Bélanger, Jocelyn J., Berger, Sebastian, Bertin, Paul, Białek, Michał, Bialobrzeska, Olga, Blaya-Burgo, Michelle, Bleize, Daniëlle N. M., Bø, Simen, Boecker, Lea, Boggio, Paulo S., Borau, Sylvie, Bos, Björn, Bouguettaya, Ayoub, Brauer, Markus, Brick, Cameron, Brik, Tymofii, Briker, Roman, Brosch, Tobias, Engelhard, Iris M., Farias, Ana Rita, van Schie, Kevin, van Stekelenburg, Aart, Organisations and Sustainability, Leerstoel Engelhard, Experimental psychopathology, Innovation Studies, Clinical Psychology (overkoepelend voor heel KP), Vlasceanu, Madalina, Doell, Kimberly C., Bak-Coleman, Joseph B., Todorova, Boryana, Berkebile-Weinberg, Michael M., Grayson, Samantha J., Patel, Yash, Goldwert, Danielle, Pei, Yifei, Chakroff, Alek, Pronizius, Ekaterina, van den Broek, Karlijn L., Vlasceanu, Denisa, Constantino, Sara, Morais, Michael J., Schumann, Philipp, Rathje, Steve, Fang, Ke, Aglioti, Salvatore Maria, Alfano, Mark, Alvarado-Yepez, Andy J., Andersen, Angélica, Anseel, Frederik, Apps, Matthew A. J., Asadli, Chillar, Awuor, Fonda Jane, Azevedo, Flavio, Basaglia, Piero, Bélanger, Jocelyn J., Berger, Sebastian, Bertin, Paul, Białek, Michał, Bialobrzeska, Olga, Blaya-Burgo, Michelle, Bleize, Daniëlle N. M., Bø, Simen, Boecker, Lea, Boggio, Paulo S., Borau, Sylvie, Bos, Björn, Bouguettaya, Ayoub, Brauer, Markus, Brick, Cameron, Brik, Tymofii, Briker, Roman, Brosch, Tobias, Engelhard, Iris M., Farias, Ana Rita, van Schie, Kevin, and van Stekelenburg, Aart

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2024

2. 9 Dimensions for evaluating how art and creative practice stimulate societal transformations

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Environmental Governance, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Vervoort, Joost M., Smeenk, Tara, Zamuruieva, Iryna, Reichelt, Lisa L., van Veldhoven, Mae, Rutting, Lucas, Light, Ann, Houston, Lara, Wolstenholme, Ruth, Dolejšová, Markéta, Jain, Anab, Ardern, Jon, Catlow, Ruth, Vaajakallio, Kirsikka, Falay von Flittner, Zeynep, Putrle-Srdić, Jana, Lohmann, Julia C., Moossdorff, Carien, Mattelmäki, Tuuli, Ampatzidou, Cristina, Choi, Jaz Hee-jeong, Botero, Andrea, Thompson, Kyle A., Torrens, Jonas, Lane, Richard, Mangnus, Astrid C., Environmental Governance, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Vervoort, Joost M., Smeenk, Tara, Zamuruieva, Iryna, Reichelt, Lisa L., van Veldhoven, Mae, Rutting, Lucas, Light, Ann, Houston, Lara, Wolstenholme, Ruth, Dolejšová, Markéta, Jain, Anab, Ardern, Jon, Catlow, Ruth, Vaajakallio, Kirsikka, Falay von Flittner, Zeynep, Putrle-Srdić, Jana, Lohmann, Julia C., Moossdorff, Carien, Mattelmäki, Tuuli, Ampatzidou, Cristina, Choi, Jaz Hee-jeong, Botero, Andrea, Thompson, Kyle A., Torrens, Jonas, Lane, Richard, and Mangnus, Astrid C.

