Local niche experimentation in energy transitions: a theoretical and empirical exploration of proximity advantages and disadvantages

By Lars Coenen, Rob P. J. M. Raven, G. Verbong. 2010

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science

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Local Demonstrations for Global Transitions—Dynamics across Governance Levels Fostering Socio-Technical Regime Change Towards Sustainability (2012, background): “Researchers interested in socio-technical transitions towards sustainability have only recently started to conceptualize such geographies of transitions (Coenen et al., 2010; STRN Steering Group, 2010).”
A socio-technical perspective on low carbon investment challenges – Insights for UK energy policy (2015, background): “…the need to develop and foster ‘niche’ spaces or incubation rooms for radical innovation which, although may be underdeveloped and uncompetitive against incumbent technologies, have the potential to diffuse and alter mainstream regimes further down the line (Raven, 2005; Coenen et al., 2010).”
Experimenting towards a low-carbon city: Policy evolution and nested structure of innovation (2018, background): “…increasingly adopted in cities worldwide; cities have a great potential for global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction by reshaping their carbon trajectories; and there may be diverse pathways and degree of success in achieving this target (Bai et al., 2010; Coenen et al., 2010; Newton and Bai, 2008).”
Trinity of change agency, regional development paths and opportunity spaces (2020, background): “Localized interactions and learning support the emergence of collective expectations and perceptions of future development opportunities (Steen, 2016; Coenen et al., 2010).”
Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda (2017, unknown): “…to be developed further to explore the role of cities and regions in sustainability transitions building on the work of Truffer and Coenen (2012), Coenen et al. (2010), Smith et al. (2010), Hodson and Marvin (2010) and Murphy (2015), with the potential for fruitful cross-fertilization between…”
Green energy clusters and socio-technical transitions: analysis of a sustainable energy cluster for regional economic development in Central Massachusetts, USA (2012, background): “Several other papers have introduced considerations of space and the benefits of geographic proximity into some work on sociotechnical transitions (Truffer 2008; Coenen et al. 2010; Späth and Rohracher 2010).”
Path Renewal in Old Industrial Regions: Possibilities and Limitations for Regional Innovation Policy (2015, background): “Regions are seen as key sites to carry out such experimentation due to various proximity effects that compensate for the inherent uncertainties connected to new path creation (COENEN et al. 2010; HEALY and MORGAN, 2012).”
Green technologies and Smart Specialisation Strategies: a European patent-based analysis of the intertwining of technological relatedness and key enabling technologies (2018, background): “Within this framework, the so-called Multilevel Perspective (MLP) of eco-innovation (Geels, 2005; Smith, 2003) has recently recognised that the “niches” from which sustainable “socio-technical regimes” evolve often have, at least initially, a local-scale dimension (Coenen et al., 2010).”
Social innovation in question: The theoretical and practical implications of a contested concept (2018, unknown): “According to this literature, there are different scales at which innovation activities are undertaken before they become dominant (Coenen et al., 2010; Moore et al., 2014).”