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Processes and patterns in transitions and system innovations: refining the co-evolutionary multi-level perspective

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:11 authored by Frank Geels
This article investigates transitions at the level of societal functions (e.g., transport, communication, housing). Societal functions are fulfilled by sociotechnical systems, which consist of a cluster of aligned elements, e.g., artifacts, knowledge, markets, regulation, cultural meaning, infrastructure, maintenance networks and supply networks. Transitions are conceptualised as system innovations, i.e., a change from one sociotechnical system to another. The article describes a co-evolutionary multi-level perspective to understand how system innovations come about through the interplay between technology and society. The article makes a new step as it further refines the multi-level perspective by distinguishing characteristic patterns: (a) two transition routes, (b) fit-stretch pattern, and (c) patterns in breakthrough

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  • Published

Journal

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

6

Volume

72

Page range

681-696

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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Special issue.

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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