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2024

6. On the resilience of innovation systems

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Innovation Studies, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, van der Loos, Adriaan, Frenken, Koen, Hekkert, Marko, Negro, Simona, Innovation Studies, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, van der Loos, Adriaan, Frenken, Koen, Hekkert, Marko, and Negro, Simona

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2024

7. Mapping mental models in sustainability transitions

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Organisations and Sustainability, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, van den Broek, Karlijn, Negro, Simona, Hekkert, Marko, Organisations and Sustainability, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, van den Broek, Karlijn, Negro, Simona, and Hekkert, Marko

Published
2024

10. The influence of visions on cooperation among interest organizations in fragmented socio-technical systems

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Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, Sustainable Energy, Innovation Studies, Energy and Resources, Wesche, J. P., Negro, S. O., Brugger, H. I., Eichhammer, W., Hekkert, M. P., Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, Sustainable Energy, Innovation Studies, Energy and Resources, Wesche, J. P., Negro, S. O., Brugger, H. I., Eichhammer, W., and Hekkert, M. P.

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2024

11. Navigating force conflicts: A case study on strategies of transformative research in the current academic system

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Kump, Barbara, Wittmayer, Julia, Bogner, Kristina, Beekman, Mayte, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, and Entrepreneurship, Technology, Management

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Academic system, 38 university transitions, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Strategy and Management, Engaged scholarship, UT-Hybrid-D, Building and Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Transformative research, university transitions, Environmental Science(all), Field theory, Research for sustainability, University transitions, General Environmental Science
Abstract

Against the backdrop of the increasing calls for scholars, universities and the broader academic system to become more societally relevant and contribute to tackling various sustainability challenges, researchers across all disciplines are themselves moving toward conducting more transformative research. Work to date has focused on challenges in these transitions, obstacles to transformative research, and researchers' resistance to ‘impact strategies’; however, little is known about how those who actually do transformative research ultimately overcome these challenges. Using Lewin's field theory as a theoretical basis, we collected qualitative data and carried out 32 in-depth interviews with ‘transformative’ scholars and policy and support staff at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) on the driving and conflicting forces related to transformative research, as well as strategies for dealing with them. An in-depth grounded analysis revealed transformative researchers' identity and goal conflicts and showed how they skillfully navigate those conflicts by choosing between two ideal-typical strategies, ‘transforming through research output’ and ‘transforming through research process’. The constellations of forces identified that actually influence researchers' choices on those strategies need to be taken into account in the designing of effective research policies for leveraging the potential of transformative research to tackle sustainability challenges.

Published
2023

12. Institutional work as a key ingredient of food innovation success: The case of plant-based proteins

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Bulah, Brit M., Negro, Simona O., Beumer, Koen, Hekkert, Marko P., Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation and Sustainability, and Innovation Studies

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Sustainability and the Environment, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Innovation systems, Transitions, Renewable Energy, Institutional work, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), Institutions, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Plant-based proteins
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In this paper, we use the theory of institutional work to understand how plant-based meat substitutes emerge and successfully diffuse in the context of a dominant meat regime in the United States (US). We observe that institutional factors such as norms, habits, values, and beliefs play a more vital role than previously identified. Therefore, we utilize institutional work theory combined with insights from technological innovation systems to create a holistic understanding of this transition. We study the American plant-based protein industry from 1978 to 2019. We conduct a qualitative event-history analysis based on 2345 events from the Nexis Uni database. We observe that by strategically deploying institutional work strategies aimed at creating, maintaining, and disrupting institutions and innovation system-building strategies, innovation system actors created a favorable environment in which meat alternatives can flourish.

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2023

13. Proposing a Cultural Evolutionary Perspective for Dedicated Innovation Systems: Bioeconomy Transitions and Beyond

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Schlaile, Michael, Kask, Johan, Brewer, Joe, Bogner, Kristina, Urmetzer, Sophie, De Witt, Annick, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, and Innovation Studies

