Socio-technical transitions to sustainability: a review of criticisms and elaborations of the Multi-Level Perspective

FW Geels - Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Socio-technical transitions research is a distinctive approach within the
sustainability transformations debate.•Socio-technical transitions involve multi-dimensional …

The geopolitics of energy system transformation: A review

M Blondeel, MJ Bradshaw, G Bridge… - Geography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In 2009, Geography Compass published a paper on 'The Geopolitics of Global
Energy Security'that reviewed research on the key geographical factors influencing the …

Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation

F Creutzig, J Roy, P Devine-Wright, J Díaz-José… - 2022 - espace.curtin.edu.au
Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

[HTML][HTML] Rhetoric and frame analysis of ExxonMobil's climate change communications

G Supran, N Oreskes - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
This paper investigates how ExxonMobil uses rhetoric and framing to shape public
discourse on climate change. We present an algorithmic corpus comparison and machine …

[HTML][HTML] The political economy of coal in Poland: Drivers and barriers for a shift away from fossil fuels

H Brauers, PY Oei - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Poland is the largest hard coal and second largest lignite producer in the EU, generating
around 80 percent of its electricity from coal. Resistance to a reduction in coal production …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting novelty, rigor, and style in energy social science: Towards codes of practice for appropriate methods and research design

BK Sovacool, J Axsen, S Sorrell - Energy research & social science, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change

J Schot, WE Steinmueller - Research policy, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Sociotechnical transitions for deep decarbonization

FW Geels, BK Sovacool, T Schwanen, S Sorrell - Science, 2017 - science.org
Rapid and deep reductions in greenhouse gas emission are needed to avoid dangerous
climate change. This will necessitate low-carbon transitions across electricity, transport …

The next phase of the energy transition and its implications for research and policy

J Markard - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
In many places, the electricity sector is transitioning towards greater share of renewable
energy technologies. In the initial phase of the transition, a primary concern for research and …

An actionable understanding of societal transitions: the X-curve framework

A Hebinck, G Diercks, T von Wirth, PJ Beers… - Sustainability …, 2022 - Springer
Sustainability transition research seeks to understand the patterns and dynamics of
structural societal change as well as unearth strategies for governance. However, existing …