Transformative innovation policy to meet the challenge of climate change: sociotechnical networks aligned with consumption and end-use as new transition arenas for a low-carbon society or green economy
Summary. The paper argues that climate policy must shift from incremental innovation to transformative change through sociotechnical transitions. Rather than focusing on technology supply or macroeconomic approaches, innovation policy should target consumption and end-use patterns organized around fundamental societal functions. The author shows that current policy mixes new demand-driven systemic initiatives with outdated supply-side approaches, and proposes that energy system visualization reveals consumption categories offering better frameworks for designing sociotechnical experiments toward a low-carbon society.
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Steward, F.. (2012). Transformative innovation policy to meet the challenge of climate change: sociotechnical networks aligned with consumption and end-use as new transition arenas for a low-carbon society or green economy. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.663959
Steward, Fred. “Transformative innovation policy to meet the challenge of climate change: sociotechnical networks aligned with consumption and end-use as new transition arenas for a low-carbon society or green economy.” Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.663959.
Steward, Fred. 2012. “Transformative innovation policy to meet the challenge of climate change: sociotechnical networks aligned with consumption and end-use as new transition arenas for a low-carbon society or green economy.” Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.663959.
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title = {Transformative innovation policy to meet the challenge of climate change: sociotechnical networks aligned with consumption and end-use as new transition arenas for a low-carbon society or green economy},
author = {Fred Steward},
journal = {Technology Analysis and Strategic Management},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.1080/09537325.2012.663959},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.663959}
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- 10.1080/09537325.2012.663959
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- United Kingdom
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- Europe
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- climate-and-environment, policy, innovation-theory, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28