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Value (ethics), Earth system science, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, Perspective (graphical), Sustainability, Environmental ethics, Sociology, Overshoot (population), Business and International Management, Evolutionary theory, Grand Challenges
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While the Earth system is in overshoot mode with an imminent threat to our social, ecological, and economic systems, cultural evolutionary theory may hold the key to more successfully addressing many of our sustainability challenges. With the aim of illuminating the potential of studying the evolution of a sustainable bioeconomy through a cultural evolutionary lens, this article outlines the contours of a novel research avenue in the form of five propositions. It contributes to current conversations in the literature at the intersection of sustainability transitions, dedicated or mission-oriented innovation systems, and the bioeconomy by raising awareness of the warranted value that a cultural evolutionary perspective has in tackling these grand challenges and addressing how this yet unclaimed potential could be materialized.JEL Codes: B59, E14, E71, H12, O13, O35, Q01, Q50, Z13

Published
2022

14. Plant-based protein products in the news: Mind the gap between innovation and public discourses

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Tziva, Maria, Kalfagianni, Agni, Negro, Simona, Hekkert, Marko, Environmental Governance, Organisations and Sustainability, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Innovation Studies, Environmental Governance, Organisations and Sustainability, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, and Innovation Studies

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Markets for plant-based protein products are experiencing unprecedented growth. However, the extent to which the wider diffusion of plant-based protein products is beneficial to human and planetary health is still a contested issue in public discourses. The study of media frames for plant-based protein products can serve as a basis for approaches of technology assessment, which aim to inform actors involved in innovation processes of important aspects of diffusion, including controversy and unexpected risks regarding societal reactions. In this paper, we conduct a frame analysis of three U.K. broadsheet newspapers (the Telegraph, the Guardian, and the Times) between 2010–2020 to explore how media frame plant-based protein products. The results show that overall media coverage for plant-based diets has adopted a positive stance. However, there is variation in how plant-based protein products and particularly meat and dairy substitutes are portrayed. The biggest stumbling block appears to be potentially adverse health implications associated with the consumption of meat and dairy substitutes. We therefore argue that the scope of strategic choices regarding product design should also focus on the development of products more analogous to whole plant-based foods. Moreover, we argue that the long-term resilience of the plant-based protein sector will require strategies that convincingly align with policy goals for food security and broader food system sustainability.

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2023

16. Assessing mission-specific innovation systems: Towards an analytical framework

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Innovation Studies, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, Elzinga, Remi, Janssen, Matthijs J., Wesseling, Joeri, Negro, Simona O., Hekkert, Marko P., Innovation Studies, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, Elzinga, Remi, Janssen, Matthijs J., Wesseling, Joeri, Negro, Simona O., and Hekkert, Marko P.

Published
2023

18. Reclaiming the city from an urban vitalism perspective: critically reflecting smart, inclusive, resilient and sustainable just city labels

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Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Nederhand, José, Avelino, Flor, Awad, Isabel, De Jong, Petra, Duijn, Michael, Edelenbos, Jurian, Engelbert, Jiska, Fransen, Jan, Schiller, Maria, Van Stapele, Naomi, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Nederhand, José, Avelino, Flor, Awad, Isabel, De Jong, Petra, Duijn, Michael, Edelenbos, Jurian, Engelbert, Jiska, Fransen, Jan, Schiller, Maria, and Van Stapele, Naomi

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2023

19. Making sense of power through transdisciplinary sustainability research: insights from a Transformative Power Lab

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Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, de Geus, Tessa, Avelino, Flor, Strumińska-Kutra, Marta, Pitzer, Magdalena, Wittmayer, Julia M., Hendrikx, Lara, Joshi, Vaishali, Schrandt, Naomi, Widdel, Linda, Fraaije, Maria, Iskandarova, Marfuga, Hielscher, Sabine, Rogge, Karoline, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, de Geus, Tessa, Avelino, Flor, Strumińska-Kutra, Marta, Pitzer, Magdalena, Wittmayer, Julia M., Hendrikx, Lara, Joshi, Vaishali, Schrandt, Naomi, Widdel, Linda, Fraaije, Maria, Iskandarova, Marfuga, Hielscher, Sabine, and Rogge, Karoline

