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Paula Kivimaa is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the fields of social sciences, environmental science, and energy. Their research spans several subfields including global and planetary change, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, management of technology and innovation, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their main research topics include sustainability and climate change governance, global energy security and policy, climate change policy and economics, global energy and sustainability research, innovative approaches in technology and social development, innovation, technology, and society, as well as university-industry-government innovation models.

Paula Kivimaa has contributed multiple papers with notable examples such as:

  • "What opportunities could the COVID-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility?" (2020, Energy Research & Social Science)
  • "Moving beyond disruptive innovation: A review of disruption in sustainability transitions" (2020, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions)
  • "Conceptualising the systemic activities of intermediaries in sustainability transitions" (2020, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions)
  • "Transformative outcomes: assessing and reorienting experimentation with transformative innovation policy" (2021, Science and Public Policy)
  • "Guides or gatekeepers? Incumbent-oriented transition intermediaries in a low-carbon era" (2020, Energy Research & Social Science)

Frequent co-authors include Marja Helena Sivonen, Jani Lukkarinen, Karoline S. Rogge, Marie Claire Brisbois, and Eeva Primmer. These collaborations highlight a network of researchers focused on sustainability transitions and innovation policy.

Paula Kivimaa's publications appear most frequently in these venues:

  • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Oxford Open Energy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science and Public Policy

In addition to journal articles, Paula Kivimaa has contributed to academic books, including a publication titled Security in Sustainable Energy Transitions (2024) by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

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

    Jonathan Köhler;Frank W. Geels;Florian Kern;Jochen Markard

  • Creative destruction or mere niche support? Innovation policy mixes for sustainability transitions

    Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Florian Kern

  • Towards a typology of intermediaries in sustainability transitions: A systematic review and a research agenda

    Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Wouter Boon;Sampsa Hyysalo;Laurens Klerkx

  • Government-affiliated intermediary organisations as actors in system-level transitions

    Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa

  • Policy packaging or policy patching? The development of complex energy efficiency policy mixes

    F. Kern;P. Kivimaa;P. Kivimaa;M. Martiskainen

  • Climate policy integration, coherence and governance

    P. Mickwitz;F. Aix;S. Beck;D. Carss

  • Experiments in climate governance – A systematic review of research on energy and built environment transitions

    Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Mikael Hildén;Dave Huitema;Dave Huitema;Andrew Jordan

  • Passing the baton: How intermediaries advance sustainability transitions in different phases

    Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Sampsa Hyysalo;Wouter Boon;Laurens Klerkx

  • What opportunities could the COVID-19 outbreak offer for sustainability transitions research on electricity and mobility?

    Wisdom Kanda;Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa

  • Moving beyond disruptive innovation: A review of disruption in sustainability transitions

    Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Senja Laakso;Annika Lonkila;Minna Kaljonen

  • Vulnerability and resistance in the United Kingdom's smart meter transition

    Benjamin K. Sovacool;Benjamin K. Sovacool;Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Sabine Hielscher;Sabine Hielscher;Kirsten Jenkins

  • The challenge of greening technologies—Environmental policy integration in Finnish technology policies

    Paula Kivimaa;Per Mickwitz

  • Conceptualising the systemic activities of intermediaries in sustainability transitions

    Wisdom Kanda;Mika Kuisma;Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Olof Hjelm

  • The role of policy instruments in the innovation and diffusion of environmentally friendlier technologies: popular claims versus case study experiences

    Per Mickwitz;Heli Hyvättinen;Paula Kivimaa

  • Technical skills, disinterest and non-functional regulation: Barriers to building energy efficiency in Finland viewed by energy service companies

    Hanna-Liisa Kangas;David Lazarevic;David Lazarevic;Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa

  • Transformative outcomes: Assessing and reorienting experimentation with transformative innovation policy

    Bipashyee Ghosh;Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Matias Ramirez;Johanes Schot

  • The need for policy coherence to trigger a transition to biogas production

    Suvi Huttunen;Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Venla Virkamäki

  • Guides or gatekeepers? Incumbent-oriented transition intermediaries in a low-carbon era

    Benjamin K. Sovacool;Benjamin K. Sovacool;Bruno Turnheim;Bruno Turnheim;Bruno Turnheim;Mari Martiskainen;Donal Brown

  • Policy Mixes, Policy Interplay and Low Carbon Transitions: The Case of Passenger Transport in Finland

    Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Venla Virkamäki;Venla Virkamäki

  • Creating innovative zero carbon homes in the United Kingdom — Intermediaries and champions in building projects

    Mari Martiskainen;Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa

  • Public policy as a part of transforming energy systems: framing bioenergy in Finnish energy policy.

    Paula Kivimaa;Per Mickwitz

  • Further reflections on vulnerability and resistance in the United Kingdom's smart meter transition

    Benjamin K. Sovacool;Benjamin K. Sovacool;Paula Kivimaa;Paula Kivimaa;Sabine Hielscher;Sabine Hielscher;Kirsten Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex
Frans Berkhout
Frans Berkhout King's College London
Dave Huitema
Dave Huitema Wageningen University & Research
Eva Heiskanen
Eva Heiskanen University of Helsinki
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia
Jens Newig
Jens Newig Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Johan Schot
Johan Schot Utrecht University
Laurens Klerkx
Laurens Klerkx Wageningen University & Research
David J. Hess
David J. Hess Vanderbilt University
Andrew Stirling
Andrew Stirling University of Sussex

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