Thinking about individual actor-level perspectives in sociotechnical transitions: A comment on the transitions research agenda
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In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 34, 03.2020, p. 341-343.
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T1 - Thinking about individual actor-level perspectives in sociotechnical transitions
T2 - A comment on the transitions research agenda
AU - Upham, Paul
AU - Bögel, Paula
AU - Dütschke, Elisabeth
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - The 2019 STRN research agenda identifies connecting the different 'levels' of transitions processes as a worthwhile line of work. Individual actor-level processes are an example of those at the 'micro' level that are lost through the aggregation involved in high level sociotechnical transitions concepts. This short commentary discusses ways of connecting individual actor level processes to transitions concepts, where 'individual' refers to individual human actors. For this purpose, the commentary draws on social psychology and shows how this particular discipline is relevant to more than simply consumption and technology acceptance. The commentary also identifies more general strategies relevant to the bridging of levels, beyond psychology, namely: (i) the use of concepts that inherently bridge the individual and the social; and (ii) the use of multi-stage, sequenced studies that track the influence of different types of processes through particular sociotechnical systems.
AB - The 2019 STRN research agenda identifies connecting the different 'levels' of transitions processes as a worthwhile line of work. Individual actor-level processes are an example of those at the 'micro' level that are lost through the aggregation involved in high level sociotechnical transitions concepts. This short commentary discusses ways of connecting individual actor level processes to transitions concepts, where 'individual' refers to individual human actors. For this purpose, the commentary draws on social psychology and shows how this particular discipline is relevant to more than simply consumption and technology acceptance. The commentary also identifies more general strategies relevant to the bridging of levels, beyond psychology, namely: (i) the use of concepts that inherently bridge the individual and the social; and (ii) the use of multi-stage, sequenced studies that track the influence of different types of processes through particular sociotechnical systems.
KW - Critical realism
KW - Ontology
KW - Organisational behaviour
KW - Social psychology
KW - Strong structuration
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074507731&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eist.2019.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.eist.2019.10.005
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85074507731
VL - 34
SP - 341
EP - 343
JO - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
JF - Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
SN - 2210-4224
ER -