1) The existing linear socio-technical regime focuses on design for manufacturing rather than repair/remanufacturing and promotes unlimited GDP growth without environmental limits. 2) Niches can empower social innovation and the circular economy by protecting innovative spaces, empowering niche actors, and fostering shared expectations and learning among networks of actors. 3) Transitions toward sustainability require putting pressure on the existing regime to open windows of opportunity for niche innovations while empowering environmental values and visions for sustainable systems through learning and politics.

1. ¿Como crear espacio para innovación social y la economia circular?
Regimen ‘socio-tecnico’ lineal: - diseño para fabricación y no para reparar/re-fabricación
- teoría/lógica de economia lineal: medioambiente / GDP sin limites
- instituciones/estandares de innovación, inversión y consumo privado
- infraestructura para la recogida y quema de basura
- formación y mercados laborales no-verdes
- identidades consumidores

2. Regimenes de inter-dependencias multi-actor
Geels (2002)

3. - Artefactos
- Saberes
- Identidades / actores
- Infraestructuras
- Sistemas / discursos
- Conceptos
- Modelos
- Habilidades
- Intereses
after Smith and Raven, 2012; Geels and Raven, 2006; Markard and Truffer, 2008;
¿Como crear espacio para innovación social y la economia circular?
Blindar del regimen (activo & pasivo):
socio-cognitivo; mercados;
instituciones; infrastructuras; usarios;
cultura; politica
Empoderar al nicho:
- ajustar & conformar
(captura);
- Estirar & transformar
(nuevas regimenes)
Criar al desarrollo del nicho:
- expecativas compartidas
- redes de actores
- Aprendizaje social
Regimen ‘socio-tecnico’ lineal: - diseño para fabricación y no para reparar/re-fabricación
- teoría/lógica de economia lineal: medioambiente / GDP sin limites
- instituciones/estandares de innovación, inversión y consumo privado
- infraestructura para la recogida y quema de basura
- formación y mercados laborales no-verdes
- identidades consumidores
Nicho: ‘espacio protector’

4. La gobernanza de transiciones: una perspectiva multi-nivel
TimeTime
Landscape developments
put pressure on existing regime,
which opens up,
creating windows
of opportunity for novelties
Socio-technical regime is ‘dynamically stable’.
On different dimensions there are ongoing processes
New configuration breaks through, taking
advantage of ‘windows of opportunity’.
Adjustments occur in socio-technical regime.
Elements are gradually linked together,
and stabilise in a dominant design.
Internal momentum increases.
Learning processes take place on multiple dimensions.
Different elements are gradually linked together in a seamless web.
New socio-technical
regime influences
landscape
Technological
niches
Socio-technical’
landscape
Socio-
technical
regime
Technology
Markets, user
preferences
Culture
Policy
Science
Industry
Source: Geels (2002)

5. Gobernanza de transiciones
Lands capedevelopments
putpr es s ur eonexis tingr egime,
whichopens up,
cr eatingwindows
of oppor tunityf or novelties
Socio- technicalr egimeis ‘ dynamicallys table’ .
Ondif f er entdimens ions ther ear eongoingpr oces s es
Newconf igur ationbr eaks thr ough,taking
advantageof ‘ windows of oppor tunity’ .
Adjus tments occur ins ocio- technicalr egim
Elements ar egr aduallylinkedtogether,
ands tabilis einadominantdes ign.
I nter nalmomentumincr eas es .
Lear ningpr oces s es takeplaceonmultipledimens ions .
Dif f er entelements ar egr aduallylinkedtogether inas eamles s web.
News oc
r egimein
lands ca
Technological
niches
Socio-technical’
landscape
Socio-
technical
regime
Technology
M ar kets ,us er
pr ef er ences
Cultur e
Policy
Science
I ndus tr y
Source: Geels (2002)
Pressure on regime
to become sustainable
Empowering environmental
awareness and values
Visions for
sustainable energy
systems
Visions for
sustainable energy
systemsVisions for
sustainable energy
systems
Socio-technical
niches
Socio-technical
niches
Socio-technical
niches
Socio-technical
niches
Learning / process
Politics / substance

6. Transition governance
Lands capedevelopments
putpr es s ur eonexis tingr egime,
whichopens up,
cr eatingwindows
of oppor tunityf or novelties
Socio- technicalr egimeis ‘ dynamicallys table’ .
Ondif f er entdimens ions ther ear eongoingpr oces s es
Newconf igur ationbr eaks thr ough,taking
advantageof ‘ windows of oppor tunity’ .
Adjus tments occur ins ocio- technicalr egim
Elements ar egr aduallylinkedtogether,
ands tabilis einadominantdes ign.
I nter nalmomentumincr eas es .
Lear ningpr oces s es takeplaceonmultipledimens ions .
Dif f er entelements ar egr aduallylinkedtogether inas eamles s web.
News oc
r egimein
lands ca
Technological
niches
Socio-technical’
landscape
Socio-
technical
regime
Technology
M ar kets ,us er
pr ef er ences
Cultur e
Policy
Science
I ndus tr y
Source: Geels (2002)
Pressure on regime
to become sustainable
Empowering environmental
awareness and values
Visions for
sustainable energy
systems
Visions for
sustainable energy
systemsVisions for
sustainable energy
systems
Socio-technical
niches
Socio-technical
niches
Socio-technical
niches
Socio-technical
niches
Whose lessons should
drive future adaptations?
Whose visions count?
How to redistribute
commitments from regime to
niches?
How to destabilise the regime?
Where does all this take place?
Which niches to support; whose criteria?
Learning / process
Politics / substance