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From Limits to Growth to Post-growth: The International Politics of Technology in Historical Perspective Open
Fifty years ago, innovation studies researchers were critical towards the pioneering ‘Limits to Growth’ analysis of world economy–environment relations. Whilst criticism took distinct forms, their arguments shared hope in the ability of te…
Niche-regime interactions: post-automation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Open
Analysing interactions between niches and regimes is critically important for understanding sustainability transitions. What complicates interaction is the fact that sustainability is often understood and pursued differently in regimes com…
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A framework for developing a knowledge management platform Open
Knowledge management (KM) involves collecting, organizing, storing, and disseminating information to improve decision-making, innovation, and performance. Implementing KM at scale has become essential for organizations to effectively lever…
Inclusive innovation in just transitions: The case of smart local energy systems in the UK Open
Inclusive innovation addresses the challenges and aspirations of poor and marginalised groups in society. Attention towards these groups is also important for social justice in sustainable transitions. How can research insights from inclus…
Social implications of energy infrastructure digitalisation and decarbonisation Open
Digitalisation provides opportunities to decarbonise energy and, simultaneously, address social exclusion and inequality—but it is unclear whether and how these opportunities are realised. Three case studies investigate whether ongoing ene…
A Historical-Ecological Approach to Understanding the Effects of Timber Harvest on Wa’uumst (Devil's Club, Oplopanax horridus) in Lax'yip Madii Lii Open
Industrial land-use has had profound impacts on Indigenous peoples’ homelands throughout Canada. Over the last century, logging practices in British Columbia have severed peoples’ connections to the land-base, creating access challenges an…
A Common Management Framework for European Smart Cities? The Case of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities Six Nations Forum Open
To minimize market fragmentation, optimize efficiencies through compatible digital architectures, and encourage collaboration, high-level smart city harmonization efforts have been advocated across Europe. This paper critically analyzes at…
Going Beyond the Smart City? Implementing Technopolitical Platforms for Urban Democracy in Madrid and Barcelona Open
Digital platforms for urban democracy are analyzed in Madrid and Barcelona. These platforms permit citizens to debate urban issues with other citizens; to propose developments, plans, and policies for city authorities; and to influence how…
Post-automation Open
Tremendous research, policy, and investment is directed towards a new wave of automation in modern societies. Most notable within discourse for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, but also in radical ideas for Fully Automated Luxury Communis…
Europe and/or the UK: Post-Brexit urban and regional development futures – A special issue Open
It was over 25 years ago that European Urban and Regional Studies was launched at a time of epochal change in the composition of the political, economic and social map of Europe. Brexit has been described as an epochal moment – and at such…
Going Beyond the Smart City? Implementing Technopolitical Platforms for Urban Democracy in Madrid and Barcelona Open
Digital platforms for urban democracy are analyzed in Madrid and Barcelona. These platforms permit citizens to debate urban issues with other citizens; to propose developments, plans, and policies for city authorities; and to influence how…
Technology and Human Capabilities in UK Makerspaces Open
The relationship between technology and human capabilities is an ambivalent one. The same technology can expand capabilities for some users under certain circumstances, whilst diminishing capabilities for others situated differently. In th…
South Korea's Automotive Labour Regime, Hyundai Motors’ Global Production Network and Trade‐Based Integration with the European Union Open
This article explores the interrelationship between global production networks (GPNs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) in the South Korean auto industry and its employment relations. It focuses on the production network of the Hyundai Moto…
International panel on social progress: chapter on ‘The future of work – good jobs for all’ Open
There seem to be so many challenges to the experiences of employment and work in today's global economy that this chapter provides a very timely and appropriately wide-ranging analysis of the key transformations taking place.From the emplo…
A regime in the making? Examining the geographies of solar PV electricity in Southern Africa Open
The rapid global deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies since the early 2000s has attracted sustained attention. Solar PV has become an increasingly established, widespread and flexible form of electricity generation. In the re…
Smart urbanism in Barcelona: a knowledge politics perspective Open
There is a risk in the ‘Smart City’ that plural forms of knowing the city become eclipsed by singular governance-oriented analyses produced through computational logics originating from undemocratic service providers. In light of this conc…
The Trade-Labour Nexus: Global Value Chains and Labour Provisions in European Union Free Trade Agreements Open
Labour standards provisions contained within the European Union’s (EU) free trade agreements (FTAs) are a major iteration of attempts to regulate working conditions in the global economy. This article develops an analysis of how the legal …
Labour Standards Provisions in EU Free Trade Agreements: Reflections on the European Commission's Reform Agenda Open
Labour standards provisions within the Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters of EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are presented as a key element of the EU's commitment to a ‘value-based trade agenda’. But criticism of TSD chapters…
Liberatory Technologies for Whom? Exploring a New Generation of Makerspaces Defined by Institutional Encounters Open
Makerspaces are subjects in a plurality of institutional advances and developments. What kinds of hybrid arrangements emerge through these encounters, and what becomes of the occupied factories for peer production theory? Makerspaces are s…