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

Sustainability transitions is an emerging field of research that has produced both conceptual
understandings of the drivers of technological transitions, as well as more prescriptive and …

By invading Ukraine and weaponizing its gas supplies to Europe, Russia has made natural
gas what renewable energy used to be: unreliable and expensive. In this perspective, we …

This paper presents an analytical framework for assessing the emergence of a new policy
paradigm labelled “transformative innovation policy”, which can be seen as layered upon …

Economic development, technological innovation, and policy change are especially
prominent factors shaping energy transitions. Therefore explaining energy transitions …

Transitioning away from our current global energy system is of paramount importance. The
speed at which a transition can take place—its timing, or temporal dynamics—is a critical …

This paper aims to make two contributions to the sustainability transitions literature, in
particular the Geels and Schot (2007. Res. Policy 36 (3), 399) transition pathways typology …

Digital innovation is increasingly mentioned as a potential key contributor to sustainability
transitions. However, there has been little theoretical discussion of this topic. In this …

This paper offers a new, interdisciplinary framework for the analysis of governing for
sustainable energy system change by drawing together insights from, and offering critiques …

Improving the understanding of the politics of sustainable energy transitions has become a
major focus for research. This paper builds on recent interest in institutionalist approaches to …