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2023

20. Plant-based protein products in the news: Mind the gap between innovation and public discourses

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Environmental Governance, Organisations and Sustainability, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Innovation Studies, Tziva, Maria, Kalfagianni, Agni, Negro, Simona, Hekkert, Marko, Environmental Governance, Organisations and Sustainability, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Innovation Studies, Tziva, Maria, Kalfagianni, Agni, Negro, Simona, and Hekkert, Marko

Published
2023

21. Institutional work as a key ingredient of food innovation success: The case of plant-based proteins

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Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Bulah, Brit M., Negro, Simona O., Beumer, Koen, Hekkert, Marko P., Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Bulah, Brit M., Negro, Simona O., Beumer, Koen, and Hekkert, Marko P.

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2023

23. Content and complexity of stakeholders’ mental models of socio-ecological systems

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Organisations and Sustainability, FAH theoretische epidemiologie, Innovation Studies, van den Broek, K.L., Luomba, Joseph, van den Broek, Jan, Fischer, Helen, Organisations and Sustainability, FAH theoretische epidemiologie, Innovation Studies, van den Broek, K.L., Luomba, Joseph, van den Broek, Jan, and Fischer, Helen

Published
2023

25. Rebound effects of circular business models on the consumer level: a review

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Energy, Resources & Technological Change, Biobased Economy, Organisations and Sustainability, Niimäki, Kirsi, Cura, Kristi, Bączyk, Michał, Tunn, Vivian, Corona, Blanca, Worrell, Ernst, Energy, Resources & Technological Change, Biobased Economy, Organisations and Sustainability, Niimäki, Kirsi, Cura, Kristi, Bączyk, Michał, Tunn, Vivian, Corona, Blanca, and Worrell, Ernst

Published
2023

27. Power to, over and with: Exploring power dynamics in social innovations in energy transitions across Europe

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Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Avelino, Flor, Hielscher, Sabine, Strumińska-Kutra, Marta, de Geus, Tessa, Widdel, Linda, Wittmayer, Julia, Dańkowska, Alicja, Dembek, Agata, Fraaije, Maria, Heidary, Jasmin, Iskandarova, Marfuga, Rogge, Karoline, Stasik, Agata, Crudi, Franco, Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Avelino, Flor, Hielscher, Sabine, Strumińska-Kutra, Marta, de Geus, Tessa, Widdel, Linda, Wittmayer, Julia, Dańkowska, Alicja, Dembek, Agata, Fraaije, Maria, Heidary, Jasmin, Iskandarova, Marfuga, Rogge, Karoline, Stasik, Agata, and Crudi, Franco

Published
2023

28. Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance

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Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Sovacool, Benjamin K., Brugger, Heike, Brunzema, Iska, Dańkowska, Alicja, Wemyss, Devon, Vernay, Anne-Lorène, Betz, Regina, Avelino, Flor, de Geus, Tessa, Dembek, Agata, Duetschke, Elisabeth, Hielscher, Sabine, Iskandarova, Marfuga, Müller, Leticia, Musiolik, Jörg, Ranville, Adélie, Schleich, Joachim, Stasik, Agata, Strumińska-Kutra, Marta, Winzer, Christian, Wittmayer, Julia, Rogge, Karoline S., Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Sovacool, Benjamin K., Brugger, Heike, Brunzema, Iska, Dańkowska, Alicja, Wemyss, Devon, Vernay, Anne-Lorène, Betz, Regina, Avelino, Flor, de Geus, Tessa, Dembek, Agata, Duetschke, Elisabeth, Hielscher, Sabine, Iskandarova, Marfuga, Müller, Leticia, Musiolik, Jörg, Ranville, Adélie, Schleich, Joachim, Stasik, Agata, Strumińska-Kutra, Marta, Winzer, Christian, Wittmayer, Julia, and Rogge, Karoline S.

