The theoretical foundations of sociotechnical systems change for sustainability: A systematic literature review

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:206

Review

Savaget, Paulo¹  Geissdoerfer, Martin¹  Kharrazi, Ali^2,3  Evans, Steve¹ 

[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Engn, Inst Mfg, Cambridge CB3 0FS, England

[2] IIASA, Adv Syst Anal Program, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria

[3] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Publ Policy, Tokyo 1138654, Japan

关键词: Sociotechnical systems;    Sustainability;    Innovation;    System change;    Systematic literature review;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.208

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This paper provides a critical literature overview of the foundations of the concepts of sustainability and sociotechnical systems change. This review covers the analysis of 182 scientific articles through a combination of bibliometric analysis, snowballing, content analysis and problematization. Our results identify and discuss 14 unique ontological and normative foundations shaping how we understand sociotechnical system change for sustainability. These influence both what system change is perceived as desirable and as attainable; as well as how to navigate between all the coexisting pathways, trade-offs, and complexities of the three dimensions of sustainability. By identifying the theoretical foundations, we illustrate the most up-to-date theoretical developments and concomitantly pinpoint a few opportunities for future contributions that improve, refute or complement them, hence shedding light on various research questions to develop the literature further. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

【 授权许可】

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