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Johan Schot has published extensively in the research areas of Understanding Deep Transitions, Navigating Transformation and the SDGs, Sustainability Transitions and the History of Technology. Johan Schot’s key publications are made available below with a comprehensive list of all his publications provided in addition.

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Exploring thresholds for a double acceleration movement in sustainability transitions (2025)

Kejia Yang and Johan Schot

Abstract This paper examines how acceleration in sustainability transitions can be conceptualized and measured. Much of the existing literature conceptualizes…

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BUILDING A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR SYSTEMIC INVESTING (2025)

Janset Nil Genç, Jason Jay, Idongesit Sampson and Johan Schot

On March 10, 2025, a group of researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines gathered in London for a 1-day workshop…

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The acceleration of low-carbon transitions: Insights, concepts, challenges, and new directions for research (2025)

Benjamin K. Sovacool a, Frank W. Geels b, Allan Dahl Andersen c d, Michael Grubb e, Andrew J. Jordan f,…

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Books

Technology and the Making of the Netherlands: The Age of Contested Modernization

Johan Schot, Harry Lintsen and Arie Rip (eds.)

Transitions Towards Sustainable Development. New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change

John Grin, Jan Rotmans and Johan Schot

Writing the Rules for Europe: Experts, Cartels and International Organisations

Johan Schot and Wolfram Kaiser

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Book Chapters

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The Contested Rise of A Modernist Technology Politics

Johan Schot, 2003

This chapter explores the idea that as part of a modernization process that gained speed in the nineteenth and twentieth…

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Transformative Innovation Policy: Insights from Colombia, Finland, Norway, South Africa and Sweden

Chux Daniels, Johan Schot, Joanna Chataway, Matias Ramirez, Ed Steinmueller and Laur Kanger

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Policy Papers

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Transformative innovation policy meets responsible research and innovation: a critical reflection (2025)

Paloma Bernal-Hernández , Alejandra Boni , Johan Schot , Diana Velasco

Transformative Innovation Policy has emerged as a forward-looking framework for rethinking science, technology, and innovation policies that address societal needs…

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Transformative Investment in Sustainability: An Investment Philosophy for the Second Deep Transition

Johan Schot, Roberta Benedetti del Rio, Ed Steinmueller and Susanne Keesman

This Philosophy is a deep dive into the theoretical backbone, process and impact of transformative investment. It provides a comprehensive…

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Equidad, Educación y Desarrollo: Propuestas del Foco de Ciencias Sociales y Dearrollo Humano con Equidad

Stéphanie Lavaux, Clemente Forero Pineda, Edgar Hernando Sánchez et al (2020)

El 5 de diciembre de 2019, después de más de nueve meses de un arduo trabajo, 46 científicos nacionales e…

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Working Papers

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Transformative and open research in a Dutch technical university (2024)

Transformative and open research in a Dutch technical university Gaston Heimeriks (Utrecht University) Orlando Vazquez (Eindhoven University of Technology) Jonas…

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REGIMES AND META-REGIMES: MAPS FOR 5 SYSTEMS AND 3 SURGES

Laur Kanger, Phil Johnstone, Janset Nil Genç, Niko Wojtynia, Bipashyee Ghosh, W. Edward Steinmueller, Johan Schot (2024)

Socio-technical systems and regimes are central notions to sustainability transitions studies. As such attempts to identify their components, relations between…

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The Effect Of Shocks On Sustainability Transitions (2022)

Phil Johnstone and Johan Schot

The role of exogenous shocks in influencing transition process is of significant interest to diverse literatures in Sustainability Science. Such…

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