Published
2023

31. Mental models of the protein shift: Exploring consumers' perceptions of the transition

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Innovation Studies, Social, Health & Organisational Psychology, Stress and self-regulation, Leerstoel Ridder, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation and Sustainability, van den Boom, Lieke A T P, van den Broek, Karlijn L, Kroese, Floor M, Moors, Ellen H M, de Ridder, Denise, Innovation Studies, Social, Health & Organisational Psychology, Stress and self-regulation, Leerstoel Ridder, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation and Sustainability, van den Boom, Lieke A T P, van den Broek, Karlijn L, Kroese, Floor M, Moors, Ellen H M, and de Ridder, Denise

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2023

32. A leverage points perspective on Arctic Indigenous food systems research: A systematic review

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History of Science, Environmental Sciences, Organisations and Sustainability, Sub History and Philosophy of Science, Zimmermann, Silja, Dermody, Brian, Theunissen, Bert, Wassen, Martin, Divine, Lauren, Padula, Veronica, von Wehrden, Henrik, Dorresteijn, Ine, History of Science, Environmental Sciences, Organisations and Sustainability, Sub History and Philosophy of Science, Zimmermann, Silja, Dermody, Brian, Theunissen, Bert, Wassen, Martin, Divine, Lauren, Padula, Veronica, von Wehrden, Henrik, and Dorresteijn, Ine

Published
2023

34. Reclaiming the city from an urban vitalism perspective: critically reflecting smart, inclusive, resilient and sustainable just city labels

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Nederhand, José, Avelino, Flor, Awad, Isabel, De Jong, Petra, Duijn, Michael, Edelenbos, Jurian, Engelbert, Jiska, Fransen, Jan, Schiller, Maria, Van Stapele, Naomi, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Governance and Pluralism, Department of Media and Communication, Public Administration, Science Public Issues and Imaginaries, Academic staff unit, and Policy, Politics and Society

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Urban Studies, Process, Interdisciplinary, Sociology and Political Science, Citizens, Power, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Communities, Urban vitalism, Development
Abstract

This article analyses four of the most prominent city discourses and introduces the lens of urban vitalism as an overarching interdisciplinary concept of cities as places of transformation and change. We demonstrate the value of using urban vitalism as a lens to conceptualize and critically discuss different notions on smart, inclusive, resilient and sustainable just cities. Urban vitalism offers a process-based lens which enables us to understand cities as places of transformation and change, with people and other living beings at its core. The aim of the article is to explore how the lens of vitalism can help us understand and connect ongoing interdisciplinary academic debates about urban development and vice versa, and how these ongoing debates inform our understanding of urban vitalism.

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2023

35. A typology for unpacking the diversity of social innovation in energy transitions

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Wittmayer, Julia M., Hielscher, Sabine, Fraaije, Maria, Avelino, Flor, Rogge, Karoline, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Publica, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Public Administration, Organisations and Sustainability, and Innovation Studies

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Diversity, Sustainability and the Environment, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Social dimension, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Social innovation, Europe, Typology, energy transition, Energy transitions, Fuel Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, SDG 13 - Climate Action, Renewable Energy, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Abstract

Academic research and policy have focused on sustainable energy transitions for addressing the societal challenge of climate change for a long time, but the concept of ‘social innovation’ has only been recently taken up. This concept refers to different social phenomena relating to changes in socio-technical systems. Moving beyond narrow perspectives on social innovation, this article asks how we can capture the diversity of social innovation, taking the example of the energy sector. It proposes a comprehensive typology of social innovation that allows to capture the phenomenon in its empirical diversity, and to more systematically investigate processes of social innovation and their contributions to making socio-technical systems more sustainable. The typology is based on a conceptual understanding of social innovation in energy (SIE) as comprising changing social relations involving new ways of doing, thinking and/or organising energy. It is empirically grounded in mapping and analysing 500 SIE-initiatives across eight European countries. Such a conceptually-informed and empirically-grounded understanding of SIE sheds light on the ‘social’ as an object of innovation, the agency of a multitude of actors, and the different types of social relations and activities pursued by energy system actors. It also opens the possibility to publicly discuss the diverse social innovations and their interdependencies, (un)desirability, as well as transformative potentials in energy transitions.

