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Tag Archives: transitions

Journal article: What influences the diffusion of grassroots innovations for sustainability?

December 8, 2015by Adrian Smith

Community action for sustainability is a promising site of socio- technical innovation. Here we test the applicability of co- evolutionary niche theories of innovation diffusion (strategic niche management, SNM) to […]

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Academic papers, Complementary Currencies, GICC (Grassroots Innovations: Complementary Currencies), Theory

Unleashing Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability

May 12, 2015by Adrian Smith

The quest for sustainability’s holy grail will be the subject of a keynote presentation by Gill Seyfang (3S, UEA) at the European Society for Ecological Economics 2015 conference. (also presented in GI […]

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Complementary Currencies, GICC (Grassroots Innovations: Complementary Currencies), News

Working Paper: Understanding the diffusion of grassroots innovations for sustainability

September 1, 2014by Adrian Smith

An international study of community currency niches Community action for sustainability is an often-overlooked, yet potentially promising site of socio-technical innovation. In this paper we test the applicability of co-evolutionary […]

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Academic papers, Complementary Currencies, GICC (Grassroots Innovations: Complementary Currencies), Publications

Community energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the government

May 12, 2014by Adrian Smith

Community-led sustainable energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the government, according to a new paper from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of Sussex. Published today, the […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy)

Journal article: A grassroots sustainable energy niche?

May 12, 2014by Adrian Smith

System-changing innovations for sustainability transitions are pro- posed to emerge in radical innovative niches. ‘Strategic Niche Management’ theory predicts that niche-level actors and networks will aggregate learning from local projects, […]

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Academic papers, CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Publications, Theory

Working Paper: A Grassroots Sustainable Energy Niche?

June 26, 2013by Adrian Smith

A new working paper presents new evidence from our 12 in-depth case studies of community energy projects in the UK and explores how useful ‘niche management’ theory is in helping […]

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Academic papers, CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Publications

Grassroots Innovations at New Economics summer institute

March 6, 2013by Adrian Smith

Gill Seyfang is one of a core faculty team teaching about Grassroots Innovations and Sustainability Transitions at the Second Annual Summer Institute in New Economics hosted by the Wingspread Retreat Center, Wind […]

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Journal article: Connecting regimes and practices in innovation for sustainability

March 2, 2013by Adrian Smith

The multilevel perspective and social practice theory have emerged as competing approaches for understanding the complexity of sociotechnical change. The relationship between these two different camps has, on occasions, been […]

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Academic papers, CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Publications, Theory

Book chapter: Exploring niche development processes among community energy initiatives

February 2, 2013by Adrian Smith

Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith from the CISE project have a chapter in a new book on Innovations in Sustainable Consumption. Hielscher, S., Seyfang, G. and Smith, A. […]

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Academic papers, CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Community Energy, Publications

Working Paper: Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability: a niche analysis of community currencies

October 3, 2012by Adrian Smith

  A new working paper presents a niche analysis of community currencies for sustainability. Over the last decade, the nascent field of Sustainability Transitions has sought to explain the conditions […]

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Academic papers, Complementary Currencies, GICC (Grassroots Innovations: Complementary Currencies), Publications

Journal article: creating spaces for sustainable innovation

June 23, 2012by Adrian Smith
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Academic papers

International Workshop on Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability

May 28, 2012by Adrian Smith

“Community food projects are not about food, and community energy projects are not about energy” was one of the conclusions from an international workshop of experts on ‘grassroots innovations’. These […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), GICC (Grassroots Innovations: Complementary Currencies), News

Book chapter: Civil society in sustainable energy transitions

May 23, 2012by Adrian Smith

How does civil society feature in wide-scale transformation processes to socio-technical systems like energy? In this book chapter, Adrian Smith explors ways of addressing this question by drawing upon concepts […]

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Academic papers

2012 Grassroots Innovations Academic Workshop

May 3, 2012by Adrian Smith

Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability: A Research Workshop Aim: critical reflection, analytical consolidation and developing research agendas 16-18th May 2012 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. News story Organised by Adrian […]

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CISE (Community Innovation in Sustainable Energy), Events, GICC (Grassroots Innovations: Complementary Currencies)

Book: New Economics of Sustainable Consumption

March 24, 2012by Adrian Smith

Seyfang, G. (2009) The New Economics of Sustainable Consumption: Seeds of Change (Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke) ISBN 978-0-230-52533-7 [paperback published 2011] Climate change is forcing us to rethink our lifestyles, but green consumerism […]

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Academic papers, Complementary Currencies, Ecohousing, Food, Publications, Theory

Journal paper: The Governance Of Sustainable Socio-Technical Transitions

March 24, 2012by Adrian Smith

Smith, A., Stirling, A. and Berkhout, F. (2005) ‘The Governance Of Sustainable Socio-Technical Transitions’ Research Policy 34 pp.1491-1510 A quasi-evolutionary model of socio-technical transitions is described in which regimes face selection pressures […]

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Academic papers, Publications, Theory

Working paper: Energy and communities in transition

September 21, 2010by Adrian Smith

A new working paper on civil society and sustainability transitions has been published – you can download this working paper in PDF format (175.12K). Energy and communities in transition – […]

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Academic papers, News, Publications, Transition Towns

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Grassroots innovations are community-led solutions for sustainability. Here we present news and updates from a series of research projects on grassroots innovations, based at the University of East Anglia and University of Sussex. Our research aims to better understand how these innovations develop and grow, and how they can be harnessed to meet sustainability policy objectives.

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