[HTML][HTML] Agency, directionality, location and the geographic situatedness of knowledge making: The politics of framing in innovation research on energy

S Unsworth, H Ahlborg, S Hellberg - Environmental Innovation and Societal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this conceptual review, we use the concept of “framing” to explore how scholars work with
innovation. Using a thematically and geographically diverse sample of 88 articles, we focus …

Beyond frontier technologies, expert knowledge and money: New parameters for innovation and energy systems change

A Mallett - Energy Research & Social Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Many people agree on the need for energy system change, and that innovation is a pivotal
component in attaining these changes. For this reason, a flurry of activity exists–by scholars …

An introduction: mapping the field (s) of sustainable innovation

F Boons, A McMeekin - Handbook of sustainable innovation, 2019 - elgaronline.com
This handbook seeks to take stock of, and provide further impetus to, developing academic
knowledge on how technological change affects levels of ecological and social impact of …

Imaginaries of innovation

H Van Lente - Handbook on alternative theories of innovation, 2021 - elgaronline.com
Innovations are intimately connected to ideas, values and images of what is better, healthier,
richer. Typically, novel technologies are accompanied with rosy images about their …

Does the focus of renewable energy policy impact the nature of innovation? Evidence from emerging economies

S Samant, P Thakur-Wernz, DE Hatfield - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Prior research has demonstrated the importance of government policy in fostering
innovation in sectors that face market failures, such as renewable energy. We examine the …

Mobilizing innovation for sustainability transitions: A comment on transformative innovation policy

J Fagerberg - Research Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The topics addressed in this paper concern the (much-needed) transition to sustainability
and what role (innovation) policy can play in speeding up such changes. In their Discussion …

Innovation studies and sustainability transitions: The allure of the multi-level perspective and its challenges

A Smith, JP Voß, J Grin - Research policy, 2010 - Elsevier
Sustainable development is prompting a re-assessment of innovation and technological
change. This review paper contributes three things towards this re-assessment activity. First …

[HTML][HTML] Power and empowerment of grassroots innovations for sustainability transitions: A review

G Raj, G Feola, M Hajer, H Runhaar - Environmental Innovation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The sustainability transitions scholarship is increasingly applying power and empowerment
frameworks to investigate the role of grassroots innovations in the politics of societal change; …

[PDF][PDF] Pushing the boundaries: Advocating space and place in innovation studies

N Hacking, M Eames - 2012 - researchgate.net
Abstract Heuristic models within Innovation Studies have been critiqued for lacking
theoretical clarity vis-à-vis sociospatial processes underpinning sustainability transitions …

The politics of innovation spaces for low-carbon energy: Introduction to the special issue

R Raven, F Kern, A Smith, S Jacobsson… - … Innovation and Societal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy systems around the globe face multiple, major pressures to transform into more
sustainable ones. Over the past decades numerous, potentially sustainable energy …