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  1. Article ; Online: Urine recycling - Diffusion barriers and upscaling potential; case studies from Sweden and Switzerland

    Aliahmad, Abdulhamid / Kanda, Wisdom / McConville, Jennifer

    Journal of Cleaner Production. 2023 Aug., v. 414 p.137583-

    2023  

    Abstract: In this study, we explored why urine recycling systems have failed to gain wide-scale expansion despite their high potential for food and fertilizer security. Additionally, we examined the future perception of urine recycling in Sweden and Switzerland, ... ...

    Abstract In this study, we explored why urine recycling systems have failed to gain wide-scale expansion despite their high potential for food and fertilizer security. Additionally, we examined the future perception of urine recycling in Sweden and Switzerland, as these two countries are at the forefront of technological advancement. Along with identifying barriers, we also proposed pathways for overcoming those barriers and achieving the upscale. The analysis was conducted using the technological innovation (TIS) approach, which is technology-focused, i.e., revolves around emerging technologies. Additionally, the study provides a methodological contribution to the innovation systems research by employing the Delphi method in conjunction with urine recycling experts to enforce transparency and prevent bias in the analysis. For urine recycling to overcome its current challenges, actors must work collectively. There needs to be a combination of top-down and bottom-up efforts to achieve the upscaling pathways. Lobbying and knowledge provision are necessary to adjust the current regulatory framework in a manner that provides public and private incentives. For urine recycling to diffuse and break into the mainstream market, we must move beyond enthusiasts, innovators, and niche markets into the mass market (ordinary people); dedicated service providers can facilitate this process. Pilot projects have been found integral to urine recycling upscaling. Future work could conduct life cycle assessments on existing pilot projects to understand the environmental and economic performance of urine recycling systems when scaled up.
    Keywords Delphi method ; economic performance ; fertilizers ; markets ; people ; technology ; urine ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Urine diversion ; Wastewater ; Nutrient recovery ; Technological innovation system (TIS) ; Diffusion ; TIS ; WWTPs ; UD ; UDT
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-08
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
    Note Use and reproduction
    ISSN 0959-6526
    DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137583
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  2. Article: Intermediation in support systems for eco-innovation

    Kanda, Wisdom / Hjelm, Olof / Johansson, Albin / Karlkvist, Anton

    Journal of cleaner production. 2022 Oct. 15, v. 371

    2022  

    Abstract: Research on support for eco-innovation often focuses on the activities of individual entities such as universities, incubators, and business development organizations. This focus does not give a holistic view of the support available for eco-innovative ... ...

    Abstract Research on support for eco-innovation often focuses on the activities of individual entities such as universities, incubators, and business development organizations. This focus does not give a holistic view of the support available for eco-innovative companies. Thus, we used social network analysis, to analyse intermediation and support activities in a regional support system for eco-innovation. Our findings reveal a regional support system with both central and peripheral actors. The central actors focus on strategic activities, such as articulating of expectations and visions for the entire system while the peripheral actors engage with activities such as resource mobilization and distribution towards individual companies. Altogether the actors in the support system use a combination of different intermediation mechanisms such as transfer, matchmaking, and coordination to interact. Our study provides an overview of a support system for eco-innovation which can serve as a basis to identify missing actors and activities, and build synergies needed to effectively utilize resources to support eco-innovation.
    Keywords business development ; social networks ; sustainable technology
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-1015
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ISSN 0959-6526
    DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133622
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  3. Article: What opportunities could the COVID-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility?

    Kanda, Wisdom / Kivimaa, Paula

    Energy research & social science

    2020  Volume 68, Page(s) 101666

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a major landscape shock that is having pervasive effects across socio-technical systems. Due to its recentness, sustainability scientists and other researchers have only started to investigate the implications of this crisis. The ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is a major landscape shock that is having pervasive effects across socio-technical systems. Due to its recentness, sustainability scientists and other researchers have only started to investigate the implications of this crisis. The COVID-19 outbreak presents a unique opportunity to analyze in real time the effects of a protracted landscape-scale perturbation on the trajectories of sustainability transitions. In this perspective, we explore the ramifications for sustainability transition research on electricity and mobility, drawing from selected examples in Finland and Sweden. The long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to trigger more permanent changes connected to the digitalization of work and other daily activities, thus reducing mobility needs and overall fossil-energy consumption. The crisis may encourage governance systems to be better prepared for different types of shocks in the future, while it also contains a threat of increasingly populist or undemocratic political responses and increased securitization. These developments can guide research by addressing the reproduction of new practices arising from the COVID-19 outbreak to accelerate sustainability transitions, enhancing understanding of the role of governance in transitions, and bringing to attention the ethical and political implications of landscape shocks.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-29
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2763226-X
    ISSN 2214-6296
    ISSN 2214-6296
    DOI 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101666
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  4. Article: Drivers for and barriers to biogas use in manufacturing, road transport and shipping: a demand-side perspective

    Dahlgren, Sofia / Kanda, Wisdom / Anderberg, Stefan

    Biofuels. 2022 Jan. 25, v. 13, no. 2

    2022  

    Abstract: Contemporary environmental problems require a transition to renewable energy. Biogas is one alternative, which besides being renewable has many other benefits. For further expansion of biogas production, it seems necessary to develop new areas of biogas ... ...

