Systemic intermediaries in transition management: A case study of ProjectZero Organization
Author
Xiang, Keying
Term
4. semester
Publication year
2018
Pages
62
Abstract
Transitionsledelse er en ny styringstilgang til bæredygtig udvikling. Den bruger en ramme i fire niveauer til at styre forandringer i socio-tekniske systemer—hvordan mennesker, teknologier og institutioner arbejder sammen—gennem processer på tværs af domæner og med mange aktører. Specialet fokuserer på en særlig type aktør, systemiske intermediærer (systemiske mellemled), og udvikler en analytisk ramme, der tydeliggør deres roller på hvert af de fire niveauer. For at gøre analysen konkret undersøges overgangen mod CO2-neutralitet i Sønderborg, hvor ProjectZero-organisationen har fungeret som systemisk mellemled. Casen viser, at transitionsledelsen har været trinvis, refleksiv og dynamisk og bygger på samarbejde, læring og innovation. ProjectZero har især bidraget ved at afstemme aktører gennem netværk, ved at muliggøre (skabe rammer og støtte) og ved at katalysere (sætte initiativer i gang).
Transition management is a new way of guiding sustainable development. It uses a four-level management framework to steer changes in socio-technical systems—how people, technologies, and institutions work together—through processes that involve multiple domains and many actors. This thesis focuses on a particular type of actor, systemic intermediaries, and builds an analytical framework that clarifies their roles at each of the four levels. To ground the analysis, it examines the transition to carbon neutrality in Sonderborg, where the ProjectZero Organization has acted as a systemic intermediary. The case shows that transition management has been a step-by-step, reflexive, and dynamic process based on collaboration, learning, and innovation. ProjectZero has contributed mainly by aligning actors through networking, enabling (creating conditions and support), and catalyzing (sparking initiatives).
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