This book addresses the issue on how to understand the dynamics and governance of the second transition dynamics in order to ensure sustainable development. This book gives a galvanizing account of developments that are getting to grips with. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy transition management transition vision. Experiences from a european experimental garden crc press book the visions project brought together a range of decision makers, scientists and thinkers to collectively envision a europe of the future in terms of sustainable development, and this book is the result of their efforts. Transition management erasmus university rotterdam. Managing the big transitions pursuit by the university of. Boldly he keeps telling people that it is not enough merely to study or identify trends and shifts in society. Search type research explorer website staff directory. He founded the international centre for integrated studies icis, the dutch research institute for transitions drift and the sustainability and innovation organisation urgenda, as well as cofounding the national transition network. Jan rotmans drift dutch research institute for transitions. Managing transitions for sustainable development springerlink. Jan rotmans 1961 is one of the founders of integrated assessment ia, and has outstanding experience in ia modeling, scenariobuilding, uncertainty management and transition management.
His expertise on transitions and transition management is hired by governments in various countries and by a range of international organizations, including the european commission, the united nations, the world bank and the oecd. Transitions to sustainable development john grin, jan. My meetings with jan rotmans were always illuminating and provided me with sharp feedback and new directions. During the past twenty years he has led a diversity of innovative projects in the field of climate change, global change, sustainable development and. If you want to book jan rotmans as a speaker, you can contact his personal. This book addresses the issue on how to understand the dynamics and. Media in category jan rotmans the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Tien jaar geleden startte het project energietransitie, na het verschijnen van het vierde nationaal milieubeleidsplan in 2001. Managing transitions for sustainable development book chapter in. During the past twenty years he has led a diversity of innovative projects in the field of climate change, global change, sustainable development and transitions and system innovations. Managing the big transitions pursuit by the university. May, 2015 jan rotmans, professor of transitions and transition management, convincingly describes this conviction in his book verandering van tijdperk nederland kantelt change of era the netherlands in transition. Jan rotmans is one of the founders of integrated assessment ia, and has outstanding experience in ia modeling, scenariobuilding, uncertainty management and transition management.
Through transition management societys problem solving capabilities are mobilised and translated into a transition programme that is legitimised through. Transition management as a model for managing processes of. After his phdresearch and work at rivm he became the youngest professor of the netherlands in 1997. Transition management offers a long term vision and framework for decisionmaking that aims to achieve greater coherence within public policies and between public policy and private action. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. It is a time in which not only our society is drastically and irreversibly changing, but also our economy. Professor jan rotmans is currently professor in transition management at the erasmus university in rotterdam. As a form of governance, transition management attempts to influence and coordinate actors and activities in order to challenge established regimes loorbach and rotmans, 2010. The article presents four different cases of transition management in which the authors were involved over the past 10 years in the netherlands, and it ends with drawing lessons and formulating research questions for the future. The paper concludes by indicating implications for further research and.
New directions in the study of long term transformative change routledge studies in sustainability transitions grin, john, rotmans, jan, schot, johan. Sustainability free fulltext transition governance. In both finland and the netherlands strategies are being developed to switch from fossil to green resources in order to tackle the challenges of climate change and resource dependencies and to tap into the economic opportunities that arise. Table of contents chapter 1 a change of era 10 transition perspective 11 previous big transition 12. Human activity is undeniably affecting the rates of change of many parts of the global system. Business strategies for transitions towards sustainable systems derk loorbach,1 janneke c. Jan rotmans is professor of transition management at erasmus university rotterdam and an international authority on transition and sustainability. He looks upon himself as a socially engaged researcher. It is a corporatist approach for innovation, enrolling business in processes of transitional change that should lead to a more sustainable energy system. Transformative changes, our upcoming events and this week tips. Transition management new mode of governance for sustainable development.
Business strategies for transitions towards sustainable systems. He is editor of the springer book series sustainability and innovation, and advisory editor of reseach policy. We investigated the similarities and differences in the transition process and governance strategies with respect to the transition towards a bioeconomy in. How this global change develops into the future is vitally important, but modelling these changes requires a complex, integrated assessment of a wide range of disciplines in science and social science. It will be necessary reading for students and scholars with an interest in sustainable development and longterm transformative change. This article uses the example of a transition to a low emission energy supply in the netherlands to argue that transition management provides a basis for coherence and consistency in public policy and can be. I would like to express my most fundamental thanks to my promotor prof. Jan rotmans erasmus university rotterdam, rotterdam eur. Sustainable development is only one of many options. For the dutch government he developed the model of transition management together with jan rotmans and for the environment council meeting of eu environment ministers of july 2004 he wrote a policy note on strategies for eco. The challenge of sustainable development presents our society with the need for long. Jan rotmans provides advice and concrete support on transitions and transition management to governments in various countries, as well as to international organizations such as the european commission, the united nations, the world bank and the oecd.
