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Concluding Discussion – Input Mike Hodson – SURF Centre, University of Salford, UK

This discussion explores the role of cities and regions in sustainable socio-technical transitions, analyzing power relations, translation of national priorities, and the importance of urban transitions. It delves into societal problems at city and regional scales, including greenhouse gas emissions, responses to global warming, and aspirations for self-sufficiency. The evolving dynamics of governance at different scales and the emergence of new coalitions of social interests around cities and regions are also examined. The complexity of cities and regions as sites for transitions, from regimes and niches to systems and projects, necessitates further conceptual and empirical exploration.

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Concluding Discussion – Input Mike Hodson – SURF Centre, University of Salford, UK

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  1. Concluding Discussion – InputMike Hodson – SURF Centre, University of Salford, UK Politics and Governance in Sustainable Socio-Technical Transitions – Schloss Blankensee/Berlin, 19-21 September 2007

  2. 1. The role of cities and regions in system innovations and transitions? • How currently viewed? • Multiplicity of contexts – national, regional, cities, sectors, projects, practices • Questions about the relationships between different scales and contexts of governance • Asymmetrical power relations • Where do cities and regions fit? As sites for ‘receiving’ transition initiatives but also as contexts for more purposive transition? • Translating national priorities or developing city level priorities? • If the former – raises about translation of national priorities • If the latter – who shapes vision? ‘Connecting’ expertise and democracy at a city scale? • Role of cities and regions is uncertain, fragmented and often implicit

  3. 2. Why does this matter? • What if ‘societal problems’ are constructed at city and regional scale? E.g. • Cities as producers of GG emissions – 78% • Cities as suffering the consequences of global warming • Cities as providing novel socio-technical responses • Addressing this…emerging agenda • World cities developing targets that outstrip national government • Aspirations for ‘self-sufficient’ infrastructures and withdrawal from national provision • At the same time ‘by-passing’ national government and building networks with other world cities and MNCs

  4. 3. A different view on cities and regions • Challenges in developing a notion of urban transitions • Recognising the redistribution of responsibilities across scales • New coalitions of social interests coalescing around cities and regions • Particular places are privileged - understanding the differential capacity to act of cities and regions – place and agency • As regimes? • As niches? • As systems? • As context for projects? • Requires further conceptual and empirical work

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