    Abstract Contemporary environmental problems require a transition to renewable energy. Biogas is one alternative, which besides being renewable has many other benefits. For further expansion of biogas production, it seems necessary to develop new areas of biogas usage where biogas can replace fossil fuels. This article presents an analysis of the drivers for and barriers to increased biogas usage in three sectors where biogas usage is undeveloped in Sweden: manufacturing, road transport and shipping. Several of the identified drivers and barriers, such as unstable and short-term policies, lack of infrastructure, and contract requirements, have also been found in previous studies even though they may be slightly different depending on the context. A new driver observed in this study is that of intergenerational thinking in family-owned businesses. The study also reiterates the significant influence of policy in the form of subsidies, tax exemptions and regulations on the adoption and use of renewable energy in general and biogas specifically. The results suggest the need for future policymaking to be guided by long-term trajectories, which can be a relevant basis for adopters to make investments into biogas technologies.
    Keywords biogas ; gas production (biological) ; infrastructure ; issues and policy ; road transportation ; Sweden
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0125
    Size p. 177-188.
    Publishing place Taylor & Francis
    Document type Article
    ISSN 1759-7277
    DOI 10.1080/17597269.2019.1657661
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  5. Article ; Online: What opportunities could the COVID-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility?

    Kanda, Wisdom / Kivimaa, Paula

    Energy Research & Social Science

    2020  Volume 68, Page(s) 101666

    Keywords Fuel Technology ; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ; Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ; Energy Engineering and Power Technology ; Nuclear Energy and Engineering ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 2763226-X
    ISSN 2214-6296
    ISSN 2214-6296
    DOI 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101666
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  6. Article: What opportunities could the COVID-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility?

    Kanda, Wisdom / Kivimaa, Paula

    Energy Res. Soc. Sci.

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a major landscape shock that is having pervasive effects across socio-technical systems. Due to its recentness, sustainability scientists and other researchers have only started to investigate the implications of this crisis. The ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is a major landscape shock that is having pervasive effects across socio-technical systems. Due to its recentness, sustainability scientists and other researchers have only started to investigate the implications of this crisis. The COVID-19 outbreak presents a unique opportunity to analyze in real time the effects of a protracted landscape-scale perturbation on the trajectories of sustainability transitions. In this perspective, we explore the ramifications for sustainability transition research on electricity and mobility, drawing from selected examples in Finland and Sweden. The long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to trigger more permanent changes connected to the digitalization of work and other daily activities, thus reducing mobility needs and overall fossil-energy consumption. The crisis may encourage governance systems to be better prepared for different types of shocks in the future, while it also contains a threat of increasingly populist or undemocratic political responses and increased securitization. These developments can guide research by addressing the reproduction of new practices arising from the COVID-19 outbreak to accelerate sustainability transitions, enhancing understanding of the role of governance in transitions, and bringing to attention the ethical and political implications of landscape shocks.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #628976
    Database COVID19

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  7. Article ; Online: What opportunities could the COVID-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility?

    Kanda, Wisdom / Kivimaa, Paula

    reponame:Expeditio Repositorio Institucional UJTL ; instname:Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano

    2020  

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a major landscape shock that is having pervasive effects across socio-technical systems. Due to its recentness, sustainability scientists and other researchers have only started to investigate the implications of this crisis. The ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is a major landscape shock that is having pervasive effects across socio-technical systems. Due to its recentness, sustainability scientists and other researchers have only started to investigate the implications of this crisis. The COVID-19 outbreak presents a unique opportunity to analyze in real time the effects of a protracted landscape-scale perturbation on the trajectories of sustainability transitions. In this perspective, we explore the ramifications for sustainability transition research on electricity and mobility, drawing from selected examples in Finland and Sweden. The long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to trigger more permanent changes connected to the digitalization of work and other daily activities, thus reducing mobility needs and overall fossil-energy consumption. The crisis may encourage governance systems to be better prepared for different types of shocks in the future, while it also contains a threat of increasingly populist or undemocratic political responses and increased securitization. These developments can guide research by addressing the reproduction of new practices arising from the COVID-19 outbreak to accelerate sustainability transitions, enhancing understanding of the role of governance in transitions, and bringing to attention the ethical and political implications of landscape shocks.
    Keywords COVID-19 ; Sustainability transitions ; Landscape shocks ; Window of opportunity ; Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Coronavirus ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Energy Research & Social Science
    Publishing country co
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: What opportunities could the COVID-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility?

