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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. 528 - 529
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026
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acceleration, 149, 306
actor-network theory, 113, 456
advocacy coalitions, 22, 63, 93, 260, 368, 376
agency, 114, 149, 337, 523
alliances, 368
appropriation, 171
business models, 16
case studies, 25, 275, 298, 374, 389, 404, 454, 472, 481, 509, 521
citizen science, 170
coalitions, 264, 366
complex systems, 487–488
constitutive power, 228, 234
critical realism, 456
critical reflection, 174
decolonial perspectives, 427
decolonising, 434
deep transitions, 67, 121
discourse coalitions, 373
disruption, 112, 150, 165, 201–202
disruptive innovation, 202
disruptive landscape, 208
energy justice, 301
energy poverty, 304
energy transition, 149
entrepreneurial experimentation, 63
epistemic justice, 308
epistemology, 235, 403, 426, 451–452, 474, 499, 521
evolutionary economics, 113, 341, 454
expectations and visions, 241, 263, 333
experimentation, 264, 410
flat ontologies, 109, 456
future visions, 242, 438
geography of transitions, 66, 389, 403
guidance of the search, 63
imaginaries, 150, 241, 426, 504
incremental innovation, 162, 209, 453
incumbents, 3, 15, 35, 60, 99, 111, 162, 202, 244, 274, 283, 319, 330, 373, 433, 464
indigenous, 236, 298, 433, 505
individual behaviour, 349
industrial modernity, 128, 433
innovation, 5, 17, 56, 91, 110, 123, 163, 337
innovation systems, 59, 67–68, 70
institutional work, 204
interdisciplinarity, 156, 297, 366
interdisciplinary research, 156
intermediaries, 60, 330, 355
just transitions, 122, 124
knowledge development, 63
knowledge production, 436, 459, 497, 523
living labs, 110
market formation, 63
meta-rules, 125, 180
methodology, 66, 477
mission-oriented innovation system, 69
modeling, 66, 101, 157, 248, 375, 457, 469, 488, 521
multi-level perspective (MLP), 15, 83, 108, 209, 309, 369, 404, 452, 480, 519
multi-scalar, 396
multi-systems interactions, 178
niche actors, 26, 99, 206, 319, 430
niche experimentation, 89, 97, 165, 174, 390
niche innovations, 38, 94, 163, 184, 201, 212, 244, 265, 353, 430, 453, 486
niche–regime interaction, 26, 91, 162, 175, 248, 404
path dependence, 484–485
place and scale, 65, 389
policy mixes, 203, 248, 259
Policy Network Analysis, 374
policy networks, 376
policymakers, 4, 22, 70, 153, 263, 372
political economy, 284, 290, 292
positivism, 376, 460
postcolonial, 301
power in transitions, 93, 221, 235
power relations, 227
practice theory, 352
radical innovation, 15, 17, 90, 265, 370
rebound effects, 110
reflexive governance, 44
reflexivity, 497
regional innovation systems, 56
resource mobilisation, 63
scale and place, 65
social movements, 154, 368
social networks, 367
social practices, 108, 116, 225, 468, 504
social roles, 317
socio-technical configurations, 16, 163, 244, 284, 366, 373, 393
socio-technical imaginaries, 242
socio-technical regimes, 430
socio-technical systems, 113, 179, 366
speed of transitions, 150
strategic niche management (SNM), 44, 83, 244, 343, 370, 427, 452
stretch-and-transform, 26, 94, 165, 174, 205
structural couplings, 182, 190
structuration theory, 113
system entanglers, 332, 345
system interaction, 484
technological innovation systems (TIS), 57, 88
temporality, 148
transition governance, 8, 34, 410
transition intermediaries, 271, 318, 334, 413
transition management (TM), 44, 263
transition pathways, 25
transition visions, 241, 250, 355
transitions in the Global South, 47–48, 116, 124, 136, 307, 391, 424, 437
transitions in the making, 34
visions, 35, 61, 98, 123, 148, 162, 241, 263, 323, 371, 392, 405, 430, 483, 496
visions and expectations, 241, 249, 263, 333
X-curve framework, 38

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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
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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
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009437318.038
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