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Microgrids and the politics of sustainability transitions: A sociotechnical, multi-coalition perspective 微电网与可持续性转型政治：社会技术和多联盟视角

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100839

David J. Hess

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Facilitating the transition to sustainable propulsion in the shipping industry: An agent-based modelling analysis of retrofitting 促进航运业向可持续推进过渡：基于代理的改装建模分析

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100838

Morteza Mahmoudi , Yadollah Saboohi , Jonathan Köhler

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Towards niche readiness: Achieving socio-economic maturity in the bottom-up transition to DC power systems 为利基市场做好准备：在自下而上过渡到直流电力系统的过程中实现社会经济成熟度

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-03-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100831

Yannick Schöpper , Claas Digmayer , Raphaela Bartusch , Ola Ebrahim , Sarah Hermens , Razieh Nejabat , Niklas Steireif , Jannik Wendorff , Eva-Maria Jakobs , Frank Lohrberg , Reinhard Madlener , Susanne Mütze-Niewöhner , Christa Reicher , Stefan Böschen

{"title":"Towards niche readiness: Achieving socio-economic maturity in the bottom-up transition to DC power systems","authors":"Yannick Schöpper , Claas Digmayer , Raphaela Bartusch , Ola Ebrahim , Sarah Hermens , Razieh Nejabat , Niklas Steireif , Jannik Wendorff , Eva-Maria Jakobs , Frank Lohrberg , Reinhard Madlener , Susanne Mütze-Niewöhner , Christa Reicher , Stefan Böschen","doi":"10.1016/j.eist.2024.100831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100831","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Within Transition Studies, the Multi-Level Perspective and Strategic Niche Management literature draws specific attention to forms and qualities of niches. However, the question remains as to how diffusions from niches scale up and how these processes relate to specific socio-economic parameters of such niches. We combine the literature on this topic with that of Technology Readiness Thinking to discuss the potential benefits of what we call a Niche Readiness Level Model. The empirical background is based on current developments in transforming existing distribution networks from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) electrical networks. These transformations are mainly driven by bottom-up socio-economic dynamics. Therefore, we propose a model based on socio-economic mechanisms to assess the readiness of niches in the field of DC technology development. We identify five key socio-economic mechanisms that can be seen as basic building blocks for a Niche Readiness Level Model.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54294,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100831"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140134324","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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How do technology-inherent characteristics affect valuation processes in innovation systems? 技术固有特征如何影响创新系统的估值过程？

IF 7.2 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100824

Churchill Agutu , Bjarne Steffen , Tobias S. Schmidt

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Implicit negotiations in niche-regime interactions: Relational aspects of agency, accountability, and anticipation in transition studies 利基-制度互动中的隐性谈判：转型研究中代理、问责和预期的关系问题

IF 7.2 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-03-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100834

Renée Scharnigg

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Just transition out of coal-fired power: Policy lessons from Australia's automotive sector closure 淘汰燃煤发电的公正过渡：澳大利亚汽车行业关闭的政策教训

IF 7.2 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100835

Vigya Sharma, Julia Loginova

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Can grassroots movements in water conflicts drive socio-technical transitions in water management systems? 水冲突中的基层运动能否推动水管理系统的社会技术转型？

IF 7.2 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100837

Jonatan Godinez Madrigal , Nora Van Cauwenbergh , Heliodoro Ochoa-Garcia , Pieter van der Zaag

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Policy mix for the sustainable protein transition in Austria - Addressing repercussions of regime shifts as a prerequisite for acceleration 奥地利可持续蛋白质转型的政策组合--解决制度转变的影响是加速转型的先决条件

IF 7.2 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100819

L. Hundscheid , C. Voigt , D. Bergthaler , C. Plank , M. Wurzinger , A.H. Melcher

{"title":"Policy mix for the sustainable protein transition in Austria - Addressing repercussions of regime shifts as a prerequisite for acceleration","authors":"L. Hundscheid , C. Voigt , D. Bergthaler , C. Plank , M. Wurzinger , A.H. Melcher","doi":"10.1016/j.eist.2024.100819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100819","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The sustainable protein transition within a broader food system transition currently lacks a consistent and coherent policy approach. Policies related to protein production are not aligned with consumption-based policies and are embedded in different jurisdictions. Exemplified by the case of Austria, this study aims to assess the current policy mix and explore how it could be designed to support a sustainable protein transition. We apply the <em>six policy intervention points</em> framework to identify gaps and complement it with the analytical characteristics in/coherence, in/consistency. Results show that the lack of regime destabilising measures, such as targeting reduced meat consumption, is a significant gap in the current policy mix. We see the failure to address the repercussions of regime shifts as the root cause blocking further regime destabilisation. Furthermore, we suggest integrating the element of sequences of intervention points to the framework for future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54294,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions","volume":"51 ","pages":"Article 100819"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210422424000108/pdfft?md5=04a54dda735feaea34694c73844d7a40&pid=1-s2.0-S2210422424000108-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139992629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Grassroots innovation: A review and a meta-theoretical sustainability assessment framework 基层创新：回顾与元理论可持续性评估框架

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100822

Katerina Troullaki, Stelios Rozakis

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Responsible mission governance: An integrative framework and research agenda 负责任的特派团治理：综合框架和研究议程

IF 7.2 2区经济学

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100820

Martijn Wiarda , Matthijs J. Janssen , Tom B.J. Coenen , Neelke Doorn

{"title":"Responsible mission governance: An integrative framework and research agenda","authors":"Martijn Wiarda , Matthijs J. Janssen , Tom B.J. Coenen , Neelke Doorn","doi":"10.1016/j.eist.2024.100820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100820","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Governance lies at the heart of instigating, steering, and creating the conditions for mission-oriented transitions that potentially help resolve some of our grand societal challenges. In doing so, policymakers will need to navigate both epistemic and normative considerations to develop, implement, and evaluate missions responsibly. A number of scholars have therefore expressed the need for a better conceptualization of responsible mission governance as a procedural approach, particularly with the aim of coping with the <em>complexity, uncertainty</em>, and <em>contestation</em> that render these wicked problems <em>intractable</em>. In this paper we develop an integrative framework for responsible mission governance by taking wickedness dimensions as our entry point. Accordingly, we argue that responsible mission governance should integrate various complementary governance responsibilities (e.g., reflexivity) and modes (e.g., reflexive governance) that potentially improve the effectiveness and desirability of missions. We conclude by discussing urgent avenues for future research</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54294,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions","volume":"50 ","pages":"Article 100820"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221042242400011X/pdfft?md5=d5892424db74fd3d47dc1e6c1c9b4d72&pid=1-s2.0-S221042242400011X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139709535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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