Conceptual and empirical advances in analysing policy mixes for energy transitions

By Karoline S. Rogge, F. Kern, Michael Howlett. 2017

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Abstract Energy transitions face multiple barriers, lock-in, path dependencies and resistance to change which require strategic policy efforts to be overcome. In this regard, it has been increasingly recognised that a multiplicity of instruments – or instrument mixes – are needed to foster low-carbon transitions. In addition, over the past few years a broader conceptualization of policy mixes for sustainability transitions has emerged which we adopt in this special issue. Such a broader perspective not only examines the interaction of instruments, but also captures corresponding policy strategies with their long-term targets and pays greater attention to the associated policy processes. It also encompasses the analysis of overarching policy mix characteristics such as consistency, coherence or credibility, as well as policy design considerations. Furthermore, it embraces the analysis of actors and institutions involved in developing and implementing such policy mixes. To explicitly consider these further aspects of policy mixes, this special issue includes fifteen papers with different analytical perspectives drawing on a range of social science disciplines, such as environmental economics, innovation studies and policy sciences. It is our hope that the conceptual and empirical advances presented here will stimulate diverse future research and inform policy advice on policy mixes for energy transitions.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change

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An in-depth analysis of the evolution of the policy mix for the sustainable energy transition in China from 1981 to 2020 (2020, background): “It also contains two other elements: the policy strategy and the instrument mix [27,28].”
The co-evolution of policy mixes and socio-technical systems: Towards a conceptual framework of policy mix feedback in sustainability transitions (2019, background): “Only few studies have started to draw on policy process theories in the context of transitions to better understand processes of policy change (Kern and Rogge, 2017).”
How do policies mobilize private finance for renewable energy?—A systematic review with an investor perspective (2019, background): “Fourth, in a response to potential unintended (or counteracting) consequences of different sets of policies, the policy mix literature stream [50,166,167] could be extended to include risk and return considerations.”
Harnessing theories of the policy process for analysing the politics of sustainability transitions: A critical survey (2017, background): “However, it has been argued that today’s grand societal challenges, such as addressing climate change, call for a broader perspective on policy mixes which does not stop short at instrument mixes, but goes beyond the consideration of instrument interactions (Rogge and Reichardt 2016; Rogge et al. 20”
Do policy mix characteristics matter for low-carbon innovation? A survey-based exploration of renewable power generation technologies in Germany (2018, background): “Similarly, the sustainability transitions literature calls for policy mixes which address the various market, structural and transformational system failures that hinder the much-needed decarbonization of the economy (Jacobsson and Bergek, 2011; OECD, 2015; OECD/IEA/NEA/ ITF, 2015; Rogge et al., 201”