Interrogating protective space:shielding, nurturing and empowering Dutch solar PV

Sustainability transitions literature argues that path-breaking innovations 'survive' in protective spaces which (temporarily) render them more or less immune from mainstream selection pressures. But while this effect of protective spaces has been thoroughly discussed, systematic theorization of how these spaces are created and maintained or removed over time has not occurred. Recently, Smith and Raven (2012) have argued that protective spaces shield, nurture and empower innovations. Shielding is about multi-dimensional work aimed at shaping a protective space by exempting an innovation from m... Mehr ...