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Municipally owned companies and sustainability transitions: Examining municipal parking companies’ roles in governing urban mobility transitions 市政公司与可持续发展转型：考察市政停车公司在管理城市交通转型中的作用

IF 6.1 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101036

Göran Smith , Steven Sarasini

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Studying feelings in action: An analytical framework for empirical analyses of affect in sustainability transitions 研究行动中的情感：可持续转型中情感实证分析的分析框架

IF 6.1 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101031

Juliane Höhle, Katrien Van Poeck

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Workforce development in low-carbon energy transitions: The case of horizontal governance in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) 低碳能源转型中的劳动力发展：以德国石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因州的横向治理为例

IF 6.1 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101040

Tim Weishaupt

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Territorial transformation through circular bioeconomy transitions: Multiple case studies in the agri-food waste system on Reunion Island 通过循环生物经济转型的领土转型：留尼旺岛农业食品垃圾系统的多个案例研究

IF 6.1 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101038

Clement Jacquet , Tiago Teixeira Da Silva Siqueira

{"title":"Territorial transformation through circular bioeconomy transitions: Multiple case studies in the agri-food waste system on Reunion Island","authors":"Clement Jacquet , Tiago Teixeira Da Silva Siqueira","doi":"10.1016/j.eist.2025.101038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eist.2025.101038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Circular bioeconomy is attracting increasing attention from public authorities and private stakeholders as a way to drive sustainable transitions in agri-food waste systems. The study of this concept can be particularly relevant in island contexts, which are highly dependent on external resources due to the importation of goods and services. This article analyzes the transition through a circular bioeconomy within the agri-food waste system in Reunion Island. To this end, we adopt a comprehensive approach integrating the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and territorial transformation frameworks. Both stakeholder perceptions of the circular bioeconomy concept and the limitations of its operationalization were analyzed, together with the diversity of circular bioeconomy innovation initiatives that have emerged and the role of public stakeholders in fostering their development. A stakeholder mapping and 44 semi-structured interviews were conducted. Analysis of the ideal dimension revealed that the reference framework surrounding the concept of circular bioeconomy remains ambiguous, particularly its implementation in the <em>territoire</em>. Analysis of the material dimension identified 40 innovation initiatives, grouped in three main categories representing the main pathways of transition: (i) replacing imported materials by local or more renewable alternatives; (ii) increasing the consumption of local food; and (iii) enhancing circularity through the expansion of organic matter recycling. Analysis of the institutional dimension highlighted the role of public action in supporting the emergence of circular bioeconomy innovation initiatives. Finally, certain stakeholders occupy privileged positions in dominant regimes positioning them as key drivers of circular bioeconomy transition on Reunion Island.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54294,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101038"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144896391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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From commodity to commons: Understanding the transformative potential of mobility cooperatives for just sustainability transitions 从商品到公地：了解流动性合作社在可持续转型方面的变革潜力

IF 6.1 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101039

Emil Beemer, Gijs Diercks, Derk Loorbach

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Experimenting to remain the same: The politics of smart grid pilot projects in the Swedish energy transition 保持不变的实验：瑞典能源转型中智能电网试点项目的政治

