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

In recent decades, the confluence of different global and domestic drivers has led to
progressive and unpredictable changes in the functioning and structure of agri-food markets …

Well-designed and supported innovation niches may facilitate transitions towards
sustainable agricultural futures, which may follow different approaches and paradigms such …

The multi-level perspective (MLP) is a prominent transition framework. The MLP posits that
transitions come about through interaction processes within and among three analytical …

In response to criticisms about the status of causal explanation in socio-technical transitions
research, this article elaborates the epistemological underpinnings of this emerging …

Dominant food systems are configured from the productivist paradigm, which focuses on
producing large amounts of inexpensive and standardized foods. Although these food …

Farmers are at the centre of scientific and political debates about sustainability in European
agriculture, but rarely do we discuss the roles of other actors who shape their behaviour …

The energy sector plays a significant role in reaching the ambitious climate policy target of
limiting the global temperature increase to well below 2° C. To this end, technological …

While the negative environmental, social and health impacts of the current food system have
been acknowledged and evidenced for several decades, the recent and current …

The agro-food system needs a genuine sustainability transition to achieve sustainable food
and nutrition security in the face of climate change, population growth, ecosystem …