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Multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions
An analytical account of transitions through interactions among protected innovation niches, established socio-technical regimes, and wider landscape pressures. The levels describe different forms of structuration, not an organisational hierarchy or a sequence of implementation stages.
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Summary
An analytical account of transitions through interactions among protected innovation niches, established socio-technical regimes, and wider landscape pressures. The levels describe different forms of structuration, not an organisational hierarchy or a sequence of implementation stages.
Implications for practice
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Key distinctions
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Connections to practice
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Common confusions
- Treating transition levels as VSM systems or organisational ranks.
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Status: candidate · Relation: presents account of
The paper refines the multi-level perspective and distinguishes four transition pathways; full case-by-case reassessment is not claimed.
Locator: Abstract
- Typology of Sociotechnical Transition Pathways (source scoped research pass)
Claims and disputes
The paper refines the multi-level perspective and distinguishes four transition pathways; full case-by-case reassessment is not claimed.
Claim status: candidate. Review status: research pass needs editor.
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Supporting sources
- Typology of Sociotechnical Transition Pathways (source scoped research pass)
Sources and passage locators
- The Multi-level Perspective on Sustainability Transitions (source scoped research pass)
- Typology of Sociotechnical Transition Pathways (source scoped research pass)
- Typology of Sociotechnical Transition Pathways: Abstract · research pass needs editor
Cite this entry
Taylor, B. P. (2026). Multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/framework_multi_level_perspective/
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