In sustainability science, the tension between more descriptive–analytical and more process-
oriented approaches is receiving increasing attention. The latter entails a number of roles for …

Process-oriented transdisciplinary research is generally seen as a promising approach to
facilitate sustainability transitions. This type of research requires new participatory roles for …

This PhD thesis presents the outcome of exploratory research on how transition experiments
can be used as instruments to further sustainable development. A transition experiment is a …

In this chapter we present the transitions approach as an integrated perspective to
understand and possibly orient our society towards sustainable development. Since the …

Today's society is facing a broad array of societal challenges, such as an unstable economic
system, climate change and lasting poverty. There are no straightforward solutions, rather …

This paper reviews criticisms of sustainability transition studies, using transition
management (TM) as a case study. While these criticisms have yielded theoretical progress …

Scientific activities which are targeted to engage and enact on societal problems–and
governance of sustainability transition itself is one such activity–are necessarily prescriptive …

Among scholars in sustainability science, there is an increasing recognition of the potential
of place-based research in the context of transformative change towards sustainability. In …

Over the last decade, sustainability science has emerged as an interdisciplinary and
innovative field attempting to conduct problem-driven research that links knowledge to …

This paper discusses the role normative aspects play in different approaches of science–
practice collaboration, in particular as action research,(Mode 2) Transdisciplinarity (Td) …