Review
Development Studies
Jenny E. Goldstein, Benjamin Neimark, Brian Garvey, Jacob Phelps
Summary: The concept of carbon lock-in, widely adopted in various fields, has played a crucial role in energy policy, transitions, and transportation. Expanding its application to broader socio-environmental challenges enhances our ability to address structural environmental and societal lock-ins.
Article
Economics
Paulina Ramirez
Summary: This paper analyzes the impact of technological revolutions on regional development by studying the role of agency and strategy formulation in the emergence of a new bio-based techno-economic paradigm in Sweden. The research contributes to understanding the importance of strategic agency in creating new regional paths within the context of significant technological change.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Liliane Manny
Summary: Data-driven and integrated management is proposed to reduce surface water pollution, which requires information exchange and technological innovation. By studying socio-technical networks, this article investigates the influence of socio-technical dependencies on information exchange. Analyzing empirical data from three Swiss case studies, potential challenges such as organizational fragmentation, data access, and diverging perceptions are identified, and the findings show that actors' relatedness to infrastructure elements affects their information exchange.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Alessandro Taberna, Tatiana Filatova, Andrea Roventini, Francesco Lamperti
Summary: By 2050, it is expected that 70% of the global population will live in cities. Cities offer spatial economic advantages, but also face the risks of climate-induced flooding. This study explores the trade-offs between agglomeration economies and climate hazards, finding that mild or infrequent shocks negatively impact the economy, while frequent and severe flood hazards can be avoided through timely adaptation and migration.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Markus Grillitsch, Magnus Nilsson
Summary: This paper examines the role of initial and gradual trust in regional development, explaining why, when, and how trust can have positive or negative effects on regional development dynamics. It also identifies avenues for future research.
INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION
(2022)
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
Environmental Sciences
Camila Florez Bossio, Danielle Labbe, James Ford
Summary: This study examines the adaptive capacity of urban dwellers in Lima in the face of changing climate and water insecurity, using the case of the 2017 El Nino Costero as an example. It shows that governance and social institutions play a crucial role in shaping residents' adaptive strategies, and how individuals' coping mechanisms influence their future adaptation paths. The study proposes five strategies for dealing with climate change based on the interrelation of residents' cognitive processes with evolving social norms.
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Environmental Studies
Avri Eitan, Marko P. Hekkert
Summary: In contrast to studies on fossil fuel-based energy systems, the transition literature often overlooks the impact of path-dependence lock-ins on the renewable energy landscape. This study lays the groundwork for understanding renewable energy lock-ins and analyzes their influence on the energy transition process. It highlights the risks posed by lock-ins, such as neglecting alternative technologies and impeding innovation, and discusses the incentives that may drive various players to manipulate these lock-ins. The study emphasizes the need for further conceptualization of renewable energy lock-ins and suggests avenues for future research.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Xiao-Shan Yap, Jonas Heiberg, Bernhard Truffer
Summary: Given the rising challenge of space debris, it is crucial for the global space sector to consider sustainability concerns in the orbit. However, the direction of space debris management in terms of technological solutions, policies, and actor strategies remains uncertain. This paper applies the concept of 'global sociotechnical regimes' to analyze how actors frame and legitimize the space debris problem, revealing three development stages: problem identification, national interests, and the emergence of a global socio-technical regime connecting space sustainability with Earth-bound sustainability. The analysis suggests the need for a broader and clearer problem framing to inform effective policy making for future earth-space sustainability.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Costanza Conti, Giacomo Zanello, Andy Hall
Summary: The central concern of achieving global food security is the reconfiguration of agri-food systems towards sustainability. Historically-informed trajectories of agri-food system development resist change due to various reasons such as the embedded nature of technologies, misaligned institutional settings, and political economy factors. It is suggested to frame the issue with a focus on interdependencies and temporal dynamics of causes of resistance to overcome ambiguities and pave the way for transformational change.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Geography
Ezequiel Bernardo Gonzalez, Marcos Horacio Easdale, Diego Mariano Sacchero
Summary: This study examined the impact of relationships between farms and shearing contractors on the adoption of pre-lambing wool shearing at farm-level in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Results suggest that seasonal changes and functional features of socio-technical networks may constrain further adoption of pre-lambing shearing.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Thies R. Popp, Peter H. Feindt, Katrin Daedlow
Summary: This paper analyzes the potential lock-in effects of various policy feedback mechanisms in supporting financial risk management tools, with a focus on the agricultural sector in OECD countries. The study found that time is the only necessary condition for strong lock-in effects, with a combination of time and lack of alternatives or high budgets and absence of private intermediaries explaining strong lock-in effects. Weak lock-in effects are explained by low budgets in combination with recency or strong alternatives, or strong alternatives combined with strong intermediaries.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Steve Griffiths, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Dylan D. Furszyfer Del Rio, Aoife M. Foley, Morgan D. Bazilian, Jinsoo Kim, Joao M. Uratani
Summary: Concrete, the most widely used construction material globally, has significant environmental impacts despite its durability and versatility. The cement and concrete industry is increasingly required to decarbonize its operations and products to reduce global energy-related CO2 emissions. This paper provides a comprehensive review of more than 800 studies and proposes ways to decarbonize the industry. A socio-technical perspective is used to assess key factors that will drive a net-zero transition in the long term.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Binish Raza, Rodina Ahmad, Mohd H. N. M. Nasir, Shukor S. M. Fauzi, Muhammad A. Raza
Summary: Software development relies on team coordination, with social-technical congruence (STC) being a key technique to measure alignment. A systematic literature review (SLR) identified the need for further research on STC, including risk issues, measurement techniques, and development factors.
