Journal
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Volume 37, Issue -, Pages 224-231Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.010
Keywords
Low-carbon transitions; Disruption; Multi-Level Perspective; Research agenda
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- Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand - EPSRC/ESRC [EP/K011790/1]
- EPSRC [EP/K011790/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/K011790/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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This paper firstly assesses the usefulness of Christensen's disruptive innovation framework for low-carbon system change, identifying three conceptual limitations with regard to the unit of analysis (products rather than systems), limited multi-dimensionality, and a simplistic ('point source') conception of change. Secondly, it shows that the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) offers a more comprehensive framework on all three dimensions. Thirdly, it reviews progress in socio-technical transition research and the MLP on these three dimensions and identifies new challenges, including 'whole system' reconfiguration, multi-dimensional struggles, bi-directional niche-regime interactions, and an alignment conception of change. To address these challenges, transition research should further deepen and broaden its engagement with the social sciences.
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