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This panel explores the politics of policymaking, focusing on the actors that seek to reconfigure sustainability transitions. The contributions analyze policy change as a dynamic process where transition pathways may be shifted by actors who strategically mobilize narratives and imaginaries, particularly around security and justice. Empirically, the papers show that crises and discursive shifts can open windows for policy change, but that outcomes may vary. Kneebone addresses whether crises actually produce lasting paradigm shifts, or rather temporary adaptation with policymaker interviews on the 2022 energy crisis and hydrogen. Battagliarin explores the influence of structural conditions on the integration of ecological and social issues in European energy transition strategies, while Park finds that energy security narratives were able to override social and environmental concerns in the EU’s biomethane policy. Yet, other authors observe limited transformative potential despite the actors’ efforts to legitimize certain technologies and pathways: from nuclear energy narrative in Denmark (Dyrhauge) to the bioeconomy in Colombia (Varanini). Policy outcomes are therefore linked to how actors interpret problems, frame solutions, and coordinate – or fail to do so.
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Undestanding Eco-Social Integration. A Configurational Approach to Energy Poverty Governance in Europe | View Paper Details |
| A Critical Juncture in Danish Energy Transition? The Role of the Renewed Nuclear Energy Narrative | View Paper Details |
| REPowerEU and the Biomethane Optimism: Towards New Dependencies? | View Paper Details |
| Does the “Bioeconomy” Enable the Transition Towards a Bio-Based Economy? Insights from the Case of Colombia | View Paper Details |
| European Energy Policy Reconfiguration Through Policymakers' Eyes | View Paper Details |