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 …

The concept of “pathways” has increasingly come to frame the challenge of transitioning to
low-carbon societies. It also shows promise as a bridging concept, encouraging constructive …

Energy-intensive processing industries (EPIs) produce iron and steel, aluminum, chemicals,
cement, glass, and paper and pulp and are responsible for a large share of global …

In this paper, we offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary review of 'failure'in transitions
research. What is meant by failure, and is the community biased against it? How is failure …

It is increasingly acknowledged that, in order to achieve sustainability, there is an urgent
need for radical and transformative restructuring of socio-technical systems that meet our …

The notion of 'transformations towards sustainability'takes an increasingly central position in
global sustainability research and policy discourse in recent years. Governance and politics …

Promoting low‐carbon innovation has long been a central preoccupation within both the
practice and theory of climate change mitigation. However, deep lock‐ins indicate that …

This paper presents an introduction to and overview of the papers in this Special Issue of
Technological Forecasting & Social Change on 'Transition Pathways' is presented. Each of …

As a major solution to climate change, the low-carbon transition of energy systems has
received growing attention in the past decade. This paper presents a bibliometric review of …

Background For a successful transition to a sustainable energy system, not only technical
but also social innovations are required. A major challenge to social innovation research is …