Article
Environmental Sciences
Miriam E. Hacker, Christian Binz
Summary: This study highlights the importance of understanding institutional complexity in transitions from one socio-technical regime configuration to another, and the need for formidable strategic agency by actors in the field to navigate competing cultural demands during prolonged phases. Gaining a more balanced perspective of organizational and field-level reconfigurations may provide insights into why transitions succeed in some locations but fail in others.
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Machteld Catharina Simoens, Lea Fuenfschilling, Sina Leipold
Summary: This paper advances sustainability transition research by collecting insights from interpretative environmental discourse literature. It develops a heuristic that identifies and describes core discursive elements and dynamics in a socio-technical system. The paper proposes three discursive lock-ins and explores three pathways of discursive change.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Business
Sophia Becker, Paula Boegel, Paul Upham
Summary: The text discusses the connections between macro and micro levels in sociotechnical change, emphasizing the role of identity construction as a social psychological process. Using the case of mobility transitions in Berlin, it illustrates how building a shared identity is crucial for advocating safe cycling infrastructure.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Joeri Wesseling, Alco Kieft, Lea Fuenfschilling, Marko Hekkert
Summary: This study examines the impact of global regimes on the development and diffusion of low-carbon innovations. The findings suggest that the coercive, normative, and mimetic institutional pressures from global regimes inhibit the development of Technological Innovation Systems (TIS), and the institutionalization of new logic in global regimes can outpace technological development, reducing the attractiveness of radical innovations.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Mert Duygan, Aya Kachi, Pinar Temocin, Gregory Trencher
Summary: Phasing out coal-fired electricity is an urgent global task, but progress is slow due to the active resistance of coal regime actors with vested interests. This article presents a comparative case study of Germany and Japan to analyze how actors try to destabilize or maintain the institutional arrangements behind the coal regimes, and explains why some actors are more influential in shaping policy outcomes.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jesse Hoffman, Megan Davies, Thomas Bauwens, Philipp Spath, Maarten A. Hajer, Bleta Arifi, Amir Bazaz, Mark Swilling
Summary: Recent academic evidence suggests that the introduction of renewable energy infrastructures often leads to negative social equity outcomes. This paper develops an integrative framework for analysing agency in aligning renewable energy and social equity, highlighting the importance of 'reimagining', 'recoding' and 'reconfiguring'. The 'triple re-cycle' illustrated in case studies from Germany and South Africa shows how different domains of agency can impact social equity outcomes in energy transitions globally.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Muhammad Arfan, Kamran Ansari, Asmat Ullah
Summary: This study aims to explore the various factors influencing agricultural farm productivity and test the hypothesis that participation in Water Users Association (WUA) activities leads to improved farm productivity. Using primary data collected from Pakistan's Sindh and Punjab provinces, hierarchical regression analysis was utilized to evaluate the statistical significance of different variable blocks. The findings reveal that water and land resource characteristics have the strongest influence on farm productivity, followed by personal characteristics of resource users and community and institutional characteristics. A negative relationship was found between landholding size and age with farm productivity, while a positive relationship was observed between resource users' level of participation in WUAs and farm productivity. However, the study highlights the importance of addressing inequities in canal water allocation and the need for meaningful institutional and land reforms to promote equitable economic benefits in agricultural systems.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Greg Muttitt, James Price, Steve Pye, Dan Welsby
Summary: While it is important to phase out coal power, it may be challenging to do so quickly in countries heavily reliant on coal. This research suggests that meeting temperature targets would require faster reduction of emissions from the global North and global oil and gas production. The rapid decline of coal power generation in pathways limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius raises questions about its feasibility in coal-dependent countries.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Turner Cotterman, Mitchell J. Small, Stephen Wilson, Ahmed Abdulla, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
Summary: This paper discusses the impact of social acceptance on energy systems models by integrating the factor of social acceptance of low-carbon nuclear power to illustrate deep decarbonization pathways. If risk tolerance concerns restrict nuclear deployment to socially acceptable levels, deep decarbonization scenarios will be more expensive and require other low-carbon options to replace them.
Article
Environmental Studies
J. P. Wesche, S. O. Negro, H. I. Brugger, W. Eichhammer, M. P. Hekkert
Summary: The paper demonstrates that visions of the future can predict cooperation and division in shaping policy within socio-technical systems. It introduces a new method of analyzing visions using a virtual solution space and cluster analysis. The empirical study focuses on German industry associations in the heating transition, finding that actors with overlapping visions are more likely to cooperate. The fragmentation of the actor network reflects the fragmentation of the residential heating system, hindering meaningful cooperation and the emergence of a powerful low-carbon heating coalition.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
(2023)
Article
Social Issues
Frederic Goulet
Summary: The study reveals that alignment mechanisms in socio-technical transitions are based on pairings between entities of the same nature, and various types of entities need to be matched for alignment. Understanding these alignment mechanisms can help deepen the analysis of the relationships between incumbent and alternative technologies.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2021)
Review
Environmental Studies
Margit Keller, Martin Noorko, Triin Vihalemm
Summary: This article explores the relationship between Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and social practice theories (SPT) in planning and evaluating sustainable transition interventions. The authors propose a practical analytical framework to inform policy choices and evaluate the results of sustainable energy transition interventions. Through a systematic review of 34 papers, they suggest that certain policy intervention points require specific social practice change strategies for progress.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Monica Vasquez-Delsolar, Amparo Merino
Summary: This study focuses on the agency of social enterprises as non-dominant actors challenging and transforming institutionalized logics in the business system. It proposes a theoretical model and explanatory propositions based on a literature review of sustainability transitions from institutional perspectives. These mechanisms and propositions operate within the individual, within the niche, and at the interplay between the niche and the business regime, with a real-world example included to illustrate the model.
