Examining interactions within socio-technical systems forms a staple of the literature on
sustainability transitions (eg, interactions among low-carbon challengers and carbon …

To break away from techno-institutional lock-in in climate change and in other sustainability
problems, many have focused on innovation in technological 'niches'. The destabilisation of …

Sustainability transitions literature is a rapidly growing and influential field of research. It
argues for a radical change of systems providing human needs. Being triggered by the …

Grand sustainability challenges such as climate change, degradation of ecosystems, waste
production and disposal, lack of clean water, poverty, or inequality pose extraordinary …

A shift in international climate policy discourse toward a new shared narrative on the need
for a 'transition'to a low-carbon society and green economy is outlined and assessed in …

The mounting challenge of climate change requires large-scale transitions in energy,
mobility and agro-food systems underpinning industrial societies. An influential framework …

Sustainability policy in the early 2000s is based on and therefore influenced by scientific
literature on 'transition'. The importance of this link has inspired the authors to explore the …

As sustainability challenges and the transformative changes they necessitate stretch well
beyond the boundaries of individual socio-technical systems, there is a pressing need to …

In explaining how socio-technical transitions occur, prevailing theories focus on bottom-up
processes driven by new entrants, diverse actors and open-ended exploration in small …

The article describes the field of sustainability transitions research, which emerged in the
past two decades in the context of a growing scientific and public interest in large-scale …