This paper focuses on the critical role of institutional entrepreneurs' social skills in enabling
transformative change as described by the Multi-Level Perspective. Understanding the role …

The world is experiencing serious sustainability challenges, such as climate change and the
loss of biodiversity. To respond to these sustainability challenges, there is a need for …

Sustainability transitions as processes of fundamental change in societal systems are open-
ended, nonlinear and uncertain. Respective research and governance approaches, eg …

Policies for sustainability transitions necessarily have three main characteristics: they are
prescriptive with regard to dynamic societal processes, linked to the normativity of …

This article reports a first attempt to combine the analysis of socio-technical mechanisms and
initiative-based learning to sense sustainability transition signals in cities. Relying on the …

Despite progress in raising standards of living and, to some extent, quality of life for many, at
a global level we have continued on unsustainable pathways and are far from achieving …

How can sustainability transitions be enabled? The focus in the practice and research on
sustainability transitions has traditionally been on large-scale institutional actors. However …

In this chapter, we discuss social entrepreneurs as sustainability agents. Sustainability of
business is increasingly becoming a concern for all companies, not just for social …

Sustainability transitions research proposes fundamental changes of societal systems'
organization to overcome persistent societal challenges, such as climate change or …

Writings on sustainability transitions generally pay slight attention to the specific behavioral
characteristics of individuals, groups and organizations. This paper examines how modern …