Rebeca Roysen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1420444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebeca Roysen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebeca |
| FAMILY NAME | Roysen |
| SIGNATURE | ROYSEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Basel |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4368-9218 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transitions towards the pluriverse: Place, difference, alliances and autonomy in two Latin American ecovillages
This article proposes an alternative analytical framework to sustainability transitions research (STR) by drawing on critical scholarship on grassroots innovations and post-development studies. Breaking with the fixation of STR on scalable innovations and socio-technical regime change, this alternative framework conceptualizes sustainability transitions as transitions towards the pluriverse (TTP). TTP offers a bottom-up, decolonial and context-se…
Replicating grassroots innovations in the Global South: A case study of ecovillages for marginalized groups in Colombia
The concept of ecovillage is a boundary object with interpretative flexibility. • We apply the embedding framework to study replication of ecovillages in Colombia. • Reframing occurs in two phases: initial frame alignment followed by shifting frames. • Dynamics of reframing are influenced by the initiatives’ sociocultural context. • Unequal distribution of resources and knowledge are challenges to replication. • GI replication in the South reinfo…
Does religious difference have an impact on the diffusion of sustainable innovations? A mixed-methods analysis of ecovillages worldwide
Religious difference does not significantly impact ecovillages’ diffusion activities. • Self-secularization strategies enable ecovillages to bridge religious difference. • Contextual aspects influence how ecovillages’ religious values are represented. • Religious influences should not be overrated in diffusion processes. Religion is seen as potential leverage for sustainability transitions by scholars and other actors. However, so far, little is …
Energy justice in innovative living spaces: Examining positive energy districts and ecovillages in Europe
Energy transitions play a crucial role in addressing today's social, economic, and ecological challenges. However, recent studies show that energy transitions may reproduce current injustices and potentially create new injustices. To address the equitable distribution of benefits and burdens which may arise with energy-related innovations, energy justice has become a key issue in energy transitions research. This article focuses on how innovative…
Building a World-ship: A decolonial approach to just energy transitions
This article contributes to discussions on just energy transitions by analyzing a community project in the slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Instituto Favela da Paz (IFDP) is an urban ecovillage created by slum-dwellers who develop projects and courses on renewable energies, urban permaculture, healthy food, and arts. We draw upon decolonial ecology framework (DEF) developed by Caribbean scholar Malcom Ferdinand to analyze their innovations. Based on p…
Rethinking the diffusion of grassroots innovations: An embedding framework
This paper conceptualises the ways grassroots innovations (GIs) influence sustainability transitions. While research on GI diffusion tends to use the three-pathway model (replication, scaling up and translation), this paper rethinks GI diffusion through the lenses of an embedding framework. We illustrate this framework by applying it to the empirical case of ecovillages in the Global North and South. The results show that GIs become embedded in w…
Educating for transitions: Ecovillages as transdisciplinary sustainability “classrooms”
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pedagogical tools that can enhance transdisciplinarity in higher education and stimulate sustainability transitions, based on the case study of a partnership between the University of Brasilia and an ecovillage in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study was carried out, based on professors’ experience, students’ reports and registration data. Emergent themes were discussed based …
O Corpo E a Adoção De Práticas Sustentáveis: Estudo De Caso Em Uma Ecovila
Este artigo busca investigar o papel do corpo na adoção de práticas sociais sustentáveis. Apoiando-se nas Teorias das Práticas Sociais, aponta para o papel da rotinização na manutenção de estilos de vida insustentáveis. Com base em um estudo de caso realizado em uma ecovila brasileira, demonstra que a existência de valores ambientais não leva as pessoas a automaticamente modificarem os seus comportamentos. A mudança das práticas cotidianas exige …
Difusão de práticas sociais sustentáveis em nichos de inovação social de base: O Caso Do Movimento Das Ecovilas
Este ensaio busca analisar os processos de inovação e difusão de práticas sociais sustentáveis em nichos de inovação social de base. Para isso, traz elementos da Teoria das Práticas Sociais (TPS), que oferece uma nova perspectiva para o entendimento da difusão de inovações. O texto começa revisando os estudos clássicos sobre difusão de inovações, a perspectiva multinível (PMN) e a TPS para, em seguida, explorar as formas de aplicação da TPS nos e…
A marcha para o Oeste: A epopeia da Expedição Roncador-Xingu
Resenha do livro de Orlando e Cláudio Villas Bôas, A Marcha para o Oeste: a epopeia da expedição Roncador-Xingu (2012
Difusão de práticas sociais sustentáveis em nichos de inovação social de base: O Caso Do Movimento Das Ecovilas
Este ensaio busca analisar os processos de inovação e difusão de práticas sociais sustentáveis em nichos de inovação social de base. Para isso, traz elementos da Teoria das Práticas Sociais (TPS), que oferece uma nova perspectiva para o entendimento da difusão de inovações. O texto começa revisando os estudos clássicos sobre difusão de inovações, a perspectiva multinível (PMN) e a TPS para, em seguida, explorar as formas de aplicação da TPS nos e…
Building a World-ship: A decolonial approach to just energy transitions
