Technology roadmaps for transition management: The case of hydrogen energy

Will McDowall

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2012, vol. 79, issue 3, 530-542

Abstract: Technology roadmaps are increasingly used by governments to inform and promote technological transitions, such as a transition to a hydrogen energy system. This paper develops a framework for understanding how current roadmapping practice relates to emerging theories of the governance of systems innovation. In applying this framework to a case study of hydrogen roadmaps, the paper finds that roadmapping for transitions needs to place greater emphasis on ensuring good quality and transparent analytic and participatory procedures. To be most useful, roadmaps should be embedded within institutional structures that enable the incorporation of learning and re-evaluation, but in practice most transition roadmaps are one-off exercises.

Keywords: Roadmaps; Transition management; Technological expectations; Technological transitions; Systems innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.10.002

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