IF 6.1 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101037

Fredrik Envall , Harald Rohracher

{"title":"Experimenting to remain the same: The politics of smart grid pilot projects in the Swedish energy transition","authors":"Fredrik Envall , Harald Rohracher","doi":"10.1016/j.eist.2025.101037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eist.2025.101037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Experiments such as pilot projects and testbeds are a core element in governing sustainability transitions and have become increasingly popular as an instrument of environmental governance more broadly. However, despite its merits in creating diversity and novel configurations which eventually may replace dominant regimes, experimentation does not take place in a 'politics-free space' but is always prone to capture by powerful actors and interests. Through case studies of Swedish smart grid experiments, we unpack these risks associated with the capture of the design and implementation of experiments by incumbent corporate and administrative actors. Our primary analytical lens is one of micropolitical action spaces opened up by experiments as a governance technique and part of a dominant neoliberal discourse, and the active use of these spaces through micropolitical strategies of incumbent actors in order to pursue their interests, maintain dominant power relations and shape energy transition pathways to their benefit. Four incumbent micropolitical strategies are discussed in the analysis: limiting circulation of knowledge from experiments; influencing who is included and excluded in configurations enacted; reframing the problem of low-carbon (cities); and active alignment with policy goals as a means of persuasion and legitimization of the experiment. Despite their purported aim of learning about new sustainable socio-material arrangements and empowering energy users, the smart grid experiments we investigate rather create a depoliticized context to enact a future of the energy system which perpetuates powerful interests and established actor constellations notwithstanding differences in their local enactment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54294,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101037"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144866636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Between the ‘Other’ and the ‘Same’: The alterity of the alternative economies in sustainability transitions 在“他者”和“相同者”之间：可持续性转型中替代经济的选择

IF 6.1 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101030

Amparo Merino , Katerina Nicolopoulou , Ashraf Salama

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Pathways towards successful urban community waste management: Insight from 26 experiments in China 成功的城市社区垃圾管理之路：来自中国26个实验的启示

IF 5.7 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101032

Shengnan Wang , Bernhard Truffer , Xuemei Bai

{"title":"Pathways towards successful urban community waste management: Insight from 26 experiments in China","authors":"Shengnan Wang , Bernhard Truffer , Xuemei Bai","doi":"10.1016/j.eist.2025.101032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eist.2025.101032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding factors influencing the outcomes of innovative community waste management experiments is crucial for improving urban waste management. Yet, there is limited evidence on what are the critical factors and how different combination, and interaction of these factors influence outcomes. This study analyses 26 community waste management experiments in Shenzhen, China, using a mixed-method approach. Through analyzing data obtained from interviews, surveys, and focus groups, we identify 19 key factors determining the success of these experiments. Through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), we identified three successful causal pathways: (1) committed participants supported by dedicated communities; (2) committed participants with local government backing; and (3) strong grassroots leadership supported by responsible local government. This indicates that an integration of social, organizational, and behavioral dimensions is crucial to tackle complex waste management challenges. The results also imply that policymakers and practitioners may chose alternative approaches to success, depending on their local situation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54294,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101032"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144680182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Academic Institutions as Innovation Intermediaries; Co-creating knowledge and building the Gujarat agroecology learning alliance (GALA) 学术机构作为创新中介共同创造知识并建立古吉拉特邦农业生态学习联盟（GALA）

IF 5.7 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101033

Shambu Prasad C , Deborah Dutta , Arnab Chakraborty

{"title":"Academic Institutions as Innovation Intermediaries; Co-creating knowledge and building the Gujarat agroecology learning alliance (GALA)","authors":"Shambu Prasad C , Deborah Dutta , Arnab Chakraborty","doi":"10.1016/j.eist.2025.101033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eist.2025.101033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The role of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as innovation intermediaries remains underexplored in sustainability transitions (ST) research, particularly in agri-food systems in the Global South. This paper examines how a HEI in India facilitated the building of a Learning Alliance in agroecology in Gujarat. The HEI acted as a boundary-spanning knowledge broker—mapping contested visions of sustainability, convening dissimilar actors, and enabling shared learning and co-production of agroecological knowledge. The paper highlights how such intermediation contributes to collective learning alliances and pluralising pathways to transition. It argues for expanding the repertoire of transition intermediaries to include engaged academic institutions, especially where formal systems marginalize grassroots actors. By fostering inclusive governance and mapping situated knowledge, HEIs and civil society can together create platforms for collective experimentation. The case demonstrates the potential for networked governance to leverage the latent capacities of communities for scaling sustainability transitions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54294,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions","volume":"57 ","pages":"Article 101033"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144680181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessing Lean Startup for sustainable business models: Application of the SAFE framework 评估可持续商业模式的精益创业：SAFE框架的应用

IF 5.7 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101029

Alberto Peralta , Andreas Pyka

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