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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2026

Edited by
Julius Wesche  and
Abe Hendriks
Julius Wesche
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Abe Hendriks
Affiliation:
Utrecht University

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Introduction to Sustainability Transitions Research , pp. v - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026
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Contents

  1. List of Contributors

  2. Preface

  3. Acknowledgements

  4. 1Sustainability Transitions Research: An Introduction

    Abe Hendriks and Julius Wesche

  5. Part IUnderstanding Sustainability Transitions

    1. 2The Multi-level Perspective on Sustainability Transitions: Background, Overview and Current Research Topics

      Frank W. Geels

    2. 3Explorative Transition Governance: Understanding by Engaging in Transitions in the Making

      Aniek Hebinck and Derk Loorbach

    3. 4The Rise of Technological Innovation Systems in Sustainability Transitions

      Adriaan van der Loos, Remi Elzinga, Simona O. Negro and Marko P. Hekkert

    4. 5Strategic Niche Management: Past, Present and Future

      Rob Raven

    5. 6Social Practice Theories and Sustainability Transitions Studies

      Senja Laakso, Margit Keller and Julia Backhaus

    6. 7Deep Transitions

      Jack Davies and Johan Schot

  6. Part IIDimensions of Sustainability Transitions

    1. Part II.ADynamics of Transitions

      1. 8Towards a Critical Study of Temporalities in Sustainability Transitions: Speed, Duration, Acceleration and Timescapes

        Laurence L. Delina

      2. 9Niche–Regime Interactions: Post-Automation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

        Adrian Smith and Mariano Fressoli

      3. 10Multi-system Dynamics in Sustainability Transitions: Introduction and Outlook

        Allan Dahl Andersen and Jochen Markard

      4. 11Disruption in Sustainability Transitions

        Paula Kivimaa, Annika Lonkila and Minna Kaljonen

    2. Part II.BPower and Politics in Transitions

      1. 12Power in Sustainability Transitions

        Guilherme Raj, Flor Avelino and Marie-Claire Bribois

      2. 13Expectations, Visions and Imaginaries: A Subtle Force in Transition Processes

        Harald Rohracher and Kornelia Konrad

      3. 14Policies for Accelerating Sustainability Transitions: Bridging Insights from Transition Studies and Policy Studies

        Edgar Salas-Gironés, Nicholas Goedeking and Karoline S. Rogge

      4. 15The Political Economy of Transitions

        Peter Newell and Parth Bhatia

      5. 16Issues of Justice in Sustainability Transitions

        Sara Heidenreich, Mari Martiskainen and Marianne Ryghaug

    3. Part II.CActors and Agency in Transitions

      1. 17The Roles of Actors in Sustainability Transitions

        JULIA M. WITTMAYER

      2. 18Intermediaries and Intermediation in Sustainability Transitions

        Wisdom Kanda, Thomas Magnusson and Olof Hjelm

      3. 19Behaviour and the Individual in Sustainability Transitions

        Elisabeth Dütschke, Paul Upham and Aline Scherrer

      4. 20Only Changing Policy? The Role of Coalitions in Sustainability Transitions

        Julius Wesche, Meike Löhr and David J. Hess

    4. Part II.DGeographies of Transitions

      1. 21Place and Scale in Sustainability Transitions

        Lars Coenen, Christian Binz, James T Murphy and Bernhard Truffer

      2. 22Urban Sustainability Transitions Research

        Markus Egermann, Franziska Ehnert, Marc Wolfram and Niki Frantzeskaki

      3. 23Sustainability Transitions in the Global South

        Bipashyee Ghosh and Patience Mguni

  7. Part IIIStudying Sustainability Transitions

    1. 24How Do We Know What We Know? Ontological and Epistemological Debates in Sustainability Transitions Research

      Tomas Moe Skjølsvold

    2. 25Transforming ‘Systems’: Which? How? Whose? Why? Whither? Whence? System Analysis and Critical Systems Thinking in Transitions Research

      Bonno Pel and Andrew Stirling

    3. 26Systems Thinking and Complexity in Transitions Research: Understanding System Dynamics, Feedback Loops and Non-linear Change

      Floor Alkemade and George Papachristos

    4. 27No Neutrality Here: Mobilising Reflexivity in Sustainability Transitions Research

      Kasper Ampe, Gert Goeminne, Abe Hendriks and Thomas Block

  8. Part IVFuture Directions and Challenges

    1. 28Between Deep Roots and a Broad Crown: Reflections on the Development of Sustainability Transitions as a Research Field

      Machteld Simoens, Abe Hendriks and Leonard Frank

  9. Index

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  • Edited by Julius Wesche, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Abe Hendriks, Utrecht University
  • Book: Introduction to Sustainability Transitions Research
  • Online publication: 22 February 2026
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