Book & Article Collection
The field of sustainability transitions is extremely broad and diverse. Below, you can find a series of edited books and article collections by a curated set of authors who tackle various aspects of sustainability transitions.
Wesche, J. & Hendriks, A. (Eds.). (2026). Introduction to Sustainability Transitions Research. (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009437318
Koretsky, Z., Stegmaier, P., Turnheim, B., & van Lente, H. (Eds.). (2022). Technologies in Decline: Socio-Technical Approaches to Discontinuation and Destabilisation (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003213642
Steen, M., Thune, T., Hansen, T., Mäkitie, T., & Frenken, K. (Eds.). (2026). Sustainability Transitions and Industrial Transformation. (1st ed.). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4893-4
Geels, F. W., Kemp, R., Dudley, G., & Lyons, G. (Eds.). (2012). Automobility in Transition? A Socio-Technical Analysis of Sustainable Transport. (1st ed.). Routledge.
Spaargaren, G., Oosterveer, P., & Loeber, A. (Eds.). (2012). Food Practices in Transition: Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production in the Age of Reflexive Modernity. (1st ed.). Routledge
Moallemi, E. A., & de Haan, F. J. (Eds.). (2020). Modelling Transitions: Virtues,
Vices, Visions of the Future. (1st ed.). Routledge.
Frantzeskaki, N., Castán Broto, V., Coenen, L., & Loorbach, D. (Eds.). (2017). Urban Sustainability Transitions. (1st ed.). Routledge.
Grin, J., Rotmans, J., Schot, J. (2011). Transitions to Sustainable Development: New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change. (1st ed.). Routledge.
Broerse, J. E. W., & Grin, J. (Eds.). (2017). Toward Sustainable Transitions in Healthcare Systems. (1st ed.). Routledge.
Verbong, G., & Loorbach, D. (Eds.). (2012). Governing the Energy Transition: Reality, Illusion or Necessity? (1st ed.). Routledge
Article collections
Responses to the transitions research agenda.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10P5C2CNP9K
Celebrating a decade of EIST: What’s next for transition studies? https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/100LBG0BGC6
Please note, while we do our best to highlight the most relevant books in the field of sustainability transitions for educational purposes, we are not responsible for the content therein.
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