Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Brugger, Heike; Brunzema, Iska; Dańkowska, Alicja; Wemyss, Devon; Vernay, Anne-Lorène; Betz, Regina; Avelino, Flor; de Geus, Tessa; Dembek, Agata; Duetschke, Elisabeth; Hielscher, Sabine; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Müller, Leticia; Musiolik, Jörg; Ranville, Adélie; Schleich, Joachim; Stasik, Agata; Strumińska-Kutra, Marta; Winzer, Christian; Wittmayer, Julia; Rogge, Karoline S.

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29190

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance
Authors:	Sovacool, Benjamin K. Brugger, Heike Brunzema, Iska Dańkowska, Alicja Wemyss, Devon Vernay, Anne-Lorène Betz, Regina Avelino, Flor de Geus, Tessa Dembek, Agata Duetschke, Elisabeth Hielscher, Sabine Iskandarova, Marfuga Müller, Leticia Musiolik, Jörg Ranville, Adélie Schleich, Joachim Stasik, Agata Strumińska-Kutra, Marta Winzer, Christian Wittmayer, Julia Rogge, Karoline S.
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w 10.21256/zhaw-29190
Published in:	Communications Earth & Environment
Issue Date:	15-Aug-2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	2662-4435
Language:	English
Subjects:	Energy and society; Environmental study; Energie und Gesellschaft; Nachhaltigkeit
Subject (DDC):	333.79: Energy
Abstract:	Accelerating energy transitions that are both sustainable and just remains an important challenge, and social innovation can have a key role in this transition. Here, we examine the diversity and potential of social innovation in energy systems transformation, synthesizing original mixed methods data from expert interviews, document analysis, social innovation experiments, a representative survey, and an expert survey. Based on a thematic analysis of these data, we advance four key findings: (1) the diversity of social innovation in energy is best understood when recognizing core social practices (thinking, doing, and organizing) and accounting for changes in social relations (cooperation, exchange, competition, and conflict); (2) governance, policy networks, and national context strongly shape social innovation dynamics; (3) processes of social innovation are implicated by multidimensional power relations that can result in transformative changes; and (4) social innovation in energy generally has strong social acceptance among citizens, benefits local communities and is legitimized in key community and city organizations. We discuss an agenda for 9 future research directions on social innovation in energy, and conclude with insights related to national context, governance, and acceleration.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29190
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Engineering School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) Center for Energy and Environment (CEE)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Management and Law

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Sovacool, B. K., Brugger, H., Brunzema, I., Dańkowska, A., Wemyss, D., Vernay, A.-L., Betz, R., Avelino, F., de Geus, T., Dembek, A., Duetschke, E., Hielscher, S., Iskandarova, M., Müller, L., Musiolik, J., Ranville, A., Schleich, J., Stasik, A., Strumińska-Kutra, M., et al. (2023). Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w

Sovacool, B.K. et al. (2023) ‘Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance’, Communications Earth & Environment [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w.

B. K. Sovacool et al., “Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance,” Communications Earth & Environment, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w.

SOVACOOL, Benjamin K., Heike BRUGGER, Iska BRUNZEMA, Alicja DAŃKOWSKA, Devon WEMYSS, Anne-Lorène VERNAY, Regina BETZ, Flor AVELINO, Tessa DE GEUS, Agata DEMBEK, Elisabeth DUETSCHKE, Sabine HIELSCHER, Marfuga ISKANDAROVA, Leticia MÜLLER, Jörg MUSIOLIK, Adélie RANVILLE, Joachim SCHLEICH, Agata STASIK, Marta STRUMIŃSKA-KUTRA, Christian WINZER, Julia WITTMAYER und Karoline S. ROGGE, 2023. Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance. Communications Earth & Environment. 15 August 2023. DOI 10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w

Sovacool, Benjamin K., Heike Brugger, Iska Brunzema, Alicja Dańkowska, Devon Wemyss, Anne-Lorène Vernay, Regina Betz, et al. 2023. “Social Innovation Supports Inclusive and Accelerated Energy Transitions with Appropriate Governance.” Communications Earth & Environment, August. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w.

Sovacool, Benjamin K., et al. “Social Innovation Supports Inclusive and Accelerated Energy Transitions with Appropriate Governance.” Communications Earth & Environment, Aug. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w.