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Book chapter: Governance lessons from green niches – the case of eco-housing
This book chapter looks at the history of eco-housing in the UK and contrasts it with building processes in the volume housebuilding sector. Over decades, eco-housing activists have cultivated a wide […]
Journal article: What influences the diffusion of grassroots innovations for sustainability?
Community action for sustainability is a promising site of socio- technical innovation. Here we test the applicability of co- evolutionary niche theories of innovation diffusion (strategic niche management, SNM) to […]
GI briefing 25: Unleashing Grassroots Innovations
Unleashing Grassroots Innovations: A Quest For Community Currency Growth How can grassroots innovations grow, achieve their potential, and increase their influence? Gill Seyfang presents findings of a 3-year quest to […]
Unleashing Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability
The quest for sustainability’s holy grail will be the subject of a keynote presentation by Gill Seyfang (3S, UEA) at the European Society for Ecological Economics 2015 conference. (also presented in GI […]
Working Paper: Understanding the diffusion of grassroots innovations for sustainability
An international study of community currency niches Community action for sustainability is an often-overlooked, yet potentially promising site of socio-technical innovation. In this paper we test the applicability of co-evolutionary […]
Community energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the government
Community-led sustainable energy projects are not taken seriously enough by the government, according to a new paper from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of Sussex. Published today, the […]
Journal article: A grassroots sustainable energy niche?
System-changing innovations for sustainability transitions are pro- posed to emerge in radical innovative niches. ‘Strategic Niche Management’ theory predicts that niche-level actors and networks will aggregate learning from local projects, […]
GI briefing 21: Constructing grassroots innovations for sustainability
Constructing grassroots innovations for sustainability: New research in the field Adrian Smith and Gill Seyfang introduce a new collection of academic papers on grassroots innovations, and discuss the origins and […]
Special ‘grassroots innovation’ issue of Global Environmental Change
The latest issue of the leading research journal Global Environmental Change is dedicated to the topic of grassroots innovation for sustainability. The special issue contains six original research articles Guest […]
Prize-winning Sustainable Energy Research
Researchers on the CISE project have been awarded a prize for their work on grassroots innovations and sustainability. Their work won the ‘best paper’ prize at the 4th International Conference […]
Working Paper: A Grassroots Sustainable Energy Niche?
A new working paper presents new evidence from our 12 in-depth case studies of community energy projects in the UK and explores how useful ‘niche management’ theory is in helping […]
Book chapter: Exploring niche development processes among community energy initiatives
Sabine Hielscher, Gill Seyfang and Adrian Smith from the CISE project have a chapter in a new book on Innovations in Sustainable Consumption. Hielscher, S., Seyfang, G. and Smith, A. […]
Grassroots innovations study produces prize-winning paper
Academics from the University of East Anglia’s research group 3S (Science, Society and Sustainability) have won a prize for their paper on the role of the Transition Towns network in […]
Working Paper: Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability: a niche analysis of community currencies
A new working paper presents a niche analysis of community currencies for sustainability. Over the last decade, the nascent field of Sustainability Transitions has sought to explain the conditions […]
Journal article: creating spaces for sustainable innovation
International Workshop on Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability
“Community food projects are not about food, and community energy projects are not about energy” was one of the conclusions from an international workshop of experts on ‘grassroots innovations’. These […]
Book chapter: Civil society in sustainable energy transitions
How does civil society feature in wide-scale transformation processes to socio-technical systems like energy? In this book chapter, Adrian Smith explors ways of addressing this question by drawing upon concepts […]
2012 Grassroots Innovations Academic Workshop
Grassroots Innovations for Sustainability: A Research Workshop Aim: critical reflection, analytical consolidation and developing research agendas 16-18th May 2012 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. News story Organised by Adrian […]
Journal paper: Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development
Seyfang, G. and Smith, A. (2007) ‘Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development: Towards a new research and policy agenda’ in Environmental Politics 16(4) pp.584-683 Innovation and community action are two important strands […]
