2025

Working papers

• Legitimacy of Transitions – Transitions of Legitimacy Uncovering institutionalization dynamics in sustainability transitions

  Tamara Schnell

  • PDF: No 2025/15

• Varieties of innovation and transition pathways in rural areas A theoretical perspective to technology-, community-, and nature-based development

  Markus Grillitsch, Rhiannon Pugh, Michal Miedzinski, Simone Sasso

  • PDF: No 2025/14

• Inclusive innovation within developmental university approaches: Insights towards (post) IPR settings in Bolivia

  Carlos Acevedo, Lena Trojer, Helene Vogelmann

  • PDF: No 2025/13

• Knowledge for policy in a transformative age Exploring the structural, operational and practice-oriented characteristics of innovation policy research organisations

  Emily Wise, James Wilson, Sylvia Schwaag Serger

  • PDF: No 2025/12

• Unpacking the selection environment Directionality shaped by emerging valuation ecosystems

  Max Hoos, Bernhard Truffer, Jarno Hoekman

  • PDF: No 2025/11

• ‘Power’ struggles in Mumbai: Informality, institutional work, and the quest for energy justice

  Stuti Haldar, Ananya Peddibhotla, Amir Bazaz

  • PDF: No 2025/10

• Arenas of Change Towards sustainable material flows

  Markus Grillitsch, Jonathan Friedrich, Fredrik Nilsson, Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, Vitor Souza, Linda Stihl

  • PDF: No 2025/09

• Tracking the public perception of heat pumps: A sentiment analysis of German news articles

  Lukas Kriesch, Sebastian Losacker

  • PDF: No. 2025/08

• Unlocking Firm Innovation in Peripheral Regions The Critical Role of Local Psychological Openness

  Markus Grillitsch, Sam Tavassoli, Martin Obschonka

  • PDF: No 2025/07

• A Nation of Contrast? The Geography of Personality in Sweden, Regional Polarization, and a Research Agenda

  Martin Obschonka, Markus Grillitsch, Nicklas Guldåker , Daniel Rauhut, Peter Jason Rentfrow, Jeff Potter, Samuel D. Gosling

  • PDF: No 2025/06

• Local Agency on the Edge Regional Development, Human Wellbeing and Social Resilience

  Markus Grillitsch, Francisco Cobos-Cabral, Andrej Horvat

  • PDF: No 2025/05

• A geolocated dataset of German news articles

  Lukas Kriesch, Sebastian Losacker

  • PDF: No 2025/04

• Cultivating social innovation for agri-food sustainability transformations A literature review

  Machteld Catharina Simoens, Caroline Hélène Dabard, Jonathan Friedrich, Juan Garzon, Felix Zoll

  • PDF: No 2025/03

• Exploring Chilean student perceptions of Opportunity entrepreneurship

  Karen Corbett-Lagos, Vinicius Muraro

  • PDF: No 2025/02

• Global circular networks and couplings Exploring the global architecture of the circular economy

  Jonathan Friedrich, Linda Stihl, Johan Miörner, Vitor Souza, Fredrik Nilsson, Markus Grillitsch

  • PDF: No 2025/01