Sustainability science needs more systematic approaches for mobilizing knowledge in
support of interventions that may bring about transformative change. In this Perspective, we …

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 …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

Resolving the grand challenges and wicked problems of the Anthropocene will require
skillfully combining a broad range of knowledge and understandings—both scientific and …

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 …

The transdisciplinary research mode has gained prominence in the research on and for
sustainability transformations. Yet, solution-oriented research addressing complex …

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 …

The most critical question for climate research is no longer about the problem, but about how
to facilitate the transformative changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate-induced …

Urban areas are expanding due to rural-urban migration and due to population increases.
Their resilience is being challenged due to socio-political consequences of increasingly …

Various experimental approaches of transformative research in real-world settings have
emerged. Yet, similarities, differences, and specific contributions remain unclear. A …