Narratives of biorefinery innovation for the bioeconomy – Conflict, consensus, or confusion?
Bauer, Fredric LU
(2018)
In Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
28.
p.96-107
- Abstract
- Transition narratives are stories promoting particular pathways for development, promoting specific actions, strategies, and interventions to enable certain outcomes in socio-technical transitions. Narratives centered around biorefineries take a significant role in the growing bioeconomy discourse, yet they express remarkably different visions for the transition. The paper uses Q methodology to identify and analyse transition narratives related to biorefinery innovation, their domains of conflict and consensus, and implications for alternative pathways of development. The analysis shows that the narratives are divided on three aspects: the significance of different kinds of products, the importance of generating new or applying current... (More)
- Transition narratives are stories promoting particular pathways for development, promoting specific actions, strategies, and interventions to enable certain outcomes in socio-technical transitions. Narratives centered around biorefineries take a significant role in the growing bioeconomy discourse, yet they express remarkably different visions for the transition. The paper uses Q methodology to identify and analyse transition narratives related to biorefinery innovation, their domains of conflict and consensus, and implications for alternative pathways of development. The analysis shows that the narratives are divided on three aspects: the significance of different kinds of products, the importance of generating new or applying current knowledge, and the need for a comprehensive agenda of state interventions to support a transition towards a bioeconomy. Pathways to very different bioeconomies are indeed open, but policy should remain attentive to the existing conflicts and not presume consensus among actors who claim to support innovation for a bioeconomy. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2ebfc15f-4700-4e29-b6a2-0079a80ca438
- author
- Bauer, Fredric
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018-09
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- bioeconomy, biorefineries, transition narratives, Q methodology
- in
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
- volume
- 28
- pages
- 96 - 107
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85041557140
- ISSN
- 2210-4224
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.eist.2018.01.005
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 2ebfc15f-4700-4e29-b6a2-0079a80ca438
- date added to LUP
- 2018-01-17 15:03:31
- date last changed
- 2024-01-14 13:09:08
@article{2ebfc15f-4700-4e29-b6a2-0079a80ca438,
abstract = {{Transition narratives are stories promoting particular pathways for development, promoting specific actions, strategies, and interventions to enable certain outcomes in socio-technical transitions. Narratives centered around biorefineries take a significant role in the growing bioeconomy discourse, yet they express remarkably different visions for the transition. The paper uses Q methodology to identify and analyse transition narratives related to biorefinery innovation, their domains of conflict and consensus, and implications for alternative pathways of development. The analysis shows that the narratives are divided on three aspects: the significance of different kinds of products, the importance of generating new or applying current knowledge, and the need for a comprehensive agenda of state interventions to support a transition towards a bioeconomy. Pathways to very different bioeconomies are indeed open, but policy should remain attentive to the existing conflicts and not presume consensus among actors who claim to support innovation for a bioeconomy.}},
author = {{Bauer, Fredric}},
issn = {{2210-4224}},
keywords = {{bioeconomy; biorefineries; transition narratives; Q methodology}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{96--107}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions}},
title = {{Narratives of biorefinery innovation for the bioeconomy – Conflict, consensus, or confusion?}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/53086557/Bauer_EIST_2018_postprint.pdf}},
doi = {{10.1016/j.eist.2018.01.005}},
volume = {{28}},
year = {{2018}},
}