KUWAIT JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Urban Studies
C. Gursan, V. de Gooyert, M. de Bruijne, E. Rouwette
Summary: Cities are increasingly recognized as potential motors of sustainability transitions. These transitions build on existing as well as new infrastructures, and these infrastructures mutually influence each other in many ways, a phenomenon known as infrastructure interdependencies. These infrastructure interdependencies have significant implications for both enabling or restricting urban sustainability transitions but their implications remain understudied.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Christopher Luederitz, Niko Schaepke, Arnim Wiek, Daniel J. Lang, Matthias Bergmann, Joannette J. Bos, Sarah Burch, Anna Davies, James Evans, Ariane Koenig, Megan A. Farrelly, Nigel Forrest, Niki Frantzeskaki, Robert B. Gibson, Braden Kay, Derk Loorbach, Kes McCormick, Oliver Parodi, Felix Rauschmayer, Uwe Schneidewind, Michael Stauffacher, Franziska Stelzer, Gregory Trencher, Johannes Venjakob, Philip J. Vergragt, Henrik von Wehrden, Frances R. Westley
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2017)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Christoph Brodnik, Rebekah Brown, Chris Cocklin
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2017)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lara Werbeloff, Rebekah Brown, Chris Cocklin
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Energy & Fuels
George Goddard, Megan A. Farrelly
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Julie E. Groce, Megan A. Farrelly, Bradley S. Jorgensen, Carly N. Cook
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
G. Dunn, J. J. Bos, R. R. Brown
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wikke Novalia, Rebekah R. Brown, Briony C. Rogers, Joannette J. Bos
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2018)
Article
Ecology
K. T. Ng, P. Herrero, B. Hatt, M. Farrelly, D. McCarthy
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Martijn Kuller, Megan Farrelly, Ana Deletic, Peter M. Bach
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2018)
Article
Immunology
Stephen P. Luby, Jennifer Davis, Rebekah R. Brown, Steven M. Gorelick, Tony H. F. Wong
Article
Management
Wendy Stubbs, Megan Farrelly, Kyra Fabianke, Sarah Burch, Pavit Ramesh
Summary: This study aims to understand the factors that enable small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt sustainable business models (SBMs) successfully. The findings highlight the crucial role of the external support environment and identify potentially transformative capabilities that can help steer SMEs' transitions to SBMs.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION
(2023)
Proceedings Paper
Environmental Sciences
C. Brodnik, J. Holden, R. Marino, A. Wright, V. Copa, B. Rogers, H. S. Arifin, R. Brown, K. Djaja, M. Farrelly, R. L. Kaswanto, D. Marsudiantoro, D. Marthanty, L. Maryonoputri, E. Payne, M. Purwanto, D. R. Lovering, Y. Suharnoto, J. Sumabrata, R. Suwarso, Y. Syaukat, C. Urich, D. Yuliantoro
3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT (ISSLD 2017)
(2018)
Article
Business
Christoph Brodnik, Rebekah Brown
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2018)
Article
Development Studies
T. Yasmin, M. A. Farrelly, B. C. Rogers
Article
Sociology
Christoph Brodnik, Rebekah Brown
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY
(2018)