The reduction of energy demand in buildings through the adoption of energy efficiency
policy is a key pillar of the European Union (EU) climate and energy strategy. Energy …

Highlights•Socio-technical transitions research is a distinctive approach within the
sustainability transformations debate.•Socio-technical transitions involve multi-dimensional …

Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

There is a strong consent among scholars and policy makers that limiting current global
energy demand and gradually reducing it towards a sustainable level of consumption is a …

A series of weaknesses in creativity, research design, and quality of writing continue to
handicap energy social science. Many studies ask uninteresting research questions, make …

Science, technology and innovation (STI) policy is shaped by persistent framings that arise
from historical context. Two established frames are identified as co-existing and dominant in …

Because of the urgency of accelerating transitions, we examine the emerging understanding
of the concept of 'disruption'in the context of sustainability transition studies to critically …

Circular economy business models (CBMs) are identified as important levers in the
transition to a circular economy (CE). In recent years, a growing body of research has …

There has been an increasing interest in science, technology and innovation policy studies
in the topic of policy mixes. While earlier studies conceptualised policy mixes mainly in terms …

Understanding how policymaking processes can influence the rate and direction of socio-
technical change towards sustainability is an important, yet underexplored research agenda …