Previous IST Conferences

The International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference is the annual flagship event of STRN. It is hosted in different cities around the world by one or more institutes that are strongly embedded in transitions research. Below is a list of the previous IST conferences. 

Year

City

Country

Institute

University

Theme

2024

Oslo

Norway

Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK)

University of Oslo; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); INTRANSIT and NTRANS research centers; Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Sustainability Transitions and Nature

2023

Utrecht

Netherlands

Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development

Utrecht University

Responsibility and reflexivity in transitions

2022

Cape Town; Washington, DC; Melbourne

South Africa; USA; Australia

The Centre for Sustainability Transitions; Environmental Justice Program; Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Stellenbosch University; Georgetown University; Monash University

Sustainability Transitions in a Global Context

2021

Karlsruhe

Germany

Fraunhofer ISI

N/A

Mainstreaming sustainability transitions: From research towards impact

2020

Vienna

Austria

Center for Innovation Systems and Policy and the Vienna University of Economics and Business

AIT

Governance in an Era of Change – Making Sustainability Transitions Happen

2019

Ottawa

Canada

School of Public Policy

Carlton University

Accelerating sustainability transitions: Building visions, unlocking pathways, navigating conflicts

2018

Manchester

UK

The Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) and Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR) 

University of Manchester

Reconfiguring Consumption and Production Systems

2017

Gothenburg

Sweden

Chalmers Initiative for Innovation and Sustainability Transitions

Chalmers University of Technology

Taking the lead in real world transitions

2016

Wuppertal

Germany

Wuppertal Institute

 

Exploring Transition Research as Transformative Science

2015

Brighton

UK

Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)

Sussex University

Sustainability Transitions and Wider Transformative Change, Historical Roots and Future Pathways

2014

Utrecht

Netherlands

Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development

Utrecht University

 

2013

Zurich

Switzerland

Cirus, EAWAG and the Group for Sustainability and Technology

ETH

 

2012

Copenhagen

Denmark

 

DTU

Navigating theories and challenging realities

2011

Lund

Sweden

LUCSUS and the Centre for Innovation Research CIRCLE

Lund University

 

2009

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Dutch KSI network

 

 

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