Published
2022

36. Thinking, doing, organising: Prefiguring just and sustainable energy systems via collective prosumer ecosystems in Europe

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Wittmayer, Julia M., Campos, Inês, Avelino, Flor, Brown, Donal, Doračić, Borna, Fraaije, Maria, Gährs, Swantje, Hinsch, Arthur, Assalini, Silvia, Becker, Timon, Marín-González, Esther, Holstenkamp, Lars, Bedoić, Robert, Duić, Neven, Oxenaar, Sem, Pukšec, Tomislav, Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa, Innovation Studies, and Organisations and Sustainability

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prosumerism, collective prosumers, energy system transformation, Future research avenues, energy democracy, energy justice, Sustainability and the Environment, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 020209 energy, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 02 engineering and technology, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Fuel Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Management studies, Renewable Energy, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

This article positions collective renewable energy prosumerism as a social movement that engages in energy system transformation. Collective renewable energy prosumer initiatives engage in ‘prefigurative’ work through their discursive framings (ways of thinking), their activities (ways of doing) and their understanding and enactment of social relations (ways of organising). The core of this article is a comparative analysis of the prefigurative work of 13 collective prosumers from 7 European countries (Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom). The article discusses their contributions to energy system transformation, including renewable energy production, different mechanisms for involving citizens, local value creation, and the degree of desired and actual collaboration and networking within broader prosumer ecosystems. We then discuss these contributions against societal discourses and expectations towards prosumerism, such as energy democracy, energy justice, and environmental sustainability and decarbonisation. This reveals three tensions: 1) a focus on decarbonisation but not on broader environmental problems, 2) the involvement of certain people and not of others, and 3) the building of prosumer eco-systems while ignoring incumbency. Future research avenues are formulated to conclude the article.

Published
2022

41. Thinking, doing, organising: Prefiguring just and sustainable energy systems via collective prosumer ecosystems in Europe

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Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Wittmayer, Julia M., Campos, Inês, Avelino, Flor, Brown, Donal, Doračić, Borna, Fraaije, Maria, Gährs, Swantje, Hinsch, Arthur, Assalini, Silvia, Becker, Timon, Marín-González, Esther, Holstenkamp, Lars, Bedoić, Robert, Duić, Neven, Oxenaar, Sem, Pukšec, Tomislav, Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Wittmayer, Julia M., Campos, Inês, Avelino, Flor, Brown, Donal, Doračić, Borna, Fraaije, Maria, Gährs, Swantje, Hinsch, Arthur, Assalini, Silvia, Becker, Timon, Marín-González, Esther, Holstenkamp, Lars, Bedoić, Robert, Duić, Neven, Oxenaar, Sem, and Pukšec, Tomislav

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2022

43. An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

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Köhler, J., Geels, F.W., Kern, F., Markard, J., Onsongo, E., Wieczorek, A., Alkemade, F., Avelino, F., Bergek, A., Boons, F., Fünfschilling, L., Hess, D., Holtz, G., Hyysalo, S., Jenkins, K., Kivimaa, P., Martiskainen, M., McMeekin, A., Mühlemeier, M.S., Nykvist, B., Pel, B., Raven, R., Rohracher, H., Sandén, B., Schot, J., Sovacool, B., Turnheim, B., Welch, D., Wells, P., Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Section Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Global Comparative History, OGKG - Internationale en Politieke geschiedenis, Publica, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Section Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Global Comparative History, OGKG - Internationale en Politieke geschiedenis, Academic staff unit, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Public Administration, Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Technology, Innovation & Society, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Fraunhofer ISI ), Fraunhofer (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), University of Manchester [Manchester], Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Partenaires INRAE, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Institute of International and Social Studies, Tallin University, Eindhoven University of Technology [Eindhoven] (TU/e), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Chalmers University of Technology [Gothenburg, Sweden], Lund University [Lund], Vanderbilt University [Nashville], Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment and Energy, Aalto University, University of Brighton, University of Sussex, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Applied Environmental Research [Stockholm] (ITM), Stockholm University, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Monash University [Clayton], Linköping University (LIU), Alliance Manchester Business School (Alliance MBS), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences, Innovations, Sociétés (LISIS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM)-ESIEE Paris-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Cardiff University

