Research aiming at generating effective contributions to sustainable development faces
particular complexity related challenges. This article proposes an analytical framework …

All Helix models are built on the assumption that knowledge and innovation, and their
accelerated importance in so-called emerging knowledge-and innovation-based …

Ecosystems are distinguished from other structural arrangements for value co-production by
the nature of their governance and coordination challenges. As ecosystems are marked by …

The purpose of this paper is to review the application of complexity science methods in
understanding energy systems and system change. The challenge of moving to sustainable …

Modern societies face several structural problems such as transport congestion and
greenhouse gas emissions due to the widespread use of fossil fuels. To address these …

As digital technologies and infrastructures have evolved from a set of task-specific tools into
a transformative contextual force that enables radical reorganization of economic and …

Leading up to the financial crisis of 2008 and onwards, the shortcomings of traditional
models of regional economic and environmental development had become increasingly …

Agricultural production involves the scaling of agricultural innovations such as disease-
resistant and drought-tolerant maize varieties, zero-tillage techniques, permaculture …

Addressing persistent environmental problems such as climate change or biodiversity loss
requires shifts to new kinds of energy, mobility, housing, and agro-food systems. These shifts …

Technology platform strategies offer a novel way to orchestrate a rich portfolio of
contributions made by the many independent actors who form an ecosystem of …