Jan rotmans, professor in sustainability transitions, dutch research institute for transitions drift if you want to make wise decisions or to analyse what others are doing, use this book every day. Reflexive governance of societal complexity through searching, learning and experimenting jan rotmans and derk loorbach 3. Pdf transition management as a model for managing processes. Rotmans, jan, rene kemp, marjolein van asselt, frank geels, geert verbong en. Transitions to sustainable development new directions in. The transitions storyline in dutch environmental policy. Perspectives on global change edited by jan rotmans. With its tangible and at times shocking portrayal of the violent clash between the established order and the forthcoming new order, this book shows us what lies ahead. Transition management thinker prof jan rotmans argues, that there must be a radical shakeup of existing institutions and governing structures if we are to deal with the shared, complex challenges emerging in social, economic, energy and environmental realms. It is an updated version for an international readership.
He published more than 250 articles and some twenty books, in areas like climate modelling, sustainable development, transitions and system innovations. The multilevel perspective and design of system innovations john grin 4. A change of era 1 every so often so much changes so fundamentally and in so many areas that we do not call it an era of change but a change of era. Rene kemp is senior research fellow at unumerit in maastricht with research positions at icis and drift. Jan rotmans erasmus university rotterdam, rotterdam. The practiceoriented concepts and examples that are described in this book could provide researchers, policy makers, programme managers and project leaders with a new way of looking at the role. The article describes the dutch energy transition approach as an example of an industrial policy approach for sustainable growth. For an interview in dutch of rotmans, go to tegenlicht talk. With their book john grin, jan rotmans and johan schot in collaboration with frank geels and derk loorbach address the issue of how to understand the dynamics and governance of what they consider the ongoing major transition of society and economy the second after the earlier transition between the 1750s and 1890s from a premodern to. Dec 04, 2012 jan rotmans is a professor in transitions and transition management at erasmus university of rotterdam. Since 2004 he has been a full professor in transitions and transition management at erasmus university rotterdam in the netherlands, where he founded the drift. We investigated the similarities and differences in the transition process and governance strategies with respect to the transition towards a bioeconomy in both countries, using transition management as an evaluative lens.
You can find relevant links to his work, research and publications on the up close website together with a full transcript of this and all our other podcasts. Together with jan rotmans he developed the model of transition management, which is adopted by the dutch national government as the model for its sustainability policy. For the dutch government he developed the model of transition management together with jan rotmans and, for the environment council meeting of eu environment ministers of july 2004, he wrote a policy note on strategies for eco. Jan rotmans is a professor in transitions and transition management at erasmus university of rotterdam. He is an expert in integrated assessment and transition management. We do not live in an era of change, but in a change of eras. After his phdresearch and work at rivm he became the youngest professor of the netherlands in 1997, at the maastricht university icis. Scenario innovation marjolein van asselt, jan rotmans, d. A portfolio of options is generated in a bottomup, forward. Jan rotmans, dutch research institute for transitions drift, the netherlands sustainability is the major challenge of the twentyfirst century.
Jan rotmans is professor of transition management at erasmus university in the netherlands and the author of the forthcoming book the change of eras. Dordrecht, springer, 2006 derk loorbach and jan rotmans abstract. Jun 23, 2010 the article describes the dutch energy transition approach as an example of an industrial policy approach for sustainable growth. An excellent application of transition thinking at the corporate level. Business strategies for transitions towards sustainable.
Towards a better understanding of transitions and their governance. As march and olsen write in their book on democratic governance. Jan rotmans 1961 is a socially engaged scientist, with more than 200. Professor of transitions and transition management erasmus university rotterdam prof. Scenario innovation marjolein van asselt, jan rotmans, d s. Pdf complexity and transition management researchgate.
Jan rotmans, who has inspired and guided this phd research on transition experiments from start to fi nish. We investigated the similarities and differences in the transition process and governance strategies with respect to the transition towards a. Apr 08, 2016 jan rotmans is professor of transition management at erasmus university in the netherlands and the author of the forthcoming book the change of eras. When i myself was unsure about my future, you gave. Managing the transition to a sustainable enterprise. As a progressor he manages to translate theories of transition into concrete action and advice for businesses, governments and organizations, both at home and abroad.
Jan rotmans we leven niet in een tijdperk van verandering. Kop scenario innovation av marjolein van asselt, jan rotmans, d s rothman pa. My central thesis is that today we are living in such a tipping point period. Examples and lessons from four distinct cases derk loorbach, jan rotmans dutch research institute for transitions drift, erasmus university rotterdam, burgemeester oudlaan 50, p. Energy supply transition management demographic transition final image transition path. Studies in sustainability transitions, band 1 grin, john, rotmans, jan, schot. For many years, jan rotmans, an inspired professor of transition studies and sustainability, has been committed to realizing a fair and sustainable society. He does so mainly within the context of the dutch research institute for transitions drift.
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