Sustainability transitions in consumption-production systems
The need for faster and deeper transitions toward more sustainable development pathways
is now widely recognized. How to meet that need has been at the center of a growing body …
is now widely recognized. How to meet that need has been at the center of a growing body …
[HTML][HTML] Multi-system dynamics and the speed of net-zero transitions: Identifying causal processes related to technologies, actors, and institutions
AD Andersen, FW Geels - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Reaching net-zero GHG emission targets will require transitions in all socio-technical
systems, including electricity, mobility, heating, and agri-food. While most research focuses …
systems, including electricity, mobility, heating, and agri-food. While most research focuses …
[HTML][HTML] Causality and explanation in socio-technical transitions research: Mobilising epistemological insights from the wider social sciences
FW Geels - Research policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In response to criticisms about the status of causal explanation in socio-technical transitions
research, this article elaborates the epistemological underpinnings of this emerging …
research, this article elaborates the epistemological underpinnings of this emerging …
[HTML][HTML] A socio-technical transition perspective on positive tipping points in climate change mitigation: Analysing seven interacting feedback loops in offshore wind …
This paper engages with climate mitigation debates on positive tipping points, which attract
increasing attention but remain divided between technological and social tipping point …
increasing attention but remain divided between technological and social tipping point …
[HTML][HTML] A multi-level perspective of potential transition pathways towards cultured meat: Finnish and German political stakeholder perceptions
J Moritz, M McPartlin, HL Tuomisto, T Ryynänen - Research Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellular agriculture and its products, such as cultured meat, are suggested to have the
potential to advance the sustainability of current food systems. Instead of engaging in current …
potential to advance the sustainability of current food systems. Instead of engaging in current …
[HTML][HTML] The socio-technical dynamics of net-zero industrial megaprojects: Outside-in and inside-out analyses of the Humber industrial cluster
FW Geels, BK Sovacool, M Iskandarova - Energy Research & Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although energy-intensive industries are often seen as 'hard-to-decarbonise', net-zero
megaprojects for industrial clusters promise to improve the technical and economic …
megaprojects for industrial clusters promise to improve the technical and economic …
[HTML][HTML] Architectural change in accelerating transitions: actor preferences, system architectures, and flexibility technologies in the German energy transition
Despite growing research attention to accelerating transitions, the process of acceleration is
not yet fully understood. It, for example, remains unclear whether or not acceleration …
not yet fully understood. It, for example, remains unclear whether or not acceleration …
The historical dismantling of tramways as a case of destabilisation and phase-out of established system
B Turnheim - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Addressing sustainability challenges requires fundamental transformations in electricity,
heat, mobility, and agri-food systems. To do so, research and policy efforts tend to …
heat, mobility, and agri-food systems. To do so, research and policy efforts tend to …
[HTML][HTML] Low-carbon reorientation in a declining industry? A longitudinal analysis of coevolving contexts and company strategies in the UK steel industry (1988–2022)
FW Geels, J Gregory - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
To assess the speed and directionality of low-carbon transition processes in the UK steel
industry, this article makes a longitudinal analysis of changing external pressures and …
industry, this article makes a longitudinal analysis of changing external pressures and …
The unfolding low-carbon transition in the UK electricity system
PJG Pearson, J Watson - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The paper explores three periods in the UK electricity consumption–production system since
World War II. The first two involved the development of an increasingly centralized …
World War II. The first two involved the development of an increasingly centralized …