Axes of contestation in sustainability transitions

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Axes of contestation in sustainability transitions. / Madsen, Stine ; Miörner, Johan; Hansen, Teis.

In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 45, 2022, p. 246-269.

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Madsen, S, Miörner, J & Hansen, T 2022, 'Axes of contestation in sustainability transitions', Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 45, pp. 246-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2022.11.001

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Madsen, S., Miörner, J., & Hansen, T. (2022). Axes of contestation in sustainability transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 45, 246-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2022.11.001

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Madsen S, Miörner J, Hansen T. Axes of contestation in sustainability transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 2022;45:246-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2022.11.001

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Madsen, Stine ; Miörner, Johan ; Hansen, Teis. / Axes of contestation in sustainability transitions. In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 2022 ; Vol. 45. pp. 246-269.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Research in sustainability transitions increasingly acknowledges that the structural characteristics of socio-technical systems differ. However, little attention has been paid to the specific transition dynamics that can result from this structural variation. In response, this paper develops a framework for studying transition dynamics that takes the structural characteristics of socio-technical systems and their influence on agency into account. We introduce the concept contestation axis to highlight alternative potential interfaces between functional solutions in a socio-technical system. We argue that considerable agency and frictions between actors can play out at other axes than between established regimes and emerging niches. Our conceptual framework is applied to a case study in the waste sector. We explore how the growing influence of the circular economy triggers misalignment between multiple socio-technical configurations in the Danish waste sector. In the case, we zoom in on three actual frictions that have manifested along different contestation axes.",
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