Sustainability transitions in the making: A closer look at actors, strategies and resources

Farla, Jacco; Markard, Jochen; Raven, Rob; Coenen, Lars

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2012.02.001

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“…As such it offers another perspective to the growing body of literature which is focused on explaining transition actor dynamics (Farla, Markard, Raven, & Coenen, 2012), which leads us to make some final statements reflecting on the implications of our analysis for more interventionist ambitions in the sustainability transitions field. Where the interest lies in doing-in designing or catalyzing new forms of participation and spaces of intervention in system change, whether that be transitions management platforms, grassroots innovations, or any other form of societal engagement in transitions-our findings suggest the need for actors involved to be reflexively aware of the partialities and exclusions of these collectives with respect to framing effects and 'overflows', constructions of publics, and the models of participation enacted.…”

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Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse

Chilvers

Longhurst

2016

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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This paper brings the transitions literature into conversation with constructivist Science and Technology Studies (STS) perspectives on participation for the first time.In doing so we put forward a conception of public and civil society engagement in sustainability transitions as co-produced, relational, and emergent. Through paying close attention to the ways in which the subjects, objects, and procedural formats of public engagement are constructed through the performance of participatory collectives, our approach offers a framework to open up to and symmetrically compare diverse and interconnected forms of participation that make up wider socio-technical systems. We apply this framework in a comparative analysis of four diverse cases of civil society involvement in UK low carbon energy transitions. This highlights similarities and differences in how these distinct participatory collectives are orchestrated, mediated, and subject to exclusions, as well as their effects in producing particular visions of the issue at stake and implicit models of participation and 'the public'. In conclusion we reflect on the value of this approach for opening up the politics of societal engagement in transitions, building systemic perspectives of interconnected 'ecologies of participation', and better accounting for the emergence, inherent uncertainties, and indeterminacies of all forms of participation in transitions.

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confidence: 93%

Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse

Chilvers

Longhurst

2016

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

223

212

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“…As institutional alignment enables access to resources and markets, firms individually and as a part of political networks compete to gain influence over institutions (Farla et al, 2012;Jacobsson and Bergek, 2004). As Van de Ven and Garud (1989, p. 210) put it: "firms not only compete in the market place but also in this political institutional context.…”

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Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

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Hekkert

Jacobsson

et al. 2015

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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This paper addresses interactions between technological innovation systems (TIS) and wider "context structures". While TIS studies have always considered various kinds of contextual influences, we suggest that the TIS framework can be further strengthened by a more elaborated conceptualization of TIS context structures and TIS-context interactions. For that purpose, we identify and discuss four especially important types of context structures: technological, sectoral, geographical and political. For each of these, we provide examples of different ways in which context structures can interact with a focal TIS and how our understanding of TIS dynamics is enhanced by considering them explicitly. Lessons for analysts are given and a research agenda is outlined.

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“…However, the approaches differ in the analytical levels and the perspective they take. To study the build-up of an innovation system by entrepreneurial actors, the innovation systems approach is the most suitable one, as it is used for analysing and improving the conditions for the development of new technologies (Farla et al 2012). Turning an invention into a marketable product or service involves a number of actors.…”

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Combining the technological innovation systems framework with the entrepreneurs’ perspective on innovation

Planko

Cramer

Hekkert

et al. 2016

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

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For their technological sustainability innovations to become successful, entrepreneurs can strategically shape the technological field in which they are involved. The technological innovation systems (TISs) literature has generated valuable insights into the processes which need to be stimulated for the successful development and implementation of innovative sustainability technologies. To explore the applicability of the TIS framework from the perspective of entrepreneurs, we conducted a case study in the Dutch smart grids sector. We found that the TIS framework generally matches the perspectives of entrepreneurs. For its use by entrepreneurs, we suggest a slight adaptation of this framework. The process 'Market formation' needs to be divided into processes that are driven by the government and processes that are driven by entrepreneurs. There should be a greater emphasis on collaborative marketing, on changing user behaviour and preferences and on the development of fair and feasible business models. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Sustainability transitions in the making: A closer look at actors, strategies and resources

Cited by 530 publications

References 53 publications

Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse

Participation in Transition(s): Reconceiving Public Engagements in Energy Transitions as Co-Produced, Emergent and Diverse

Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

Combining the technological innovation systems framework with the entrepreneurs’ perspective on innovation

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