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Conceptualising the systemic activities of intermediaries in sustainability transitions
This article contributes to the literature on sustainability transitions, innovation systems, and eco-innovation by addressing conceptual challenges regarding the systemic activities of inter-mediaries. Specifically, the article addresses a research gap pertaining to the ways in which the systemic activities of (eco-)innovation intermediaries can be conceptualised and empirically demonstrated. Empirically, the paper examines selected intermediaries in the context of support systems for eco-innovators in three regions across Finland, Germany, and Sweden. Drawing from our empirical findings and the literature on intermediaries, we conceptualise three system levels within which intermediation occurs: (i) in-between entities in a network, (ii) in-between networks of entities, and (iii) in-between actors, networks, and institutions. Our discussion suggests a heterogeneity of roles that individual intermediaries take at multiple system levels, complementing an emerging, more nuanced perspective of intermediaries in sustainability transitions. Thus, we suggest the term systemic intermediation for describing the system-level activities of intermediaries. ; Funding agencies: Formas (The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning)Swedish Research Council Formas; European UnionEuropean Union (EU); European Commission Erasmus + knowledge Alliances; Academy of FinlandAcademy of Finland [2
Conceptualising the systemic activities of intermediaries in sustainability transitions
This article contributes to the literature on sustainability transitions, innovation systems, and eco-innovation by addressing conceptual challenges regarding the systemic activities of inter-mediaries. Specifically, the article addresses a research gap pertaining to the ways in which the systemic activities of (eco-)innovation intermediaries can be conceptualised and empirically demonstrated. Empirically, the paper examines selected intermediaries in the context of support systems for eco-innovators in three regions across Finland, Germany, and Sweden. Drawing from our empirical findings and the literature on intermediaries, we conceptualise three system levels within which intermediation occurs: (i) in-between entities in a network, (ii) in-between networks of entities, and (iii) in-between actors, networks, and institutions. Our discussion suggests a heterogeneity of roles that individual intermediaries take at multiple system levels, complementing an emerging, more nuanced perspective of intermediaries in sustainability transitions. Thus, we suggest the term systemic intermediation for describing the system-level activities of intermediaries. ; Funding agencies: Formas (The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning)Swedish Research Council Formas; European UnionEuropean Union (EU); European Commission Erasmus + knowledge Alliances; Academy of FinlandAcademy of Finland [2
Conceptualising the systemic activities of intermediaries in sustainability transitions
Kanda, Wisdom (author) / Kuisma, Mika (author) / Kivimaa, Paula (author) / Hjelm, Olof (author)
2020-01-01
ISI:000569713900008
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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