The governance of socio-technical transitions to sustainability is attracting attention in innovation research. An EU initiative is looking into fresh approaches to policy that could help trigger a wide socio-technical transition towards more sustainable development.
One such approach is strategic niche management (SNM), which is designed to facilitate the introduction and diffusion of new sustainable technologies through technological niches or protected societal experiments in domains such as energy and transportation. The challenge lies in properly building such niches so they can act as building blocks for broader societal changes towards sustainable development.
Further details: Novel policy tool for sustainable development