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Understanding actor roles in sustainability initiatives: an exploratory study in five European countries
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Abstract Several strands of literature have developed around the ambition to influence or bring about transitions toward greater sustainability. In this context researchers have come to be interested in the types of actors involved in sustainability transitions and the roles these actors play. However, there... mehr
Several strands of literature have developed around the ambition to influence or bring about transitions toward greater sustainability. In this context researchers have come to be interested in the types of actors involved in sustainability transitions and the roles these actors play. However, there is a lack of clear definitions of actors, and their roles. Our research takes an exploratory approach and is designed to describe and analyse the actors concerned and to identify their roles in sustainability initiatives. Our aim in doing so is to contribute to the body of scientific knowledge on transitions and to provide sustainability initiatives themselves with helpful information. Data were collected using the Net-Map tool, a well-established method in actor and stakeholder analysis. In our results we identify and define six actor roles: catalysts, opponents, intermediaries, frontrunners, drivers and visionaries. In the literature, particular roles are connected to common actor categories (civil society, governmental actors, private sector, etc.). Our results imply that sustainability initiatives are neither necessarily hindered by the absence of certain actors, nor are they hindered per se by the presence of an actor - rather, a broad mix seems to be helpful.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Nachhaltigkeit; Akteur; Stakeholder; soziales Netzwerk; intermediäre Organisation; Transdisziplinarität; Österreich; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Spanien; Italien; Niederlande
Klassifikation
Ökologie und Umwelt
Freie Schlagwörter
local experiments
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Erscheinungsort
Leipzig
Seitenangabe
25 S.
Schriftenreihe
UFZ Discussion Papers, 2/2020
ISSN
1436-140X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz., Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0