Prof. dr. Flor Avelino

Professor
Innovation Studies
f.r.avelino@uu.nl

Publications

2022

Scholarly publications

Wittmayer, J. M., Campos, I., Avelino, F., Brown, D., Doračić, B., Fraaije, M., Gährs, S., Hinsch, A., Assalini, S., Becker, T., Marín-González, E., Holstenkamp, L., Bedoić, R., Duić, N., Oxenaar, S., & Pukšec, T. (2022). Thinking, doing, organising: Prefiguring just and sustainable energy systems via collective prosumer ecosystems in Europe. Energy Research and Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102425
Wittmayer, J. M., Hielscher, S., Fraaije, M., Avelino, F., & Rogge, K. (2022). A typology for unpacking the diversity of social innovation in energy transitions. Energy Research and Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102513

2021

Scholarly publications

Avelino, F. (2021). Theories of power and social change. Power contestations and their implications for research on social change and innovation. Journal of Political Power. https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2021.1875307
Wittmayer, J. M., Avelino, F., Pel, B., & Campos, I. (2021). Contributing to sustainable and just energy systems? The mainstreaming of renewable energy prosumerism within and across institutional logics. Energy Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112053

2020

Scholarly publications

Avelino, F., Dumitru, A., Cipolla, C., Kunze, I., & Wittmayer, J. (2020). Translocal empowerment in transformative social innovation networks. European Planning Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1578339
Loorbach, D., Wittmayer, J., Avelino, F., von Wirth, T., & Frantzeskaki, N. (2020). Transformative innovation and translocal diffusion. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2020.01.009
Pel, B., Haxeltine, A., Avelino, F., Dumitru, A., Kemp, R., Bauler, T., Kunze, I., Dorland, J., Wittmayer, J., & Jørgensen, M. S. (2020). Towards a theory of transformative social innovation: A relational framework and 12 propositions. Research Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2020.104080
Wittmayer, J. M., de Geus, T., Pel, B., Avelino, F., Hielscher, S., Hoppe, T., Mühlemeier, S., Stasik, A., Oxenaar, S., Rogge, K. S., Visser, V., Marín-González, E., Ooms, M., Buitelaar, S., Foulds, C., Petrick, K., Klarwein, S., Krupnik, S., de Vries, G., ... Härtwig, A. (2020). Beyond instrumentalism: Broadening the understanding of social innovation in socio-technical energy systems. Energy Research and Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101689
Wittmayer, J. M., de Geus, T., Pel, B., Avelino, F., Hielscher, S., Hoppe, T., Mühlemeier, S., Stasik, A., Oxenaar, S., Rogge, K. S., Visser, V., Marín-González, E., Ooms, M., Buitelaar, S., Foulds, C., Petrick, K., Klarwein, S., Krupnik, S., de Vries, G., ... Härtwig, A. (2020). Beyond instrumentalism: Broadening the understanding of social innovation in socio-technical energy systems. Energy Research and Social Science, 70, [101689]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101689

2019

Scholarly publications

Avelino, F., Wittmayer, J. M., Pel, B., Weaver, P., Dumitru, A., Haxeltine, A., Kemp, R., Jørgensen, M. S., Bauler, T., Ruijsink, S., & O'Riordan, T. (2019). Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.05.002
Hölscher, K., Wittmayer, J. M., Avelino, F., & Giezen, M. (2019). Opening up the transition arena: An analysis of (dis)empowerment of civil society actors in transition management in cities. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.05.004
Wittmayer, J. M., Backhaus, J., Avelino, F., Pel, B., Strasser, T., Kunze, I., & Zuijderwijk, L. (2019). Narratives of change: How social innovation initiatives construct societal transformation. Futures. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2019.06.005
Köhler, J., Geels, F. W., Kern, F., Markard, J., Onsongo, E., Wieczorek, A., Alkemade, F., Avelino, F., Bergek, A., Boons, F., Fünfschilling, L., Hess, D., Holtz, G., Hyysalo, S., Jenkins, K., Kivimaa, P., Martiskainen, M., McMeekin, A., Mühlemeier, M. S., ... Wells, P. (2019). An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.004

2017

Scholarly publications

Loorbach, D., Frantzeskaki, N., & Avelino, F. (2017). Sustainability Transitions Research: Transforming Science and Practice for Societal Change. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102014-021340
Avelino, F. (2017). Power in Sustainability Transitions: Analysing power and (dis)empowerment in transformative change towards sustainability. Environmental Policy and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1777
Avelino, F., Wittmayer, J. M., Kemp, R., & Haxeltine, A. (2017). Game-changers and transformative social innovation. Ecology and Society. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09897-220441
Avelino, F., & Grin, J. (2017). Beyond deconstruction. a reconstructive perspective on sustainability transition governance. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2016.07.003
Wittmayer, J. M., Avelino, F., van Steenbergen, F., & Loorbach, D. (2017). Actor roles in transition: Insights from sociological perspectives. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2016.10.003

2016

Scholarly publications

Avelino, F., Grin, J., Pel, B., & Jhagroe, S. (2016). The politics of sustainability transitions. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2016.1216782
Loorbach, D., Avelino, F., Haxeltine, A., Wittmayer, J. M., O'Riordan, T., Weaver, P., & Kemp, R. (2016). The economic crisis as a game changer? Exploring the role of social construction in sustainability transitions. Ecology and Society. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08761-210415
Avelino, F., & Wittmayer, J. M. (2016). Shifting power relations in sustainability transitions: A multi-actor perspective. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2015.1112259
Longhurst, N., Avelino, F., Wittmayer, J., Weaver, P., Dumitru, A., Hielscher, S., Cipolla, C., Afonso, R., Kunze, I., & Elle, M. (2016). Experimenting with alternative economies: four emergent counter-narratives of urban economic development. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.04.006
Frantzeskaki, N., Dumitru, A., Anguelovski, I., Avelino, F., Bach, M., Best, B., Binder, C., Barnes, J., Carrus, G., Egermann, M., Haxeltine, A., Moore, M-L., Mira, R. G., Loorbach, D., Uzzell, D., Omman, I., Olsson, P., Silvestri, G., Stedman, R., ... Rauschmayer, F. (2016). Elucidating the changing roles of civil society in urban sustainability transitions. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.04.008

2014

Scholarly publications

McGowan, K. A., Westley, F., Fraser, E. D. G., Loring, P. A., Weathers, K. C., Avelino, F., Sendzimir, J., Chowdhury, R. R., & Moore, M-L. (2014). The research journey: Travels across the idiomatic and axiomatic toward a better understanding of complexity. Ecology and Society. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06518-190337

2013

Scholarly publications

Frantzeskaki, N., Avelino, F., & Loorbach, D. (2013). Outliers or frontrunners? Exploring the (Self-) governance of community-owned sustainable energy in Scotland and the Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5595-9_6

2011

Scholarly publications

Kemp, R., Avelino, F., & Bressers, N. (2011). Transition management as a model for sustainable mobility. European Transport - Trasporti Europei.
Avelino, F., & Rotmans, J. (2011). A dynamic conceptualization of power for sustainability research. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.11.012

2009

Scholarly publications

Avelino, F., & Rotmans, J. (2009). Power in transition: An interdisciplinary framework to study power in relation to structural change. European Journal of Social Theory. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431009349830
Avelino, F. (2009). Empowerment and the challenge of applying transition management to ongoing projects. Policy Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-009-9102-6