* = the article is in a compendium @ = the article is available online
Course book:
Newell, P. and M. Paterson. 2010. Climate Capitalism: Global Warming and the Transformation of the Global Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (chapter 1-5, 8, 10) 125 pages
Module 1: The Sustainability Challenge
* Altenburg, T. and A. Pegels. 2012. Sustainability-oriented innovation systems – managing the green transformation. Innovation and Development 2(1): 5-22.
@ Hallegatte, S., Heal, G., Fay, M. And D. Tréguer. 2012. From growth to green growth. VOX Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists.
Available online
@ IPCC. 2013. Working Group 1: Summary for Policy Makers. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (36 pages) Available online
@ Krumdieck, S. 2013. Transition Engineering: Planning and Building the Sustainable World. The Futurist 47(4) Available online
@ Linnenluecke, M.K. and A. Griffiths. 2013. Firms and Sustainability: Mapping the Intellectual Origins and Structure of the Corporate Sustainability Field. Global Environmental Change 23(1): 382-391. (10 pages) Available online
@ Mol, A.P.J. and Spaargaren, G. 2000. Ecological modernisation theory in debate: A review. Environmental Politics 9(1): 17-49. (23 pages) Available online
@ Peters, G.P., R.M. Andrew, T. Boden, J.G. Canadell, P. Ciais, C. Le Quéré, G. Marland, M.R. Raupach, and C. Wilson, 2013: The challenge to keep global warming below 2?C. Nature Climate Change, 3, 4-6. Available online
* Philips, M. (2008). Uneven Development (1984). Neil Smith. in Hubbart, P. et al (red.). Key Texts in Human Geography, Sage. (12 pages)
@ Reid, W.V. et al. 2010. Earth System Science for Global Sustainability: Grand Challenges. Science 330: 916-917. Available online
@ Rockstrom et al. 2009. A Safe Operating Space for Humanity. Nature 461, 472-475 Available online
@ Hamann, R. 2012. The Business of Development: Revisiting Strategies for a Sustainable Future. Mar-Apr. Available online
Module 2: Innnovation – the basics
* Asheim, B.T. (2005). The Geography of Innovation: Regional Innovation Systems. In Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D.C. and Nelson, R.R. (2005). The Oxford Handbook of Innovation. Oxford, Oxford University Press. (26 pages).
* Fagerberg, J. (2005). Innovation: A Guide to the Literature. In Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D.C. and Nelson, R.R. (2005). The Oxford Handbook of Innovation. Oxford, Oxford University Press. (28 pages).
* Freeman, C. (1992). A green techno-economic paradigm for the world economy. In Freeman, C – The Economics of Hope. Pinter Publishers, London. (21 pages).
@ Liu, J. Chaminade, C. Asheim, B. 2013. The Geography and Structure of Global Innovation Networks: A Knowledge Base Perspective. European Planning Studies (published online). Available online
* Lundvall, B. ?. and Johnsen, B. (1994). The Learning Economy. Journal of Industry Studies, Vol 1, pp 23-42 (19 pages).
* Prahalad, C.K. and Ramaswamy, V. 2003. The New Frontier of Experience Innovation. MIT Sloan Management Review. Summer.
