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Portrait Lea Fünfschilling. Photo: Emma Lord.

Lea Fünfschilling

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Portrait Lea Fünfschilling. Photo: Emma Lord.

An agenda for sustainability transitions research : State of the art and future directions

Author

  • Jonathan Köhler
  • Frank W. Geels
  • Florian Kern
  • Jochen Markard
  • Elsie Onsongo
  • Anna Wieczorek
  • Floortje Alkemade
  • Flor Avelino
  • Anna Bergek
  • Frank Boons
  • Lea Fünfschilling
  • David Hess
  • Georg Holtz
  • Sampsa Hyysalo
  • Kirsten Jenkins
  • Paula Kivimaa
  • Mari Martiskainen
  • Andrew McMeekin
  • Marie Susan Mühlemeier
  • Bjorn Nykvist
  • Bonno Pel
  • Rob Raven
  • Harald Rohracher
  • Björn Sandén
  • Johan Schot
  • Benjamin Sovacool
  • Bruno Turnheim
  • Dan Welch
  • Peter Wells
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Summary, in English

Research on sustainability transitions has expanded rapidly in the last ten years, diversified in terms of topics and geographical applications, and deepened with respect to theories and methods. This article provides an extensive review and an updated research agenda for the field, classified into nine main themes: understanding transitions; power, agency and politics; governing transitions; civil society, culture and social movements; businesses and industries; transitions in practice and everyday life; geography of transitions; ethical aspects; and methodologies. The review shows that the scope of sustainability transitions research has broadened and connections to established disciplines have grown stronger. At the same time, we see that the grand challenges related to sustainability remain unsolved, calling for continued efforts and an acceleration of ongoing transitions. Transition studies can play a key role in this regard by creating new perspectives, approaches and understanding and helping to move society in the direction of sustainability.

Department/s

  • CIRCLE

Publishing year

2019-06

Language

English

Pages

1-32

Publication/Series

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volume

31

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Economics
  • Human Geography

Keywords

  • Research agenda
  • Socio-technical systems
  • Sustainability
  • Transformation
  • Transitions

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2210-4224