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Tracing discursive space: Agency and change in sustainability transitions
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In this article, an agency-based conceptual framework is developed with which processes of change related to sustainability transitions can be researched, and new insights about the some of the elementary elements of sustainability transitions, such as the establishment of a so-called socio-technological niche, as well as the scaling up of the outcomes of such a niche.About:
This article is published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.The article was published on 2015-01-01. It has received 98 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Agency (philosophy).read more
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The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy.
Rollo Handy,Peter J. Winch +1 more
TL;DR: The second edition of the Second Edition as mentioned in this paper is a collection of essays about philosophy and social sciences with a focus on the nature of meaningful behaviour and its relationship to the social sciences.
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Shifting Power Relations in Sustainability Transitions: A Multi-actor Perspective
Flor Avelino,Julia Wittmayer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a Multi-actor Perspective (MaP) framework is proposed for specifying shifting power relations between actors at different levels of aggregation, such as sectors, market, community, and individual actors.
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Importance of Actors and Agency in Sustainability Transitions: A Systematic Exploration of the Literature
Lisa-Britt Fischer,Jens Newig +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored the role of actors and agency in the literature on sustainability transitions and found that actor roles in transitions are erratic, since their roles can change over the course of time, and that actors can belong to different categories.
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Impacts of urban living labs on sustainability transitions: mechanisms and strategies for systemic change through experimentation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the mechanisms of diffusion in four distinct ULLs in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Malmo, Sweden and indicated six specific strategies that aim to support the diffusion of innovations and know-how developed within ULL to a broader context: transformative place-making, activating network partners, replication of lab structure, education and training, stimulating entrepreneurial growth and narratives of impact.
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Farmers as agents in innovation systems. Empowering farmers for innovation through communities of practice
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the role that communities of practice (CoPs) of farmers play in the innovation process and found that farmers belonging to CoPs were more empowered for innovation that those working individually with expert support.
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TL;DR: Giddens as mentioned in this paper has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade and outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form.
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