A Conceptual Framework for transition modelling

Alex Haxeltine, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Noam Bergman, Jan Rotmans, Michel Schilperoord and Jonathan Kohler

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2008, vol. 3, issue 1/2, 93-114

Abstract: This paper presents a Conceptual Framework (CF) for analysing and simulating transition dynamics (or radical systemic innovation) that is broadly consistent with both empirical evidence and current theorising about transitions. The framework distinguishes between a dominant socio-technical regime and a number of socio-technical niches. The central feature of the framework is to describe how niches and regime interact to produce a transition dynamic involving either a transformation or a total overthrow of the dominant regime. We base the analysis on reviews of patterns observed in historical transitions, and provide a framework for analysing the processes involved in producing future 'sustainability transitions'.

Keywords: sustainability transitions; conceptual framework; agent-based modelling; sustainability assessment; transition modelling; simulation; radical systemic innovation; transition dynamics; sociotechnical regimes; sociotechnical niches; sustainable development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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