This paper examines a variety of theories bearing on 'socio-material incumbency'and
explores methodological implications. The aim is to develop a systematic general approach …

In this short discussion paper, we discuss recent attention towards the phase out of coal in
the UK and associated understandings derived from the field of sustainability transitions …

Abandonment of socio-technical systems occurs more often than one would expect.
Companies cancel the development, production or support/service of devices, technologies …

The fact that socio-technical regimes do not last forever, but decline, is receiving increasing
attention in research on the transition of socio-technical systems and innovation dynamics …

Research interest This paper aims at a better understanding of the governance of the
abandonment of socio-technical regimes through the example of the incandescent light bulb …

The UK Government has long been planning to build up to 16 GWe of new nuclear power–a
proportional level of support unparalleled in other liberalised energy markets. Despite many …

Innovation is about more than technological invention. It involves change of many kinds:
cultural, organisational and behavioural as well as technological. So, in a world crying out …

Although innovation is considered as creative destruction, policies oriented to the
withdrawal of socio-technical assemblages, have not been specifically studied so far. The …

This paper examines a variety of theories bearing on 'socio-material incumbency'and
explores methodological implications. The aim is to develop a systematic general approach …

This report is for a project commissioned by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and
Development Office and coordinated by Dr Nick Ritchie at the University of York. The project …