This is the final agenda for our one day workshop on theoretical approaches to understanding change in governance systems, with a particular focus on managing transformation to a more sustainable energy system and economy.
Increasingly, research on energy transitions call for greater innovation, not only in technologies, corporate and individual behaviours, but also in political practices. Much of the literature concludes that without a core role for national government(s) in supporting the transition to a sustainable economy, and especially in niche technology markets, progress will be too slow to prevent global temperature rising above two degrees centigrade. The landscape of energy and climate governance is, however, under-researched and under-theorised. There is a need for analysis that goes beyond just assessing and recommending particular policies, to examine the political context within which energy and climate policies are formulated, and how these policies inter-relate with that context.
This workshop is designed to explore and debate theories that have already been developed in other fields of social science to analyse change, and to apply these to better understand how to achieve transition to a more sustainable energy system and economy.
Presentations and papers will be added to the site in the near future.
Download the Agenda here: 30 April Agenda
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