Decolonising transitions in the Global South: Towards more epistemic diversity in transitions research

Ghosh, Bipashyee; Rámos-Mejía, Mónica; Machado, Rafael Carvalho; Yuana, Suci Lestari; Schiller, Katharina

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2021.10.029

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“…In a statement about the 2021 IPCC report, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, "… Countries should also end all new fossil fuel exploration and production, and shift fossil fuel subsidies into renewable energy" (United Nations, 2021). While most publications on this subject are from developed countries (Ghosh et al, 2021;Kern et al, 2019) and especially from European nations (Rogge et al, 2017), we found very few publications about the energy transition of O&G companies and policy mixes from major emerging economies -subsumed by the BRICS -that have idiosyncratic institutions and complex socioeconomic challenges compared to developed nations. We argue that there is a need to advance further research that strengthens the analysis of policy mixes for energy transitions in major emerging economies.…”

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Oil and Gas Companies - Are They Shifting to Renewables? A Study of Policy Mixes for Energy Transition in Brazil

Noguchi

Nobre

2023

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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Oil and Gas Companies - Are They Shifting to Renewables? A Study of Policy Mixes for Energy Transition in Brazil

Noguchi

Nobre

2023

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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“…Fourth, and possibly related to the first two factors, is the integration of landscape factors into socio-technical analyses, particularly in research in Global South contexts. As this thesis has demonstrated, although the socio-technical frameworks are very useful in clearly identifying entry points for systemic change, their analysis could be sharpened by a more nuanced consideration of the functions, as well as by paying attention to landscape factors that have and continue to shape transition processes (U. E. Hansen et al 2018;Ramos-Mejía, Franco-Garcia, and Jauregui-Becker 2018;Wieczorek 2018;Edsand 2019;Ghosh et al 2021). Fifth, the findings point to broader questions of power and justice in transitions.…”

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“…Gaps in our knowledge that are addressed by the thesis are articulated in the final sub-section. (Ghosh et al 2021). Many authors writing on transitions in the Global South agree that STST frameworks, though useful tools for transitions analyses in richer as in poorer countries, need to be amended to take into account differences that may exist in the socio-economic framework conditions and may impact niche development (Edsand 2016; U. E. Hansen et al 2018), such as technological (e.g.…”

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“…Aggregating lessons learned from Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5, Figure 30 illustrates a multi-level perspective on main organizations and events that informed agroecology's development at niche, regime, and landscape levels. Further, the socio-technical literature on transitions taking place in areas in the Global South has suggested that rather than just transferring frameworks developed in the Global North, such as the sociotechnical perspective, to the Global South, such frameworks should be refined to better account for contextual differences, including the roles of informal economies, splintered regimes, and multi-scalar insecurities, that strongly inform individuals' daily practices and general transition pathways (U. E. Hansen et al 2018;Ramos-Mejía, Franco-Garcia, and Jauregui-Becker 2018;Wieczorek 2018;Ghosh et al 2021). The findings of the thesis support this and point to several ways in which the refinement of socio-technical sustainability transitions theories for application in non-Global North contexts could serve to make analyses more sensitive to nuanced differences in transitions in these contexts, and hence increase the theory's explanatory capacities (U. E. Hansen et al 2018;Ghosh et al 2021;Preuß et al 2021).…”

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“…Second, changes in agri-food systems are inherently cultural processes, yet an engagement with culture is generally absent in the field of sustainability transitions (Meek 2016). Incorporating understandings of the interplays between culture, different worldviews, and sustainability is crucial to ensuring that sustainability transitions processes will be viable in the future and across broad segments of the global population (Ghosh et al 2021;Preuß et al 2021). Cultural aspects could be better included in socio-technical frameworks through e.g.…”

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Growing agroecology in Nicaragua : Towards a multi-scale perspective on agroecological transitions