* Hoogma, R., Kemp, R., Schot, J. og Truffer, B. (2002). Experimenting for Sustainable Transport, Kapittel 1 Technological Fixes. London, Spon Press. (11 pages) Edited By Steven T. Walsh and Aard J. Groen
Module 3 – Green innovations and transitions in practice
@ Bain, C. and Selfa, T. (2013). Framing and reframing the environmental risks and economic benefits of ethanol production in Iowa. Agriculture and Human Values, 30, 351-364. (13 pages). Available online
@ Berkout, F., Verbong, G., Wieczorek, A. J., Raven, R., Lebel, L. and Bai, X. (2010) Sustainability experiments in Asia: innovations shaping alternative development pathways? Environmental Science and Policy, 13, 261-271. (10 pages). Available online
@ Boyd, E., Boykoff, M. and Newell, P. (2011). The “New” Carbon Economy: What’s New? Antipode, 43, 601-611. Available online
@ Dalal-Clayton, B. 2013. Technology and Innovation for a Green Economy. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law. 22(1) 62-67. (5 pages). Available online
@ Falk, J. and C. Ryan. 2007. Inventing a Sustainable Future: Australia and the Challenge of Eco-innovation. Futures 39(2/3): 215-229. Available online
@ Forsman, H. (2013). Environmental Innovations as Sources of Competitive Advantage or Vice Versa? Business Strategy and the Environment, 22, 306-320. (14 pages). Available online
@ Gouvea, R., Kassicieh, S. and Montoya, M.J.R. 2013. Using the quadruple helix to design strategies for the green economy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 80(2): 221-230. (10 pages). Available online
@Koomey, J.G., Scott Matthews, H. and Williams, E. (2013). Smart Everything. Will Intelligent Systems Reduce Resource Use? Annu. Re. Environ. Resourc., 38, 311-343. Available online
@Parag, Y. and D. Strickland. 2011. Personal Carbon Trading: A Radical Policy Option for Reducing Emissions from the Domestic Sector. Environment Magazine, science and policy for sustainable development, Jan-Feb. Available online
@ Peters, T. 2011. Nature as Measure: The Biomimicry Guild. Architectural Design 81(6): 44-47. Available online
*Porter, M.E. and Linde (1995). Green and Competitive. Harvard Business Review. (10 pages)
*Reve, T. and Sasson, A. (2012). De framvoksende kunnskapsn?ringene – fornybar energi og milj?. Kapittel 10 i boken Et kunnskapsbasert Norge. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo. (20 pages)
@ Smith, A. (2007). Translating Sustainability’s between Green Niches and Socio-Technical Regimes. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 19, 4, 427-450. (23 pages). Available online
@ Specht, K., Siebert, R., Hartmann, I., Freisinger, U.B., Sawicka, M., Werner, A., Thomaier, S., Henckel, D., Walk, H. and Dierich, A. (2013) Urban agriculture of the future: an overview of sustainability aspects of food production in and on buildings. Agriculture and Human Values 30, 351-361. (19 pages). Available online
@ S?ther, B. (2000). Continuity and convergence: Reduction of water pollution in the Norwegian pulp and paper industry. Business Strategy and the Environment, 9, 390-400. Available online
@ Tal, A. 2011. The Desalination Debate—Lessons Learned Thus Far. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development (Sept-Oct). Available online
@ Ulsrud, K., Winther, T., Palit, D., Rohracher, H. and Sandgren, J. (2011). The Solar Transitions research on solar mini-grids in India: Learning from local cases of innovatove socio-technical systems. Energy for Sustainable Development, 15, 293-303. (10 pages) Available online
Module 4 – The limits of innovation and tranformations to sustainability
* Bornstein, D. How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of new Ideas. Oxford.
@ Gibson-Graham, J.K. and Roelvik, G. (2009). An Economic Ethics for the Anthropocene. Antipode, 41, pp. 320-346. (25 pages) Available online
@ Leach, M., J. Rockstr?m, P. Raskin, I. Scoones, A. C. Stirling, A. Smith, J. Thompson, E. Millstone, A. Ely, E. Arond, C. Folke, and P. Olsson. 2012. Transforming innovation for sustainability. Ecology and Society 17(2): 11. Available online
@ Mulgan, G., Tucker, S., Ali, R. and B. Sanders. 2007. Social Innovation: What it is, why it matters and how it can be accelerated. Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship.
Available online (54 pages)
@ Smith, A. and A. Stirling, 2010: The politics of social-ecological resilience and sustainable socio-technical transitions. Ecology and Society, 15(1), 11. Available online
@ Tjornbo, O. And F.R. Westley. 2012. Game Changers: The Big Green Challenge and the Role of Challenge Grants in Social Innovation. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 3(2) : 166-183. Available online
@ Wainwright, J. and G. Mann (2013). Climate Leviathan. Antipode, 45, 1-22. Available online
@ Warner, R. 2010. Ecologial modernisation theory: towards a critical ecopolitics of change? Environmental Politics 19(4): 538-556. (19 pages) Available online