    Kanda, Wisdom / Kivimaa, Paula

    2020  

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a major landscape shock that is having pervasive effects across socio-technical systems. Due to its recentness, sustainability scientists and other researchers have only started to investigate the implications of this crisis. The ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is a major landscape shock that is having pervasive effects across socio-technical systems. Due to its recentness, sustainability scientists and other researchers have only started to investigate the implications of this crisis. The COVID-19 outbreak presents a unique opportunity to analyze in real time the effects of a protracted landscape-scale perturbation on the trajectories of sustainability transitions. In this perspective, we explore the ramifications for sustainability transition research on electricity and mobility, drawing from selected examples in Finland and Sweden. The long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to trigger more permanent changes connected to the digitalization of work and other daily activities, thus reducing mobility needs and overall fossil-energy consumption. The crisis may encourage governance systems to be better prepared for different types of shocks in the future, while it also contains a threat of increasingly populist or undemocratic political responses and increased securitization. These developments can guide research by addressing the reproduction of new practices arising from the COVID-19 outbreak to accelerate sustainability transitions, enhancing understanding of the role of governance in transitions, and bringing to attention the ethical and political implications of landscape shocks.

    Funding agencies: Erasmus + Programme of the European Union (Project S4S - ScaleUp4Sustainability); Biogas Research Center (BRC); Academy of FinlandAcademy of Finland [322667]
    Keywords COVID-19 ; Sustainability transitions ; Landscape shocks ; Window of opportunity ; Social and Economic Geography ; Social och ekonomisk geografi ; covid19
    Subject code 710
    Language English
    Publisher Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik
    Publishing country se
    Document type Article ; Online
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  9. Article: Innovation intermediaries: What does it take to survive over time?

    Kant, Marvin / Kanda, Wisdom

    Journal of cleaner production. 2019 Aug. 20, v. 229

    2019  

    Abstract: Innovation intermediaries are recognised as crucial actors that can facilitate the innovation process, support eco-innovation and contribute to sustainable entrepreneurship. However, little is known about the temporal dimension of innovation ... ...

    Abstract Innovation intermediaries are recognised as crucial actors that can facilitate the innovation process, support eco-innovation and contribute to sustainable entrepreneurship. However, little is known about the temporal dimension of innovation intermediaries and how they change over time to survive, which is crucial if intermediaries are to contribute to long term sustainability-oriented transformations. An in-depth case study design with a comparative approach was chosen to examine four innovation intermediaries at different development stages in the related fields of CO2 utilisation and Carbon Capture Storage technology in Europe, the USA, and Australia. This study sheds light on the survival of innovation intermediaries over time: Firstly, by describing the dynamics in an intermediary's (a) characteristics, (b) scope, (c) objectives, and (d) roles and activities. Secondly, by identifying at least four interrelated factors influencing an intermediary's survival: (i) neutrality, (ii) technological context, (iii) shared consensus, and (iv) internal value creation. Thus, this article contributes to the literature by highlighting the complexity and tensions in the survival of intermediaries through an analysis of both internal and contextual factors, as opposed to previous literature which has mainly focused on how intermediaries change their roles and activities over time to survive.
    Keywords carbon dioxide ; case studies ; entrepreneurship ; experimental design ; storage technology ; sustainable technology ; Australia ; Europe ; United States
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2019-0820
    Size p. 911-930.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ISSN 0959-6526
    DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.213
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  10. Article: Circular economy, varieties of capitalism and technology diffusion: Anaerobic digestion in Sweden and Paraná

    Magnusson, Thomas / Zanatta, Hanna / Larsson, Madeleine / Kanda, Wisdom / Hjelm, Olof

    Journal of cleaner production. 2022 Feb. 10, v. 335

    2022  

    Abstract: The transition to a circular economy relies on systems that facilitate waste recovery and recirculation of resources. These systems are based on certain enabling technologies. The aim of this paper is to explain how socio-economic structures influence ... ...

    Abstract The transition to a circular economy relies on systems that facilitate waste recovery and recirculation of resources. These systems are based on certain enabling technologies. The aim of this paper is to explain how socio-economic structures influence the diffusion of such technologies. It applies a framework built on societal embedding and varieties of capitalism to compare the diffusion of anaerobic digestion (AD) in Sweden in northern Europe and Paraná in southern Brazil. Both Sweden and Paraná have experienced accelerated diffusion of AD, but there are significant differences in the respective diffusion patterns. The comparative analysis points to a tradeoff between system complexity and speed of diffusion. It illustrates how AD can be presented as a solution to various problems, and it further shows how the specific problems that gain attention shape diffusion patterns. By showing how socio-economic structures influence the appointment of problem owners, their agency, and legitimate forms of institutional support, the analysis demonstrates how economic systems condition technology diffusion.
    Keywords anaerobic digestion ; capitalism ; circular economy ; socioeconomics ; Brazil ; Northern European region ; Sweden
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0210
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ISSN 0959-6526
    DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130300
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