Unsustainabilities : a study on SUVs and space tourism and a research agenda for transition studies

Markard, Jochen; Wells, Peter; Yap, Xiao-Shan; van Lente, Harro

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2023.103302

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dc.contributor.author	Markard, Jochen	-
dc.contributor.author	Wells, Peter	-
dc.contributor.author	Yap, Xiao-Shan	-
dc.contributor.author	van Lente, Harro	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-09T11:43:20Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-11-09T11:43:20Z	-
dc.date.issued	2023	-
dc.identifier.issn	2214-6296	de_CH
dc.identifier.issn	2214-6326	de_CH
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29027	-
dc.description.abstract	While transitions research has pursued a successful research agenda around how to improve established sociotechnical systems in terms of sustainability, it has missed out, among other things, on innovations that make, or keep, societies less sustainable. In our paper, we explore two innovations in different stages of development: Sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and space tourism. SUVs entrench an existing socio-technical system and reproduce problematic practices, while space tourism might create a whole new, unsustainable system. We make three contributions. First, we introduce ‘unsustainabilities’ as a new term for technologies, institutions and practices that make, or keep, societies less sustainable. With this we direct attention to developments and structures that undermine ongoing sustainability transitions. Second, we distinguish unsustainabilities associated with sociotechnical configurations, socio-technical systems, and meta-structures (spanning multiple systems). Third, we argue that precautionary policies will be needed in early stages of innovation, when there is still room to avoid unsustainable transitions.	de_CH
dc.language.iso	en	de_CH
dc.publisher	Elsevier	de_CH
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy Research & Social Science	de_CH
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	de_CH
dc.subject	Unsustainable development	de_CH
dc.subject	Precautionary policy	de_CH
dc.subject	Socio-technical transition	de_CH
dc.subject	Need	de_CH
dc.subject	Mobility	de_CH
dc.subject	Space	de_CH
dc.subject	Nachhaltigkeit	de_CH
dc.subject	Mobilität	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	380: Verkehr	de_CH
dc.title	Unsustainabilities : a study on SUVs and space tourism and a research agenda for transition studies	de_CH
dc.type	Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift	de_CH
dcterms.type	Text	de_CH
zhaw.departement	School of Engineering	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institut für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (INE)	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.erss.2023.103302	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.21256/zhaw-29027	-
zhaw.funding.eu	No	de_CH
zhaw.issue	103302	de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhaw	Yes	de_CH
zhaw.publication.status	publishedVersion	de_CH
zhaw.volume	106	de_CH
zhaw.publication.review	Peer review (Publikation)	de_CH
zhaw.funding.zhaw	SWEET PATHFNDR – Wege in eine effiziente Energiezukunft durch Flexibilität und Sektorenkopplung	de_CH
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Markard, J., Wells, P., Yap, X.-S., & van Lente, H. (2023). Unsustainabilities : a study on SUVs and space tourism and a research agenda for transition studies. Energy Research & Social Science, 106(103302). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103302

Markard, J. et al. (2023) ‘Unsustainabilities : a study on SUVs and space tourism and a research agenda for transition studies’, Energy Research & Social Science, 106(103302). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103302.

J. Markard, P. Wells, X.-S. Yap, and H. van Lente, “Unsustainabilities : a study on SUVs and space tourism and a research agenda for transition studies,” Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 106, no. 103302, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103302.

MARKARD, Jochen, Peter WELLS, Xiao-Shan YAP und Harro VAN LENTE, 2023. Unsustainabilities : a study on SUVs and space tourism and a research agenda for transition studies. Energy Research & Social Science. 2023. Bd. 106, Nr. 103302. DOI 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103302

Markard, Jochen, Peter Wells, Xiao-Shan Yap, and Harro van Lente. 2023. “Unsustainabilities : A Study on SUVs and Space Tourism and a Research Agenda for Transition Studies.” Energy Research & Social Science 106 (103302). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103302.

Markard, Jochen, et al. “Unsustainabilities : A Study on SUVs and Space Tourism and a Research Agenda for Transition Studies.” Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 106, no. 103302, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103302.