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The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: responses to seven criticisms

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posted on 2023-06-08, 05:55 authored by Frank Geels
The multi-level perspective (MLP) has emerged as a fruitful middle-range framework for analysing socio-technical transitions to sustainability. The MLP also received constructive criticisms. This paper summarises seven criticisms, formulates responses to them, and translates these into suggestions for future research. The criticisms relate to: (1) lack of agency, (2) operationalization of regimes, (3) bias towards bottom-up change models, (4) epistemology and explanatory style, (5) methodology, (6) socio-technical landscape as residual category, (7) flat ontologies versus hierarchical levels.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Environmental Innovation & Societal Transitions

ISSN

2210-4224

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

1

Volume

1

Page range

24-40

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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