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| Title (Primary) | Locked in unsustainability: Understanding lock-ins and their interactions using the case of food packaging |
| Author | Simoens, M.C.; Leipold, S.; Fuenfschilling, L. |
| Journal | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions |
| Year | 2022 |
| Department | UPOL |
| Volume | 45 |
| Page From | 14 |
| Page To | 29 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords | Path-dependency; Socio-technical change; Transition; Circular economy; Reuse; Resistance |
| Abstract | Lock-in mechanisms are major hurdles to sustainability transitions. Scholars identified various types of lock-ins; however, their dynamics and interactions remain underexplored. Using the case of food packaging, this study enhances the conceptual understanding and empirical analysis of lock-ins and their interactions from a socio-technical perspective. We analyze the material, institutional, behavioral, and discursive configuration and the shallow and deep lock-ins reinforcing the persistent dominance of single-use over reusable food packaging in Germany. Additionally, we explore the lock-in interactions both within and between the socio-technical elements. Hence, we introduce archetypical interlock-ins and lock-in clusters pointing to core trends of resistance towards reusable packaging alternatives. This study advances the lock-in concept for future socio-technical analyses while guiding the illumination of the complex dynamics of stability, the assessment of current sustainability transition interventions, and the search for potential unlocking strategies to enable change. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=26584 |
| Simoens, M.C., Leipold, S., Fuenfschilling, L. (2022): Locked in unsustainability: Understanding lock-ins and their interactions using the case of food packaging Environ. Innov. Soc. Trans. 45 , 14 - 29 |
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