Month: July 2018

What is the purpose of sustainability transitions research?

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Today I attended an interesting discussion about the 2018 International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference (via the Australian Sustainability Transitions Research Alliance [ASTRA]) at which conference attendees shared their thoughts and reflections on the conference. Running through multiple thoughts and observations seemed to be dissatisfaction with current theory and practice in relation to present sustainability issues … [Read more…]

My future research agenda

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I’ve been reflecting on my PhD work and some potential future directions for my research which build on my growing interest in knowledge-related aspects of sustainability transitions. This post sketches a few preliminary thoughts regarding what a research agenda focussed on these aspects of transitions could examine and why. An important line of inquiry in my … [Read more…]