Jan Rotmans

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address how to understand the dynamics and governance of long-term transformative change towards sustainable development in the context of sustainable development, and discuss the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes.

TL;DR: Transition management as mentioned in this paper is a multilevel model of governance which shapes processes of co-evolution using visions, transition experiments and cycles of learning and adaptation, which helps societies to transform themselves in a gradual, reflexive way through guided processes of variation and selection, the outcomes of which are stepping stones for further change.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present four different cases of transition management in which they were involved over the past 10 years, and draw lessons and formulating research questions for the future.

TL;DR: In this article, a typology of different ways in which power can be exercised, explicitly including innovative power and transformative power, is presented, and applied to transition studies, redefining pivotal transition concepts in terms of power and formulating hypotheses on the role of power in transitions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss academic, institutional, and societal challenges in sustainability science and explore the potential of uniting education, research and societal contributions to form a systematic and integrated response to the sustainability crisis.