In this article, Finstad and Andersen study the diffusion of multi-purpose technologies in the context of urgent grand challenges. The authors conduct a case study on the diffusion of carbon capture.
Publications
In this paper, Consoli, Castellacci, and Santoalha, investigate the relationship between digital skills of the workforce and income inequalities within regions.
In this review paper, Mouthaan et al. critically analyse research on the sustainability effects of contemporary digitalisation.
In this paper, Laura Piscicelli explores the sustainability effects of a digital circular economy.
In this paper, Mäkitie, Hanson, Dammen and Wardeberg explore the link between digital innovation and sustainability transitions and propose a typology for understanding the twin transiton.
In this paper, Flanagan, Uyarra, and Wanzenböck, explore the place-based roles of agency, institutions, networks and values in discursive processes of problem-framing and market creation.
In this viewpoint, the authors call for more work on digitalization in transition studies and offer a number of perspectives to study the roles of digitalization in sustainability transitions.
In this paper in European Planning Studies, Bugge, Andersen, and Steen, aim to advance our understanding of the geographies and continuities of transformative change, by exploring the role of regional innovation systems in mission-oriented innovation. systems.
This paper, by Fontes, Bento, and Andersen, investigates the conditions in which the development of new technologies induce structural change in the economy. A literature review reveals three factors that influence the industrial transformative capacity of a technology: context; complementarities; competition.
In this paper, Bours, Wanzenböck, and Frenken, propose a small wins approach as a new governance strategy to deal with wicked societal problems.
In this paper, Jakoba Sraml Gonzalez and Magnus Gulbrandsen, discuss how established industries adapt to digital transformation. While digitalisation is perceived as an impetus for change, either due to the opportunities or threats it brings about, not all industries are able to change unlimitedly. The paper uses the newspaper industry in Norway as a case.
In this working paper, Jan Fagerberg, explores the role of demand-oriented innovation policies in supporting the global green shift. The paper focuses on three transitions that have occurred quickly: Wind energy in Denmark, the German Energiewende and electrical cars in Norway.
In this paper, Bach, Mäkitie, Hansen, and Steen explore how the development and implementation of biodiesel and liquefied biogas (LBG) in Norwegian coastal shipping has been influenced by a technological alignment with fossil fuels.
This paper assesses legitimation as a crucial dimension of industry emergence, addressing the neglect of institutional and political aspects of path creation in economic geography. The paper is authored by by MacKinnon, Karlsen, Dawley, Steen, Afewerki, and Kenzheglieyva
In this paper, Maria Tsouri, Jens Hanson, Teis Hansen and Markus Steen analyse how knowledge evolves and (re)combines across technological fields and over time to contribute to the knowledge network of a new technological field (green shipping).