⚖️ Continuing our #IST2026 series, we turn to the first of four semi-plenaries exploring emerging questions in sustainability transitions research: Interrogating justice in ‘just transitions’

🌍 Continuing our #IST2026 plenary series, the second plenary turns to a central question for transitions research: how can research productively engage with societal actors to generate real-world impact? IST-26 Plenary: Impact

🌱 As we count down the weeks to #IST2026, we’re introducing the plenary and semi-plenary sessions bringing together scholars and practitioners around key questions for sustainability transitions. First up: Plausible reasons for hope in the Net-Zero transition

🚀 Designing transformative innovation policies is only half the job. A review of 65 empirical studies shows that implementation succeeds when governments invest in governance capacity, coordination, learning, and meaningful stakeholder participation! 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ei...

📣 Registration for #IST26 is now open to all! More than 500 participants have already registered, so secure your place soon. Early-bird rates are available until 26 June (23:59 CEST). More information 👉https://www.transitionsnetwork.org/registration-ist-26/ See you in Zurich! 🇨🇭

⏳Final call for input: The STRN survey on science–policy engagement and impact closes Friday (27 March). If you have not yet had the chance to respond, we would greatly value your contribution. The survey takes less than 15 minutes. 👉 nettskjema.no/a/591535

📣 Call for Abstracts now open | #IST2026 (31 Aug–2 Sept 2026, Zurich) For more details about submission requirements, tracks, and sessions, please visit www.transitionsnetwork.org/call-for-abs...!

🇨🇦 We’re excited to welcome Carleton University as STRN’s first North American institutional member, an important milestone that reflects the growing global reach of our network! Read the full announcement 👉 www.transitionsnetwork.org/carleton-uni...

Today is the final day to submit your application for the STRN PhD School 2026 at Linköping University, Sweden (March 16–20, 2026)! 👉 Apply here: lnkd.in/gifUmQY2

Propose a session track or special session for #IST26 in Zürich (31 Aug–2 Sep 2026)! Help us create an engaging, inclusive, and meaningful programme around the theme “Hope – in challenging times and sustainability transitions.” 🔗 Link to full call: www.transitionsnetwork.org/call-for-ses...

📢 Applications open! STRN PhD School 2026 hosted by Thomas Magnusson, Harald Rohracher, Wisdom Kanda and colleagues. 📍 Linköping University, Sweden 📅 March 16–20, 2026 Apply by Oct 14, 2025 via this form 👉https://survey.uu.nl/jfe/form/SV_1GqKjUyK7ZnmLwG

First day of Summer School 2025 “Justice in an interlinked world: revisiting rural-urban and South-North relationships in sustainability transformations” offered valuable moments of exchange and reflection. #justiceinterlinked2025 @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @transitionsnetwork.bsky.social

⏰ Last day to apply! Join the STRN Methods School in Vienna (17–20 Nov) with Jonathan Köhler, Flor Alkemade, Klaus Kubeczko, Julia Wittmayer and many more modelling experts from the Austrian Institute of Technology 👉 More info and application form here: www.transitionsnetwork.org/events/metho...

Yesterday I delivered my first desk decision report to the Associate Editors of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. It is a great honour to take over the role as Editor-in-Chief from Bernhard Truffer who has done a tremendous job in developing the journal.

Time to catch up with the latest sustainability transition community updates 🏃‍♀️💨 The 56th STRN Newsletter is out now! You can find it right here 👉 www.transitionsnetwork.org/wp-content/u... Happy summer reading!

How can feminist utopias reimagine sustainability transitions? At #NEST25, a workshop explored care, equity & interconnection in green transitions. Read the full blog by Giulia Mininni, Carla Douglas González & Rachael Durrant here transitionsnetwork.org/feminist-uto...

Feminist utopias of sustainability transitions | Sustainability Transitions Research Network

The 10th NEST Conference brought together over a hundred early career researchers for two days of vibrant exchange, critical reflection, and community building. The event featured strong participation...

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Sustainability talks and visa walls – reflections from the NEST conference 2025 on whose voices are heard: In a new blog, Kanika Balani and Carla Douglas González reflect on what it means to centre equity and justice not only in theory, but in practice. Full text: www.edrc.ac.uk/news-blog/su...

📡 Tomorrow’s #IST25 plenary will be livestreamed on YouTube! 🗓 26 June | ⏰ 11:00–12:30 (GMT+1) 🎙 “Transition Policy and the Role of Transition Research” 📺 Watch live: www.youtube.com/@dinamiacetiul

The #IST25 is on! With over 500 participants from all around the world. Nuno Bento from ISCTE officially kicks off the conference, after Florian Kern announces that @transitionsnetwork.bsky.social is finally on BlueSky!

IST’25 is on: Florian Kern, chair of @transitionsnetwork.bsky.social, introducing what STRN does & how far we have come since 2009. This time, I am co-organising track 6 on actors in accelerating transitions: 7 sessions today & tomorrow - looking forward to the discussions in ED4_A306_Aud & beyond.

This morning I presented at #IST25 in Lisbon! I presented work from the Horizon2020 project #ROBINSON on how technologies face varying social acceptance in Norway. Energy technologies may face opposition due to local paradoxes, but even ambivalence can be problematic @transitionsnetwork.bsky.social

New here and not sure who to follow? 👀 We’ve created a starter pack of researchers working on topics related to socio-technical change. It’s a first attempt and will grow over time. Know someone who should be on it or want to be included yourself? Comment below or send us a DM ✉️ go.bsky.app/7STgwpg

Excited to announce we've joined BlueSky just in time for #IST25! Follow @transitionsnetwork.bsky.social for conference updates and highlights from Lisbon throughout this exciting week! 👉 Want your conference highlights shared on our official channels? Tag our account and use #IST25