Subjects
Civil society, literature review, MULTILEVEL PERSPECTIVE, future prospect, GRASS-ROOTS INNOVATIONS, research agenda, 0211 other engineering and technologies, Agency (philosophy), Research agenda, 02 engineering and technology, 010501 environmental sciences, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS, 01 natural sciences, [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, Transformation, DISTRIBUTED SOLAR-ENERGY, SOCIOTECHNICAL TRANSITIONS, Environnement et pollution, Politics, Sciences sociales, REGIME DESTABILIZATION, Socio-technical systems, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, 021108 energy, research work, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Social movement, Grand Challenges, RENEWABLE ENERGY, CLIMATE-CHANGE, Scope (project management), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Transition (fiction), transformation, QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS, Transitions, transition, socio-technical system, ta6132, technical efficiency, sustainability, Sustainability, Kinésithérapie réadaptation, Engineering ethics, TECHNOLOGICAL-INNOVATION SYSTEMS, SDG 7 – Betaalbare en schone energie, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Abstract

Research on sustainability transitions has expanded rapidly in the last ten years, diversi-fied in terms of topics and geographical applications, and deepened with respect to theories and methods. This article provides an extensive review and an updated research agenda for the field, classified into nine main themes: understanding transitions; power, agency and politics; governing transitions; civil society, culture and social movements; businesses and industries; transitions in practice and everyday life; geography of transitions; ethical aspects; and methodologies. The review shows that the scope of sustainability transitions research has broadened and connections to established disciplines have grown stronger. At the same time, we see that the grand challenges related to sustainability remain unsolved, calling for continued efforts and an acceleration of ongoing transitions. Transition studies can play a key role in this regard by creating new perspectives, approaches and understanding and helping to move society in the direction of sustainability., 0, NB multiple (>20) authors, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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2019

44. An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

Author

Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Section Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Global Comparative History, OGKG - Internationale en Politieke geschiedenis, Köhler, J., Geels, F.W., Kern, F., Markard, J., Onsongo, E., Wieczorek, A., Alkemade, F., Avelino, F., Bergek, A., Boons, F., Fünfschilling, L., Hess, D., Holtz, G., Hyysalo, S., Jenkins, K., Kivimaa, P., Martiskainen, M., McMeekin, A., Mühlemeier, M.S., Nykvist, B., Pel, B., Raven, R., Rohracher, H., Sandén, B., Schot, J., Sovacool, B., Turnheim, B., Welch, D., Wells, P., Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Section Innovation Studies, Organisations and Sustainability, Innovation Studies, Global Comparative History, OGKG - Internationale en Politieke geschiedenis, Köhler, J., Geels, F.W., Kern, F., Markard, J., Onsongo, E., Wieczorek, A., Alkemade, F., Avelino, F., Bergek, A., Boons, F., Fünfschilling, L., Hess, D., Holtz, G., Hyysalo, S., Jenkins, K., Kivimaa, P., Martiskainen, M., McMeekin, A., Mühlemeier, M.S., Nykvist, B., Pel, B., Raven, R., Rohracher, H., Sandén, B., Schot, J., Sovacool, B., Turnheim, B., Welch, D., and Wells, P.

Published
2019

45. Incumbent entry modes and entry timing in sustainable niches: The plant-based protein transition in the United States, Netherlands, and United Kingdom

Author

Bulah, Brit M., Tziva, Maria, Bidmon, Christina, Hekkert, Marko P., Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Organisations and Sustainability, and Innovation Studies

Subjects
Incumbent, Sustainable product innovation, Entry mode, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Plant-based protein, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), Entry timing, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Abstract

