A Transitions Perspective on Research for Sustainability
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1. Sustainable development requires transitions to more sustainable systems that incorporate processes of societal, ecological, economic, cultural and technological evolution over the long term. 2. Governance for sustainability transitions should allow societies to self-organize towards sustainability through deliberate and reflexive strategies that promote innovation while securing long-term sustainability values. 3. An operational framework for transition governance includes strategic visioning, experimental tactics at the subsystem level, monitoring and evaluation, and science-policy co-production to guide transitions.
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The document discusses the Luchtsingel initiative in Rotterdam and draws several conclusions. It summarizes that:
1) The Luchtsingel connects and strengthens existing developments in the area while opening it up and having a noticeable economic impact, though expectations for the future are high and ambiguous.
2) The initiative exemplifies the challenges and possibilities of a new style of participatory urban development but requires a broader vision and new governance approach.
3) The city government struggles with participation if not supported by policy, and participatory governance demands redefining all roles as well as playing multiple roles.
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My talk at the Transitions Conference IST2013 on the lock-in of the transitions network. transition mnagement 2.0 and killing your darlings
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Sustainable geneva 170413
This document discusses urban transitions and transition management. It notes that urban transitions are inevitable but may not lead to sustainability due to barriers like policy fragmentation. Transition management is presented as a framework to help accelerate transitions towards sustainability through a multi-level and multi-actor governance approach. The framework involves developing transition arenas, agendas, and experiments to help shift systems to more sustainable configurations over time. Examples of applying transition management in various cities are also provided.
Transitions Governance and Public Administration
The document discusses a new governance paradigm called "transitions governance" that is capable of responding to continuous societal change. It proposes governance based on the dynamics of change, with principles that co-produce innovative capital, co-mobilize resources, and enable societies to co-evolve and adapt. A detection framework would identify macro-level drivers of change, while an orientation framework provides tenets to guide societies towards transition without direct steering. The presentation seeks to govern systems based on their changing nature and open discussion on new approaches.
Oxymora in Transition Research
1. The document discusses oxymorons related to sustainability transitions, including coordinated emergence, evolutionary revolution, deliberative steering, short-term envisioning, selective participation, and undefined experiments.
2. It proposes ways to resolve the contradictions in these oxymorons, such as using transition arenas to coordinate emergence through collective discussions, considering both short-term incremental changes and long-term fundamental changes in evolutionary revolutions, and allowing for both bottom-up and top-down processes in deliberative steering.
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A Transitions Perspective on Research for Sustainability
- 1. A Transitions Perspective on Governance for Sustainable Development Derk Loorbach, Niki Frantzeskaki and Wil Thissen Brussels, 27-05-2009 Sustainable Development: A challenge for European research 28-29 May 2009, Brussels, Belgium
- 5. Time Water management Dutch Health care Dutch construction sector Sustainable systems US car industry Financial system Agriculture National energy systems System Sustainability Performance
- 6. Understanding transition dynamics From: Rotmans et al, 2000 From: Geels and Kemp, 2001 Predevelopment Stabilization time Societal development Acceleration Take-off Macro-level (landscape, trends) Meso-level (regimes, institutions) Micro-level (Niches, individuals)
- 7. Towards transition governance Propositions Transition process guidelines Research questions Basic claims Operational framework Scientific agenda
- 16. Transition governance perspective Propositions Transition process guidelines Research questions Basic claims Operational framework Scientific agenda
- 18. Operational framework Strategic (emphasis on system) Tactical (emphasis on subsystems) Experimental (emphasis on niches) Monitoring, evaluating and learning Developing images coalitions and transition-agendas Mobilizing actors and executing projects and experiments Problem structuring, establishment of the transition arena and envisioning
- 24. Transitionizing research: activist science Sustainability Sciences History Policy sciences Complexity research Sociology Ecology MODE 1 Action Grounded theory consultancy Applied Participatory MODE 2