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

Köhler, Jonathan ; Geels, Frank W. ; Kern, Florian ; Markard, Jochen ; Onsongo, Elsie ; Wieczorek, Anna ; Alkemade, Floortje ; Avelino, Flor ; Bergek, Anna and Boons, Frank , et al. (2019) In Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 31. p.1-32
Abstract

Research on sustainability transitions has expanded rapidly in the last ten years, diversified 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... (More)

Research on sustainability transitions has expanded rapidly in the last ten years, diversified 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.

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Research agenda, Socio-technical systems, Sustainability, Transformation, Transitions
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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
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31
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32 pages
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Elsevier
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2210-4224
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10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.004
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English
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Funding Information: We wish to thank Professor James Meadowcroft for reviewing the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier B.V. Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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  author       = {{Köhler, Jonathan and Geels, Frank W. and Kern, Florian and Markard, Jochen and Onsongo, Elsie and Wieczorek, Anna and Alkemade, Floortje and Avelino, Flor and Bergek, Anna and Boons, Frank and Fünfschilling, Lea and Hess, David and Holtz, Georg and Hyysalo, Sampsa and Jenkins, Kirsten and Kivimaa, Paula and Martiskainen, Mari and McMeekin, Andrew and Mühlemeier, Marie Susan and Nykvist, Bjorn and Pel, Bonno and Raven, Rob and Rohracher, Harald and Sandén, Björn and Schot, Johan and Sovacool, Benjamin and Turnheim, Bruno and Welch, Dan and Wells, Peter}},
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  keywords     = {{Research agenda; Socio-technical systems; Sustainability; Transformation; Transitions}},
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  pages        = {{1--32}},
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  series       = {{Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions}},
  title        = {{An agenda for sustainability transitions research : State of the art and future directions}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.004}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.004}},
  volume       = {{31}},
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