About Us
Founded in 2009, the STRN is the international network of scholars interested in sustainability transitions. The network has grown considerably since its inception and now numbers over 3000 scholars. It has also become increasingly diverse with respect to geography, methods, and themes.
Who we are
Anyone who is interested or involved in research on sustainability transitions is welcome to join the network. What unites our community is a shared interest in studying and realizing sustainability transitions – major shifts in established industries, socio-technical systems, and societies toward more sustainable modes of production and consumption.
Supported by the voluntary efforts of transition scholars, our overarching mission is to advance the field of sustainability transitions. Four specific goals follow from this and orient the activities of the network.
Advancing the field of Sustainability Transitions

Knowledge
Deepen understanding of sustainability transitions

Education
Foster intellectual and professional development

Exchange
Provide platforms for knowledge exchange

Outreach
Promote transition perspectives in policy and practice
Governance
Governance of the STRN is based on the following structural elements:
A Board, including a chair, which coordinates the network and has responsibility for core operational tasks
The Steering group, which elects the board members from its midst, gives strategic advice to the board members on the development of the network and fulfills a number of tasks
Working groups that coordinate strategic tasks in a temporary, project based fashion
Board

Jochen Markard
ZHAW, Winterthur & ETH Zurich
Chair of STRN
Wouter Boon
Utrecht University, Utrecht

Katharina Schiller
Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe
Steering Group
The steering group (SG) gives strategic advice to the board members on the development of the network. SG members are experienced transition scholars and / or those who play or want to play an active role in developing the STRN network further. The SG strives for representational diversity, e.g. in terms of gender, age, topics, research groups and region.

Bipashyee Ghosh
SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton

Abe Hendriks
University of Groningen, Groningen & Ghent University, Ghent

Wisdom Kanda
Linköping University, Linköping

Florian Kern
Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin

Adriaan van der Loos
Utrecht University, Utrecht

Patience Mguni
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Aline Scherrer
Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe & SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton

Anton Sentic
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur

Bernhard Truffer
Eawag, Dübendorf

Mapula Tshangela
CST, Stellenbosch University
The STRN network thanks its past steering group members:
- Floor Alkemade
- Kathleen Araújo
- Flor Avelino
- Anna Bergek
- Jeroen van den Bergh
- Christian Binz
- Marie-Claire Brisbois
- Lars Coenen
- Frank Geels
- John Grin
- Fjalar de Haan
- Alex Hazeltine
- Marko Hekkert
- Verena Hermelingmeier
- Lea Fünfschillng
- Ulrik Jörgensen
- Paula Kivimaa
- Jonathan Köhler
- Klaus Kubeczko
- Derk Loorbach
- Andrew McMeekin
- Susan Mühlemeier
- Erik Paredis
- Rob Raven
- Karoline Rogge
- Daniel Rosenbloom
- Björn Sanden
- Uwe Schneidewind
- Adrian Smith
- Jonas Torrens
- Jan-Peter Voß
- Julius Wesche
- Anna Wieczorek
News
IST 2023 Submission deadline extended to March 10
2 March 2023 0
Call for Applications for the 2023 STRN/NEST PhD School: Mixed Methods
27 February 2023 0IST 2023 Call for abstracts is now open!
9 January 2023 046th STRN Newsletter
20 December 2022 045th STRN Newsletter
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