Towards robust middle-range theories - a call to improve knowledge accumulation in transition studies

IF 5.7 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-05-11 DOI:10.1016/j.eist.2025.101001

Taneli Vaskelainen , Christina M. Bidmon , Matthijs B. Punt

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Abstract

In this perspective paper, we advocate strengthening knowledge accumulation within transition research and provide suggestions on how to achieve it. Over the past decade, many transition papers have proposed new frameworks, contributing to a growing theoretical diversity in the field, which has posed challenges for knowledge accumulation. We address this issue by mobilizing ideas from management studies, a field that has become (in)famous for its ‘obsession’ with theory. Building on three theory related goals used in the field of management, we explain how our field can foster knowledge accumulation through the creation of robust middle-range transition theories. We also consider what authors and reviewers can do to promote this aim.

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走向稳健的中程理论——呼吁提高转型研究的知识积累

本文主张在转型研究中加强知识积累，并就如何加强知识积累提出建议。在过去的十年中，许多过渡论文提出了新的框架，促进了该领域理论多样性的增长，这对知识积累提出了挑战。我们通过调动管理研究的思想来解决这个问题，管理研究领域因其对理论的“痴迷”而闻名。以管理领域中使用的三个理论相关目标为基础，我们解释了我们的领域如何通过创建稳健的中间过渡理论来促进知识积累。我们还考虑作者和审稿人可以做些什么来促进这一目标。

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

CiteScore

13.60

自引率

19.40%

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审稿时长

56 days

期刊介绍： Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions serves as a platform for reporting studies on innovations and socio-economic transitions aimed at fostering an environmentally sustainable economy, thereby addressing structural resource scarcity and environmental challenges, particularly those associated with fossil energy use and climate change. The journal focuses on various forms of innovation, including technological, organizational, economic, institutional, and political, as well as economy-wide and sectoral changes in areas such as energy, transport, agriculture, and water management. It endeavors to tackle complex questions concerning social, economic, behavioral-psychological, and political barriers and opportunities, along with their intricate interactions. With a multidisciplinary approach and methodological openness, the journal welcomes contributions from a wide array of disciplines within the social, environmental, and innovation sciences.