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Out of the comfort zone! : Governing the exnovation of unsustainable technologies and practices

  • Innovations are important for sustainability transformations, yet often prove insufficient for replacing established unsustainable structures. The promotion of renewable energy, for example, has been insufficient for pushing coal out of the energy market. The prevalent "innovation bias" should be overcome by complementing innovation politics and research with a stronger occupation with the purposive termination of unsustainable technologies, products and practices. This article therefore introduces the concept of "exnovation" and discusses the need of, as well as different approaches for, the governance of exnovation processes.

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Document Type:Peer-Reviewed Article
Author:Dirk Arne Heyen, Lukas HermwilleORCiDGND, Timon Wehnert
URN (citable link):https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-69137
DOI (citable link):https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.26.4.9
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Source Title (English):Gaia
Volume:26
Issue:4
First Page:326
Last Page:331
Divisions:Energie-, Verkehrs- und Klimapolitik
Dewey Decimal Classification:320 Politik
OpenAIRE:OpenAIRE
Licence:License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung