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Advancing the understanding of social innovation in sustainability transitions: exploring processes, politics, and policies for accelerating transitions

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  • Julia Wittmayer

    (Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Sabine Hielscher

    (Institute for Ecological Economy Research - Partenaires INRAE, SPRU - University of Sussex)

  • Karoline Rogge

    (Fraunhofer ISI - Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - Fraunhofer, SPRU - University of Sussex)

  • K. Matthias Weber

    (LISIS - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences, Innovations, Sociétés - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Université Gustave Eiffel, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology [Vienna])

Abstract

This introduction to the special issue on 'Advancing the understanding of social innovation in sustainability transitions' is situated at the intersection of transition studies and social innovation research. In the past years, linkages between the fields of social innovation research and transition studies have been established: while transition scholars increasingly focus on social innovation phenomena, social innovation scholars engage in better understanding the relations between social innovation and societal transformation and its impacts towards sustainability. With its eight contributions, this special issue further explicates and broadens out this intersection of both fields, with an empirical focus on insights on energy transitions. Social innovation is introduced as a sensitising concept to advance our understanding of sustainability transitions along three themes: process of change; power and politics; as well as policies and policy mixes. This introduction closes by providing future research avenues and implications for policy.

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  • Julia Wittmayer & Sabine Hielscher & Karoline Rogge & K. Matthias Weber, 2024. "Advancing the understanding of social innovation in sustainability transitions: exploring processes, politics, and policies for accelerating transitions," Post-Print hal-04547609, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04547609
    DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2023.100805
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