Social innovations in the German energy transition: an attempt to use the heuristics of the multi-level perspective of transitions to analyze the diffusion process of social innovations

Rick Hölsgens, Stephanie Lübke, Marco Hasselkuß · 2018 · Energy Sustainability and Society

Summary. This paper examines whether the multi-level perspective framework, commonly used to analyze technological transitions, can explain how social innovations spread in Germany's energy transition. The authors studied five social innovation projects in North Rhine-Westphalia and found that the framework works only for transformative social innovations that challenge existing systems, not for incremental improvements. The multi-level perspective proves useful for understanding diffusion barriers and drivers when social innovations compete with or reshape established regimes.

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  title   = {Social innovations in the German energy transition: an attempt to use the heuristics of the multi-level perspective of transitions to analyze the diffusion process of social innovations},
  author  = {Rick Hölsgens and Stephanie Lübke and Marco Hasselkuß},
  journal = {Energy Sustainability and Society},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1186/s13705-018-0150-7},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-018-0150-7}
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DOI

10.1186/s13705-018-0150-7

Countries

Germany

Regions

Europe

Categories

energy, innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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