Public Policy and Economic Analysis in Sustainability Transitions
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 2 June 2026 | Viewed by 651
Special Issue Editor
Interests: statistics; socio-economic evaluations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability-oriented innovation and technology studies have received increasing attention over the past two decades. In particular, a relatively new research field dealing with “sustainability transitions” has received increased attention in the literature as well as in the policy arena. The transition to sustainability is a macro-scale process that requires the deep transformation of the economy, society, and technological systems. In parallel, there has been a growing recognition in policy studies and innovation policy fields that sustainability transitions require new approaches. As numerous researchers have pointed out, transitions are inherently boundary-spanning and affect multiple domains (social, political, cultural, and technical). The aim of this Special Issue is to offer a multidisciplinary approach by covering issues around sustainability transitions in terms of their social, technological, economic, and legal aspects, respectively. Our purpose is to reassert the conviction that the politics of transitions requires more attention and better integration into transition studies, and the papers included are expected to shed light on this from a range of fields, such as health, energy, and the environment, and to contribute to the advancement of science by providing appropriate information and selecting the best methods for evaluating sustainable transition policies.
We welcome quantitative studies, including primary and secondary studies such as empirical studies, metaanalyses, and systematic reviews, as well as methodological studies, including, but not limited to, socioeconomic evaluations of policies, explorations of citizens' perceptions, and the tools and methods to capture change across such wide-ranging domains.
Dr. Vilelmine Carayanni
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainability transitions
- public policy
- socioeconomic evaluations
- primary and secondary studies
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