3rd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions
‘Sustainable Transitions: Navigating Theories and Challenging Realities’

August 29-­‐31, 2012 

The ambition of IST 2012 is to offer a space for the exchange of experiences with a broad range of empirical investigations and interventions in the field of transition studies. Core themes of the conference will be:

The Dynamics of Transitions
We invite analyses of the conceptual and theoretical assumptions of the transition community and the implications of using different explanatory logics in understanding socio-technical regimes and transition dynamics, as well as empirical analyses of how regime mechanisms are maintained and challenged  

Transition Governance and Strategic Navigation
We welcome empirical- and conceptual analysis of how transition governance succeeds or fails in organising processes by which regime embedded development trajectories are identified and challenged. We also welcome studies of how system framings are associated with means of interventions and new strategic opportunities. 

Transitions and the Unfolding Controversies over Sustainability
Sustainability is a contested approach in itself ranging from environmental limits to social inclusion. We invite analytical contributions studying how sustainability – economic, social or environmental – is contextualised as strategic priority for transitions in-the making, as well as discussions of how to identify and cope with un-sustainable growth and transition dynamics.

Boundaries in Different Methodological Approaches
We invite empirical studies applying different methodologies such as social network analysis, system innovation, modelling and case studies with emphasis on transitions – also from non European settings. We ask contributors to reflect on how boundaries are substantiated methodologically through delimitation of research objects, as well as on how the empirical study contribute to the field of transition studies.

For information on the conference visit http://www.ist2012.dk/ 
Contact the organizers via mail to ist2012@sustrans.dk

Download the conference call for contributions here.