Evaluating sustainability transitions pathways: bridging analytical approaches to address governance challenges

The paper proposes a framework to integrate three analytical approaches—quantitative systems modelling, socio-technical transition analysis, and initiative-based learning—to better support the governance of transitions to sustainable and low-carbon societies.

• The authors propose bridging three specific analytical approaches—quantitative systems modelling, socio-technical transition analysis, and initiative-based learning—because they argue that each individually provides a "partial and incomplete picture," which limits the utility of the insights provided for policy and practice.
• The proposed integration strategy relies on alignment, bridging, and iteration, requiring a structured dialogue between practitioners. This dialogue would focus on three areas of joint knowledge production: defining common analytical or governance problems, establishing shared concepts known as "boundary objects," and creating operational bridging devices such as metrics and pathways evaluation.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2015). Evaluating sustainability transitions pathways: bridging analytical approaches to address governance challenges. https://www.sei.org/publications/evaluating-sustainability-transitions-pathways-bridging-analytical-approaches-to-address-governance-challenges/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Evaluating sustainability transitions pathways: bridging analytical approaches to address governance challenges. 2015. https://www.sei.org/publications/evaluating-sustainability-transitions-pathways-bridging-analytical-approaches-to-address-governance-challenges/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2015evaluating, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Evaluating sustainability transitions pathways: bridging analytical approaches to address governance challenges}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2015}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/evaluating-sustainability-transitions-pathways-bridging-analytical-approaches-to-address-governance-challenges/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }