Reflections on the 1st PhDs in Transitions conference

After a brief summer break, we would like to report on our first fully self-organized event: the 1st PhDs in Transitions Conference which took place on April 28th and 29th at the University of Greenwich in London, UK. Three of the conference participants share their reflection and thoughts in the following post…

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Doctoral research as a trajectory of successful and failed experimental initiatives: Five crucial lessons for new sustainability transition scholars interested in the developing world

Guest Post by Suyash Jolly – PostDoc at KTH, Sweden. As sustainability transition scholars we are quite familiar with terms such as ‘first’ and ‘second’ order learning and sustainability experiments. We have used these terms multiple times while writing our articles and often hear them several times during STRN conferences. We have become attached to…

Transitions studies and developing countries – does it fit?

Invited authors: Jens Marquardt & Giorgia Silvestri on behalf of the TransLACASAF  While the field of sustainability transitions studies is often criticized for its narrow focus on European and other OECD countries, more and more scholars apply concepts and frameworks like transition management or strategic niche management to countries in Asia, Africa or Latin America. This raises some…

Last days: Call for 1st PhDs in Transitions Conference

© Greenwich University and Docklands, by DncnH  We kindly invite you to submit your abstracts for our 1st PhDs in Transitions Conference: Sustainable Transitions: Methodologies, Geographies and Public Service Reform, which will take place on April 28th and 29th at the University of Greenwich, London. The conference is the first formal gathering of our network…

Call for Abstracts – PhD/ECR Transitions Conference; University of Greenwich, 28-29 April 2016

Call for abstracts for the Upcoming PhD conference in Green. Topics include: public service reforms, urban transitions, mixed methods, and geographies of transitions. Due 7th February