Literature on co-production is booming. Yet, most literature is aspirational and
methodological in nature, focusing on why co-production is important for environmental …

While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers,
the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that …

Public engagement is understood as a prerequisite for sustainability transitions. Yet, it has
remained peripheral to the transitions research agenda and the efforts to engage citizens in …

We describe the institutionalisation of responsible innovation (RI) over the last decade at the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and universities funded by …

Highlights•A focus on sociotechnical imaginaries (STI) illuminates crucial governance issues
in transformations to sustainability.•The STI concept helps to uncover the dimensionality and …

Low-carbon transitions demand long-term systemic transformations and meaningful societal
engagement. Most approaches to engaging society with energy and climate change fail to …

Decades of social science scholarship have documented and explored the interconnected
nature of science, technology, and society. Multiple theoretical frameworks suggest the …

The field of science and technology studies (STS) has introduced and developed a
“sociotechnical” perspective that has been taken up by many disciplines and areas of …

Public concerns surrounding landscape conservation, noise pollution and impacts on bird
populations are commonly incorporated into the planning phase of wind energy projects …

Thick concepts, namely those concepts that describe and evaluate simultaneously, present
a challenge to science. Since science does not have a monopoly on value judgments, what …