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Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways (2007)
Frank Geels and Johan Schot distinguish transformation, reconfiguration, technological substitution, and de-alignment and re-alignment. The abstract relates their differences to timing and nature of multi-level interactions.
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Frank Geels and Johan Schot distinguish transformation, reconfiguration, technological substitution, and de-alignment and re-alignment. The abstract relates their differences to timing and nature of multi-level interactions.
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Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways (2007) authored by Johan Schot
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Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways (2007) authored by Frank Geels
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The paper refines the multi-level perspective and distinguishes four transition pathways; full case-by-case reassessment is not claimed.
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The paper refines the multi-level perspective and distinguishes four transition pathways; full case-by-case reassessment is not claimed.
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Taylor, B. P. (2026). Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways (2007). The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/publication_geels_schot_pathways_2007/
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