After my studies (MA environmental planning & MSc social-political philosophy, Universiteit van Amsterdam) and doctoral dissertation (transitions studies/public administration, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) I joined SONYA/ the Centre d’Etudes du Développement Durable (CEDD) in 2014.



Description

After my studies (MA environmental planning & MSc social-political philosophy, Universiteit van Amsterdam) and doctoral dissertation (transitions studies/public administration, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) I joined SONYA/ the Centre d’Etudes du Développement Durable (CEDD) in 2014. My research is focused on the dynamics and governance of ‘sustainability transitions’ and societal innovations. Sustainability transitions are long-term structural changes in societal subsystems (mobility; energy; food) that result from innovations in social relations, technology, institutions and infrastructures. This research combines insights from innovation studies, Science & Technology Studies, governance studies, and sociology.


Fields of activities
  • Sustainability transitions
  • Social innovation
  • STS & Innovation theory
  • Governance
  • Critical Theory
  • Methodology
  • Mobilities
  • Circular economy  
 
Teaching and activities
  • Course coordinator (Maître d’Enseignement) ENVIF-531 Sustainability Transitions: Dynamics, Governance and Politics, Master’s Programme “Sciences et gestion de l'environnement - finalité Gestion de l'environnement”
  • Co-organizer/lecturer NEST Sustainability Transitions Methodology Winterschool/Lund University (SWE) [Online] (2021), Fraunhofer Institut Karlsruhe (GER) 2019
Research projects
  • TRANSIT Transformative Social Innovation theory (2014-2017), EU: FP7
  • GOSETE, Governance of the Sustainable Economy Transition: Challenges of Exnovation (2020-2023), Innoviris, BELSPO
  • “Transitioning Belgian Companies into Circular Economy research chair (2019-2021), interdepartmental collaboration Université Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel/ Belgium
  • LAMARTRA, Bridging decarbonization and labour market in sustainability transitions (2021-2025). Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) - BRAIN 2.0
  • EnergyPROSPECTS, PROactive Strategies and Policies for Energy Citizenship Transformation (2021-2024). EU Horizon 2020
Publications
  • Pel, B., Haxeltine, A., Avelino, F., Dumitru, A., Kemp, R., Bauler, T., Kunze, I., Dorland, J., Wittmayer, J. M., & Jørgensen, M. S. (2020). Towards a theory of transformative social innovation: A relational framework and 12 propositions. Research policy, 49(8), 104080.
  • Pel, B., & Kemp, R. (2020). Between Innovation and Restoration: A critical-historicizing Typology of Social Innovation Niches. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 32 (10), 1182-1194
  • Pel, B., & Backhaus, J. (2020). Realizing the Basic Income: Competing Claims to Expertise in Transformative Social Innovation. Science and Technology Studies. 33(2), 83-101
  • Pel, B., Wittmayer, J., Dorland, J., & Jorgensen, M. S. (2019). Unpacking the Social Innovation Ecosystem: An empirically grounded Typology of empowering Network Constellations. Innovation: The European Journal Of Social Science Research, 33(3), 311-336.
  • Köhler, J., Geels, F., Kern, F., Markard, J., Onsongo, E., Wieczorek, A., Alkemade, F., Avelino, F., Bergek, A., Boons, F., Fünfschilling, L., Hess, D., Holtz, G., Hyysalo, S., Jenkins, K., Kivimaa, P., Martiskainen, M., McMeekin, A., Mühlemeier, M. S., Nykvist, B., Pel, B., Raven, R., Rohracher, H., Sandén, B., Schot, J., Sovacool, B., Turnheim, B., Welch, D. R., & Wells, P. (2019). An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 31,1-32.
  • Cipolla, C., Afonso, R., Pel, B., Bartholo, R., Silva, É. R., & Proença Júnior, D. (2017). Coproduced game-changing in transformative social innovation: Reconnecting the “broken city” of Rio de Janeiro. Ecology and Society, 22(3), 3.
  • Pel, B., & Bauler, T. (2017). A Transitions studies perspective on the social economy: Exploring institutionalisation and capture in Flemish insertion practices. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 88(2), 279-298.
  • Avelino, F., Wittmayer, J., Pel, B., Weaver, P., Dumitru, A., Haxeltine, A., Kemp, R., Jørgensen, M., Bauler, T., Ruijsink, S., & O’Riordan, T. (2017). Transformative Social Innovation and (Dis)Empowerment: Towards a Heuristic. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 145, 195-206.
  • Pel, B. (2016). Trojan horses in transitions: A dialectical perspective on innovation ‘capture’. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 18(5), 673-691.
  • Avelino, F., Grin, J., Pel, B., & Jhagroe, S. S. (2016). The politics of sustainability transitions. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 18(5), 557-567.
  • Pel, B., Wallenborn, G., & Bauler, T. (2016). Emergent transformation games: Exploring social innovation agency and activation through the case of the Belgian electricity blackout threat. Ecology and Society, 21(2), 17.
  • Pel, B. (2013). Intersections in System Innovation: a Nested-case Methodology to study Co-evolving Innovation Journeys. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 26(3), 307-320.
  • Pel, B., & Boons, F. (2010). Transition through subsystem innovation? The case of traffic management. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 77(8), 1249–1259.
  • Access to his page on researchgate or on google scholar
Mail : bonno.pel@ulb.be
Skype: bonno_pel
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Updated on May 30, 2023