Social innovations in the German energy transition: an attempt to use the heuristics of the multi-level perspective of transitions to analyze the diffusion process of social innovations

Abstract Background For a successful transition to a sustainable energy system, not only technical but also social innovations are required. A major challenge to social innovation research is how to translate the social innovation from a novelty with big potential into a mainstream practice. The mul...

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Main Authors: Rick Hölsgens, Stephanie Lübke, Marco Hasselkuß
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Energy, Sustainability and Society
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13705-018-0150-7