While literature on sustainability transitions has generally portrayed incumbent firms as reluctant to engage in sustainable niches and primarily employing strategies that aim to limit niche growth, practice offers many examples that contradict this. In this paper, we mobilize insights from organizational literature, and particularly the concept of entry modes and entry timing from the international business and strategy literature, to investigate incumbent firms’ engagement in sustainable niches through the introduction of new products, collaborative efforts with new entrants, the introduction of new brands, mergers & acquisitions, and investments. We focus on entry modes of incumbent firms, including food firms, meat processors, retailers, and food service firms, in meat substitute markets in the United States (US), the Netherlands (NL), and the United Kingdom (UK). We identify distinct entry mode patterns for the four firm types and that the entry modes of different types of incumbent firms vary in their timing and commitment towards the plant-based meat substitute niche. Contrary to the general consensus stemming from previous literature on incumbent engagement in transitions, our case shows that incumbents proactively engaged with niche products incentivized by economic opportunities stemming from changing consumption patterns, which preceded any regulatory action.

Published
2023

46. Assessing mission-specific innovation systems: Towards an analytical framework

Author

Elzinga, Remi, Janssen, Matthijs J., Wesseling, Joeri, Negro, Simona O., Hekkert, Marko P., Innovation Studies, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, and Organisations and Sustainability

Subjects
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Innovation systems, Transitions, Mission-oriented innovation policy, Challenge-based innovation policy, Transformative change, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), Mission-specific innovation systems, Societal challenges, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Abstract

In the currently emerging paradigm of challenge-led and transformative innovation policies, there is increasing attention for addressing urgent societal problems by formulating clear, timebound and ambitious mission goals. Completing such transformative mission's places new demands on innovation systems, as actors and activities need to align around prioritised problem and solution directions. Consequently, new perspectives that support the appraisal of innovation systems’ performance are required for determining what hampers change processes, and which policy responses are appropriate. Following an abductive research approach, this paper aims to develop an analytical framework for assessing mission-specific innovation systems (MIS). We examine three sectoral cases in the mission for a Circular Economy in the Netherlands and propose three analytical steps: 1) a problem-solution analysis, 2) a structural analysis recognising the importance of mission arenas, and 3) a functional analysis addressing directionality provision, coordination, and regime transformation. We conclude with discussing operationalisation and application of the framework.

Published
2023

47. A leverage points perspective on Arctic Indigenous food systems research: a systematic review

Author

Silja Zimmermann, Brian J. Dermody, Bert Theunissen, Martin J. Wassen, Lauren M. Divine, Veronica M. Padula, Henrik von Wehrden, Ine Dorresteijn, History of Science, Environmental Sciences, Organisations and Sustainability, and Sub History and Philosophy of Science

Subjects
Circumarctic, Global and Planetary Change, Health (social science), Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Geography, Planning and Development, Food sovereignty, Sustainability challenges, Food security, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Transformation, Health(social science), Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract

Arctic food systems are increasingly challenged by rapid climate change, loss of food security and subsequent weakening of food sovereignty, and destabilization of Indigenous practices. Despite growing scientific knowledge on Arctic food systems, Indigenous communities continue to struggle with a plethora of sustainability challenges. To develop a systemic understanding of these challenges, we performed a systematic review of 526 articles published between 1998 and 2021 on Arctic Indigenous food systems. We used the leverage points framework to structure our analysis to understand to what extent the existing Western scientific body of literature provides the necessary knowledge to understand the food system characteristics that give rise to the current sustainability challenges. We combined deductive qualitative and inductive quantitative approaches to identify gaps in the systemic understanding of Arctic Indigenous food systems. We characterized existing research across the four levels of systemic depth—parameters, feedbacks, design, intent—and identified promising directions for future research. Our analyses show that research on food systems is clustered within six main domains, we term environmental contaminants, diet and health, food security, food culture and economy, changing socio-ecological systems and marine and coast. Based on our analysis, we identify three directions for future research that we believe to be of particular importance to enable sustainability transformations of Arctic Indigenous food systems: (i) the decolonization of research practices, (ii) acknowledging the significance of systemic interdependencies across shallow and deep leverage points, and (iii) transdisciplinary action-oriented research collaborations directing transformative system interventions.

Published
2023

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