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS
(2021)
Article
Business
Eliane Horschutz Nemoto, Dorien Korbee, Ines Jaroudi, Tobias Viere, Gabriele Naderer, Guy Fournier
Summary: This study examines the impact of automated vehicles and automated minibuses integrated into mobility systems as a breakthrough technology from the perspectives of stakeholders and citizens. Through conceptual mapping, semi-structured interviews, and a large-scale survey, the research addresses the main drivers and barriers to the deployment of automated minibuses and provides insights into the interaction between technology and society. The findings suggest that integrating automated minibuses into public transport and MaaS systems can contribute to a socio-technical transition towards a new mobility paradigm.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Alejandro Balanzo-Guzman, Monica Ramos-Mejia
Summary: A wealth of scholarly work has explored the role of indigenous peoples and knowledge in sustainability transitions, particularly in hybrid socio-technical systems. The study examines the interactions between techno-scientific and indigenous/local knowledge in socio-technical configurations aiming at sustainability. It finds that hybrid socio-technical systems present overlapping socio-technical assemblages in tension, with potential risks for contradictory or non-viable transition pathways towards sustainability.
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Economics
Silvia Pianta, Adrian Rinscheid, Elke U. Weber
Summary: Despite the potential importance of CCS technologies in climate change mitigation, commercial projects remain rare. Public awareness of CCS in the US is low, with policies outlawing new coal- and gas-fired power plants without CCS garnering higher support. Public backing decreases with rising costs and decreasing distance requirements of CCS plants from residential areas.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sara M. Constantino, Silvia Pianta, Adrian Rinscheid, Renato Frey, Elke U. Weber
Summary: The study found that institutional signals, particularly from science or business actors, can shift perceptions of descriptive social norms about climate action and influence intended pro-environmental behaviors, but they do not increase personal contributions to environmental causes, indicating that a shift in perceived norms may be insufficient to drive personal action, especially when it involves personal costs. This highlights the importance of institutional signals and messengers in changing perceptions of social norms, as well as the complexities involved in norm interventions ultimately aimed at influencing behavior.
Article
Political Science
Jale Tosun, Adrian Rinscheid
Summary: This study focuses on the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) as a global high-level forum on climate change governance. The research found that there is no single domestic factor that can effectively explain the level of participation in all CEM initiatives, and the domestic determinants of engagement vary across different initiatives. Future research should pay more attention to these specific features.
JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Gregory Trencher, Adrian Rinscheid, Daniel Rosenbloom, Nhi Truong
Summary: The approach of 'phase-out' is increasingly used in research and policymaking to gradually reduce technologies, substances, and practices that harm environmental sustainability objectives. This study provides a systematic review of the state of knowledge on how phase-out is studied and employed as a policy tool to mitigate climate change. The results show that phase-out has become widely accepted as a decarbonization approach and has expanded to include diverse industries, policy instruments, and geographic contexts. The study also highlights the potential for phase-out to drive innovation and systemic change beyond simply substituting problematic technologies and materials.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Adrian Rinscheid, Sebastian Koos
Summary: According to a 2022 survey experiment with 5438 German residents, the economic implications of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the lockdown restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic do not negatively affect public support for climate measures, indicating a crisis-as-opportunity perspective. The study explores how acute crises impact citizens' willingness to support different types of climate measures. The findings suggest that crisis impacts can be viewed as both obstacles and opportunities for climate change mitigation.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Julia Loder, Adrian Rinscheid, Rolf Wustenhagen
Summary: After the internal combustion engine dominated the automotive industry for over a century, there is now a shift towards electric cars. However, not all car manufacturers are equally committed to moving away from fossil fuels. Through a comparative case study of German automakers, this research explores the various factors influencing electrification strategies. The study focuses on the firms' dynamic capabilities, particularly their ability to perceive low-carbon risks and opportunities in a rapidly changing business environment. The findings highlight significant differences in how executives perceive the opportunities and risks associated with electric mobility, which are influenced by factors such as consumer preferences, the economics of the transition, network embeddedness, prior experiences with technological innovation, and leadership.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Adrian Rinscheid, Silvia Pianta, Elke U. Weber
Summary: The study found that social norm interventions may not be a silver bullet for increasing citizens' support for ambitious climate policies. Additionally, citizens' trust in political parties endorsing climate policies influences their level of support for such policies.
BEHAVIOURAL PUBLIC POLICY
(2021)
Article
Political Science
Julian Wucherpfennig, Aya Kachi, Nils-Christian Bormann, Philipp Hunziker
Summary: Binary outcome models are commonly used in social sciences and economics, but can be difficult to estimate with interdependent data structures. To address this issue, analytically-tractable pseudo maximum likelihood estimators and an implementation strategy to increase computational efficiency have been introduced, significantly reducing the computational burden. Monte Carlo experiments demonstrate that these estimators can recover parameter values with comparable accuracy to commonly used methods, but at a fraction of the computational cost.
POLITICAL ANALYSIS
(2021)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Roman Stutzer, Adrian Rinscheid, Thiago D. Oliveira, Pedro Mendes Loureiro, Aya Kachi, Mert Duygan
Summary: Despite increasing urgency to address climate change, new coal mines have been approved in countries like Australia, exacerbating the already high per capita CO2 emissions. The essential economic role of the coal industry in Australia gives it structural power to influence political dynamics.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lukas Paul Fesenfeld, Adrian Rinscheid
Summary: The perceived urgency of climate change plays a key role in driving support for low-cost mitigation policies, but does not necessarily lead to more support for high-cost policies. Context information about demand-side mitigation can increase support for costly climate policies.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
