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Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 70 Citations 46,157 119 World Ranking 224 National Ranking 43

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Awards & Achievements

2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Sustainability
  • Capitalism

His primary areas of study are Sociotechnical system, Sustainability, Perspective, Economic system and System innovation. His Sociotechnical system research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Climate change, Industrial organization and Economic geography. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Social science, Agency, Scale, Sustainable development and Evolutionary economics.

His Perspective research encompasses a variety of disciplines, including Technological transitions, Technology and society, Knowledge management and Dynamics. His Technology and society study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Institutional theory, Perception and Unit of analysis. Frank W. Geels interconnects Renewable energy and Economy in the investigation of issues within Economic system.

His most cited work include:

  • Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study (3196 citations)
  • Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways (2477 citations)
  • From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems: Insights about dynamics and change from sociology and institutional theory (2117 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Sociotechnical system, Sustainability, Economic system, Perspective and Management science are his primary areas of study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Economic geography, Industrial organization and Greenhouse gas in addition to Sociotechnical system. His research investigates the connection between Sustainability and topics such as Corporate governance that intersect with issues in Engineering ethics.

His Economic system research integrates issues from Climate change, Economy, Evolutionary economics, Marketing and Renewable energy. His Evolutionary economics research incorporates themes from Institutional theory and Technological transitions. In his papers, Frank W. Geels integrates diverse fields, such as Management science and System innovation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Sociotechnical system (37.93%)
  • Sustainability (27.59%)
  • Economic system (24.83%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Sociotechnical system (37.93%)
  • Sustainability (27.59%)
  • Economic system (24.83%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Frank W. Geels mostly deals with Sociotechnical system, Sustainability, Economic system, Corporate governance and Engineering ethics. His multidisciplinary approach integrates Sociotechnical system and Perspective in his work. His Sustainability research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Positive economics, Process and Environmental economics.

His research investigates the connection between Economic system and topics such as Scope that intersect with problems in Operations research. His Corporate governance research incorporates elements of Sociology of scientific knowledge, Agency and Public engagement. His Agency research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Evolutionary economics, Social construction of technology and Social constructivism.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions (327 citations)
  • Socio-technical transitions to sustainability: a review of criticisms and elaborations of the Multi-Level Perspective (53 citations)
  • Micro-foundations of the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions: Developing a multi-dimensional model of agency through crossovers between social constructivism, evolutionary economics and neo-institutional theory (33 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Capitalism
  • Sustainability

Frank W. Geels spends much of his time researching Sociotechnical system, Sustainability, Agency, Embedding and Perspective. His work deals with themes such as Positive economics and Framing, which intersect with Sociotechnical system. The Sustainability study combines topics in areas such as Empirical evidence, Niche, Policy analysis and Human geography.

His studies deal with areas such as Evolutionary economics, Institutional theory, Social construction of technology and Social constructivism as well as Agency. His Embedding research includes elements of Economic system, Purchasing, Plant based, Rage and Typology. Frank W. Geels integrates many fields in his works, including Perspective, Process, Focus, Comparative historical research, Industrial organization and Emerging technologies.

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Best Publications

Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study

FW Frank Geels.
Research Policy (2002)

6133 Citations

Typology of sociotechnical transition pathways

FW Frank Geels;JW Johan Schot.
Research Policy (2007)

4872 Citations

From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems: Insights about dynamics and change from sociology and institutional theory

FW Frank Geels.
Research Policy (2004)

4003 Citations

The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms

Frank W. Geels.
Environmental innovation and societal transitions (2011)

2340 Citations

Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: Theory, findings, research agenda and policy

JW Johan Schot;FW Frank Geels.
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management (2008)

1929 Citations

Ontologies, socio-technical transitions (to sustainability), and the multi-level perspective

Frank W. Geels.
Research Policy (2010)

1623 Citations

Technological Transitions And System Innovations: A Co-evolutionary And Socio-technical Analysis

Frank W. Geels.
(2005)

1507 Citations

Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions: Introducing Politics and Power into the Multi-Level Perspective

Frank W Geels.
Theory, Culture & Society (2014)

1137 Citations

An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

Jonathan Köhler;Frank W. Geels;Florian Kern;Jochen Markard.
(2019)

1080 Citations

Processes and patterns in transitions and system innovations: Refining the co-evolutionary multi-level perspective

FW Frank Geels.
Technological Forecasting and Social Change (2005)

1011 Citations

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