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What is protective space? Reconsidering niches in transitions to sustainability

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Smith, Adrian, Raven, Rob·2012·Research Policy

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  • To persist and thrive, niches need a protective space that includes shielding, nurturing, and the empowerment of the niche through socio-technical change.

    “To persist and thrive, niches need a protective space that includes (a) shielding, namely holding the niche from regime pressures, (b) nurturing, which enhances niche development through knowledge exchange and network building, and (c) the empowerment of the niche through socio-technical change (Smith and Raven 2012).”

    From The agroecological transition in Senegal: transnational links and uneven empowerment (2022) · cites this paper as Smith and Raven 2012

  • Il existe des labels locaux ou régionaux portés par des collectivités territoriales, comme « Ici je mange local » créé en 2017 ou « L'Occitanie dans mon assiette » créé en 2018.

    “Il existe par ailleurs des labels locaux ou régionaux portés par des collectivités territoriales comme, par exemple, « Ici je mange local »36 créé en 2017 ou « L’Occitanie dans mon assiette »37 créé en 2018.”

    From La transition agroécologique de la restauration collective en France : une mise en perspective multi-niveaux (2022) · cites this paper as [36]

    Section 3 discusses local networks and sustainability experiments, but not food labels established by territorial authorities. Searches for « Ici je mange local », « L’Occitanie dans mon assiette », and the stated creation years found no passage addressing these examples; page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
Smith, A., & Raven, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Sussex (GB)
  • Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
Corresponding author
Smith, Adrian
Venue
Research Policy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-07
Volume
41
Issue
6
Pages
1025-1036
ISSN
0048-7333 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2180863964
Cited by
1,712
References
110
Citations by year
2026: 135 · 2025: 142 · 2024: 147 · 2023: 150 · 2022: 136 · 2021: 150 · 2020: 150 · 2019: 139 · 2018: 135 · 2017: 133 · 2016: 91 · 2015: 90 · 2014: 64 · 2013: 41 · 2012: 9
FWCI
54.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Research Policy (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • TU/e Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex) (submittedVersion)
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  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Research Councils UK
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • Economic and Social Research Council (ES/H022864/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Innovation, Technology, and Society
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
Keywords
niche, sustainability transitions, empowerment, shielding, nurturing, selection environment, social change, politics of innovation, niche development

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