This paper firstly assesses the usefulness of Christensen's disruptive innovation framework
for low-carbon system change, identifying three conceptual limitations with regard to the unit …

Highlights•Socio-technical transitions research is a distinctive approach within the
sustainability transformations debate.•Socio-technical transitions involve multi-dimensional …

In this perspective article, we critically explore 'disruption'in relation to sustainability
transitions in the energy sector. Recognising significant ambiguity associated with the term …

This book is intended for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the
dynamics and governance of low-carbon transitions. Drawing on the Multi-Level …

Improvements in energy efficiency and reductions in energy demand are expected to
contribute more than half of the reduction in global carbon emissions over the next few …

Because of the urgency of accelerating transitions, we examine the emerging understanding
of the concept of 'disruption'in the context of sustainability transition studies to critically …

While the role of agency is widely acknowledged in socio-technical transition research, there
remains a research gap on agency in transitions and a call for studies using an actor …

The multi-level perspective (MLP) has emerged as a fruitful middle-range framework for
analysing socio-technical transitions to sustainability. The MLP also received constructive …

This chapter is concerned with processes of change and transformation in socio-technical
regimes–patterns of artefacts, institutions, rules and norms assembled and maintained to …

Two streams of literature have become especially prominent in understanding social change
toward sustainability within the past decades: the research on socio-technical transitions …