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Preface and acknowledgementsThis PhD is much more than just a thesis and much more than the sum of its parts (a sentiment I assume many doctoral researchers share). My PhD journey has been amazing and unexpected, a wild ride and an incredibly steep learning curve, and has changed my life for the better in both the professional and personal senses. It has been very challenging and also extraordinarily fun. Although I cherish the experiences and memories made with many people whom I met over the course of my research -e.g. farmers and research assistants I was lucky enough to work with -several individuals have played especially important roles in the journey that led to the experience of researching and writing this dissertation.Tanya Kerssen, through working together at a restaurant, our friendship grew and you were the first person who got me interested in agriculture and food systems -who knew that was my passion! A special thank you for opening my eyes to ethical issues and problems of justice and equity in food production and consumption.Katrin Winkler, by taking a chance on me in supporting my admittance to the University of Hohenheim's MSc program in 'Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production', you paved the way for my being able to do a PhD. Without you, none of this would have been possible -thank you for believing in me back then! Onno Giller, I am everlastingly grateful that you were my colleague and friend during the first times at KTI, in Wageningen, and in Nicaragua -thank you for showing me the ropes both inside and outside of WUR! Marijn Poortvliet, thank you for your inspiration for, and your long-lasting support through, the many revisions and iterations of the interminable gender chapter! Thanks for opening my eyes to, and helping me wade my way through, new (to me) questions of social psychology and quantitative data analyses.Wendy Godek, I cannot thank you enough for your mentorship, your friendship, your advice, and our many hours of intense conversation on topics both professional and personal. I'm really excited for our future collaborations. Thank you for continuing to inpire me! Laurens Klerkx, you brought me on board at KTI after mentoring me in the final round of the Erasmus Mundus PhD competition. You were the best first supervisor I can imagine -always supportive, always reachable, always with an idea when I had a question about my research, but also always critical, challenging me to solidify my argumentation, read more, think more intensely or connectively about issues, and really straightforward. I have passed on two bits of your wonderfully idiosyncratic advice to many others: "No one cares about your PhD but you" and "Kill your darlings" (in reference to paper-writing). This and much other advice, challenge, and inspiration from you have helped me to become a solid and very happy scientist. Thank you! Mi amor Diego Gutierrez Sanchez, gracias totales a vos por tu amistad, por enseñarme la vida salvaje en Managua, por nuestros viajes juntos cruzando Nicaragua y, cla...

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Towards epistemic diversity in sustainability transitions: an exploration of hybrid socio-technical systems

Balanzó

Rámos-Mejía

2023

Sustain Sci

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A wealth of scholarly work has contributed to make visible and describe the place of indigenous peoples and knowledge in sustainability transitions. We follow suit, exploring if, and how, indigenous peoples and knowledges take part in the construction of hybrid socio-technical systems, i.e. socio-technical systems where heterogeneous knowledges already coexist and give rise to the emergence of specific and nuanced socio-technical patterns. We address the question: What are the types of interaction between techno-scientific and indigenous/local knowledges in socio-technical configurations aiming at sustainability? Our inquiry focuses on knowledge circulation patterns in hybrid socio-technical systems. Conceptually, we build on epistemic diversity and hybridisation as means to reflect on socio-technical systems. Empirically, we carry on a theory-driven literature review and ground a model on the backdrop of the MLP perspective. Results show that hybrid socio-technical systems present overlapping socio-technical assemblages coexisting in constructive tension. Such tension stems from the manyfold possible directionalities that take place in the social production of hybrid-oriented and non-hybrid-oriented performativity of knowledges. This paradoxical nature implies that each encounter performs a potential tension within the broader web of relations in the system. In terms of sustainability transitions, hybrid socio-technical systems pose particular knowledge governance challenges. Its paradoxical nature risks enabling contradictory, non-viable or illegitimate transition pathways towards sustainability.

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Decolonising transitions in the Global South: Towards more epistemic diversity in transitions research

Cited by 38 publications

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Oil and Gas Companies - Are They Shifting to Renewables? A Study of Policy Mixes for Energy Transition in Brazil

Oil and Gas Companies - Are They Shifting to Renewables? A Study of Policy Mixes for Energy Transition in Brazil

Growing agroecology in Nicaragua : Towards a multi-scale perspective on agroecological transitions

Towards epistemic diversity in sustainability transitions: an exploration of hybrid socio-technical systems

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