This article contributes to discussions on just energy transitions by analyzing a community project in the slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Instituto Favela da Paz (IFDP) is an urban ecovillage created by slum-dwellers who develop projects and courses on renewable energies, urban permaculture, healthy food, and arts. We draw upon decolonial ecology framework (DEF) developed by Caribbean scholar Malcom Ferdinand to analyze their innovations. Based on p…
O Corpo E a Adoção De Práticas Sustentáveis: Estudo De Caso Em Uma Ecovila
Este artigo busca investigar o papel do corpo na adoção de práticas sociais sustentáveis. Apoiando-se nas Teorias das Práticas Sociais, aponta para o papel da rotinização na manutenção de estilos de vida insustentáveis. Com base em um estudo de caso realizado em uma ecovila brasileira, demonstra que a existência de valores ambientais não leva as pessoas a automaticamente modificarem os seus comportamentos. A mudança das práticas cotidianas exige …
A marcha para o Oeste: A epopeia da Expedição Roncador-Xingu
Resenha do livro de Orlando e Cláudio Villas Bôas, A Marcha para o Oeste: a epopeia da expedição Roncador-Xingu (2012
Difusão de práticas sociais sustentáveis em nichos de inovação social de base: O Caso Do Movimento Das Ecovilas
Este ensaio busca analisar os processos de inovação e difusão de práticas sociais sustentáveis em nichos de inovação social de base. Para isso, traz elementos da Teoria das Práticas Sociais (TPS), que oferece uma nova perspectiva para o entendimento da difusão de inovações. O texto começa revisando os estudos clássicos sobre difusão de inovações, a perspectiva multinível (PMN) e a TPS para, em seguida, explorar as formas de aplicação da TPS nos e…
O Corpo E a Adoção De Práticas Sustentáveis: Estudo De Caso Em Uma Ecovila
Este artigo busca investigar o papel do corpo na adoção de práticas sociais sustentáveis. Apoiando-se nas Teorias das Práticas Sociais, aponta para o papel da rotinização na manutenção de estilos de vida insustentáveis. Com base em um estudo de caso realizado em uma ecovila brasileira, demonstra que a existência de valores ambientais não leva as pessoas a automaticamente modificarem os seus comportamentos. A mudança das práticas cotidianas exige …
Educating for transitions: Ecovillages as transdisciplinary sustainability “classrooms”
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pedagogical tools that can enhance transdisciplinarity in higher education and stimulate sustainability transitions, based on the case study of a partnership between the University of Brasilia and an ecovillage in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study was carried out, based on professors’ experience, students’ reports and registration data. Emergent themes were discussed based …
Rethinking the diffusion of grassroots innovations: An embedding framework
This paper conceptualises the ways grassroots innovations (GIs) influence sustainability transitions. While research on GI diffusion tends to use the three-pathway model (replication, scaling up and translation), this paper rethinks GI diffusion through the lenses of an embedding framework. We illustrate this framework by applying it to the empirical case of ecovillages in the Global North and South. The results show that GIs become embedded in w…
Does religious difference have an impact on the diffusion of sustainable innovations? A mixed-methods analysis of ecovillages worldwide
Religious difference does not significantly impact ecovillages’ diffusion activities. • Self-secularization strategies enable ecovillages to bridge religious difference. • Contextual aspects influence how ecovillages’ religious values are represented. • Religious influences should not be overrated in diffusion processes. Religion is seen as potential leverage for sustainability transitions by scholars and other actors. However, so far, little is …
Energy justice in innovative living spaces: Examining positive energy districts and ecovillages in Europe
Energy transitions play a crucial role in addressing today's social, economic, and ecological challenges. However, recent studies show that energy transitions may reproduce current injustices and potentially create new injustices. To address the equitable distribution of benefits and burdens which may arise with energy-related innovations, energy justice has become a key issue in energy transitions research. This article focuses on how innovative…
Building a World-ship: A decolonial approach to just energy transitions
This article contributes to discussions on just energy transitions by analyzing a community project in the slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Instituto Favela da Paz (IFDP) is an urban ecovillage created by slum-dwellers who develop projects and courses on renewable energies, urban permaculture, healthy food, and arts. We draw upon decolonial ecology framework (DEF) developed by Caribbean scholar Malcom Ferdinand to analyze their innovations. Based on p…
Transitions towards the pluriverse: Place, difference, alliances and autonomy in two Latin American ecovillages
This article proposes an alternative analytical framework to sustainability transitions research (STR) by drawing on critical scholarship on grassroots innovations and post-development studies. Breaking with the fixation of STR on scalable innovations and socio-technical regime change, this alternative framework conceptualizes sustainability transitions as transitions towards the pluriverse (TTP). TTP offers a bottom-up, decolonial and context-se…
Replicating grassroots innovations in the Global South: A case study of ecovillages for marginalized groups in Colombia
The concept of ecovillage is a boundary object with interpretative flexibility. • We apply the embedding framework to study replication of ecovillages in Colombia. • Reframing occurs in two phases: initial frame alignment followed by shifting frames. • Dynamics of reframing are influenced by the initiatives’ sociocultural context. • Unequal distribution of resources and knowledge are challenges to replication. • GI replication in the South reinfo…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (3 works) · Sustainability (3 works) · Cognitive reframing (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diffusion (2 works)