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INTRANSIT is an 8-year research centre (2019-2026) funded by the Research Council of Norway.
News
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Who decides where transitions go? Sabine de Graaff on the politics of directionality
Transitions, whether driven by new technologies or by normative goals like sustainability, are inherently political. Which solutions to prefer, how to regulate new technologies, which challenges to prioritize, and which problems to ignore? These are core political questions at the heart of transformation. And they raise another one: Who stakes the overall direction of change – and how do they go about doing it? These are the questions Sabine de Graaff explores in her PhD.
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Busy Conference Summer for INTRANSIT Researchers
From Valencia to Milan to Zurich, our researchers have been out presenting work, organizing tracks, and connecting with the international innovation and transitions research community. Here's a quick tour of where we've been and where we're going.
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Open-access book: Sustainability Transitions and Industrial Transformation: Multi-Sector Dynamics and Policy Perspectives
As electrification, hydrogen, digitalisation, and circular economy initiatives spill across sectoral boundaries, this book highlights that researchers and policymakers can no longer afford to look at one system at a time. Transitions in energy ripple through mobility; shifts in mobility reshape mining, materials, and manufacturing; digital platforms reconfigure entire industries. The freely available book examines the complex, multi-system dynamics shaping industrial transformation in the context of climate change, digitalisation, and evolving policy frameworks. These dynamics are essential to research and policy design for the next stage of the transition.
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From Idea to Practice: Understanding the Realities of Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy
What happens when theory meets the realities of policymaking? That is the question at the heart of Silje Svartefoss’ PhD project. Her research takes an up-close look at the process of implementing a mission-oriented innovation policy in practice.
Publications
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Overview of INTRANSIT publications
Here you can find an overview of INTRANSIT's academic publications, including journal articles and book chapters. Each entry has a brief summary of the paper/chapter and a link to the full published text.
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Unpacking normativity in transformative change: A comparative analysis of directionality in Norwegian and Dutch agri-food policy (1945–2023)
Sustainability transitions are inherently political and normative - yet transition research has rarely engaged explicitly with the values that shape policy directions. This paper compares nearly eight decades of Dutch and Norwegian agri-food policy, tracing how problem frames, policy solutions, and underlying values produced different pathways while sharing a persistent dominance of economic values over social and ecological concerns.
Events
After years of green and digital ambitions, a pandemic, wars, an energy crisis and the arrival of AI, where does Norway's industrial transformation actually stand? Researchers from INTRANSIT present key findings, and leaders from industry, policy and civil society join them on stage to discuss the twin transition in the age of AI, whether Norway's industrial transformation has stalled or is still moving, and what works - and what doesn't - in innovation policy for transformative change.
Gemini Centre
We're part of the Gemini Centre for Sustainability Transitions. A centre focused on strengthening the sustainability transitions research field in Norway.
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Funding
INTRANSIT is financed by the Research Council of Norway, and led by the TIK Centre for technology, innovation and culture.