Experimenting for sustainability transitions: A systematic literature review

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 145, Issue , 2019, Pages 153-164

  Sengers, Frans ^b   Wieczorek, Anna J ^a   Raven, Rob ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experiments; Sustainability transitions; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

REVIEW PAPERS; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIO-TECHNICAL EXPERIMENTS; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; SYSTEM INNOVATIONS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; TRANSITION EXPERIMENT; WELFARE STATE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INNOVATION; LEARNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85047137905     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.08.031     Document Type: Review

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