Erik Paredis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1617088 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Paredis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Paredis |
| SIGNATURE | PAREDIS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7162-293X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Packaged science? Incumbent strategies of science capture from a power perspective
This paper explores incumbent strategies that target mechanisms of science for policymaking. • It studies resistance to moving away from single-use models towards more circular ones. • Power analysis helps uncover deeply rooted patterns of incumbency. Transitions to a circular economy in Europe have not accelerated despite being a priority of the Green Deal. One reason behind the slow uptake is the active resistance by incumbent actors. This arti…
The Global Plastic Treaty odyssey
Grounding circularity in Fryslân
The circular economy (CE) promises sustainable resource use, but how this vision materialises in specific contexts remains contested. In the Dutch region of Fryslân, a distinct sociotechnical imaginary of grounded circularity is taking shape through discursive-political processes that prefigure and foreclose socio-material pathways. Regional actors including government officials, entrepreneurs, and civil society organisations drive this embedding…
Contested discourses of a circular plastics economy in Europe
The European Union has made the development of a circular economy one of the central ambitions of its Green Deal, in which plastics are a defined priority. Current policies, however, have drawn criticism that the narrow focus on techno-innovation opportunities and economic growth falls short of addressing multifaceted socio-ecological challenges, overlooks trade-offs between proposed solutions, and conceals conflicts of interest among different a…
Fit-to-transform
Power struggles in policy feedback processes
Environmental problems are usually not tackled with path-departing policies but rather with incrementally adjusted or unchanged policies. One way to address incremental change is the policy feedback approach, which initially focussed on self-reinforcing feedback and path-dependency. Today, self-undermining feedback is also increasingly being studied, centring on agency and change. However, it is unclear precisely how actors use power in policy fe…
Incumbents’ enabling role in niche-innovation
More pluralised understandings of incumbencies are often overlooked in transitions research, which may lead to underestimating the enabling roles of incumbents in niche projects. This study explores these roles by applying a power framework to five struggles revolving around a path-breaking decentralised wastewater treatment project in the city of Ghent (Belgium). Remarkably, incumbents from multiple regimes use power to enable the niche project.…
Designing an explanatory practice framework
This article elaborates an explanatory framework for the role of consumption practices in transitions to (enhanced) sustainability in the food system. To develop an applied practice approach we combine the concept of ‘practice’ with that of ‘niche/regime’, adopted from contemporary sociology and transitions theory, respectively. This re-combination adds to the field of applied consumption research and describes consumption beyond the boundaries o…
The concept of ecological debt
Scenarios based on sustainability discourses
Incumbents’ enabling role in niche-innovation
More pluralised understandings of incumbencies are often overlooked in transitions research, which may lead to underestimating the enabling roles of incumbents in niche projects. This study explores these roles by applying a power framework to five struggles revolving around a path-breaking decentralised wastewater treatment project in the city of Ghent (Belgium). Remarkably, incumbents from multiple regimes use power to enable the niche project.…
Designing an explanatory practice framework
This article elaborates an explanatory framework for the role of consumption practices in transitions to (enhanced) sustainability in the food system. To develop an applied practice approach we combine the concept of ‘practice’ with that of ‘niche/regime’, adopted from contemporary sociology and transitions theory, respectively. This re-combination adds to the field of applied consumption research and describes consumption beyond the boundaries o…
Scenarios based on sustainability discourses
Contested discourses of a circular plastics economy in Europe
The European Union has made the development of a circular economy one of the central ambitions of its Green Deal, in which plastics are a defined priority. Current policies, however, have drawn criticism that the narrow focus on techno-innovation opportunities and economic growth falls short of addressing multifaceted socio-ecological challenges, overlooks trade-offs between proposed solutions, and conceals conflicts of interest among different a…
Power struggles in policy feedback processes
Environmental problems are usually not tackled with path-departing policies but rather with incrementally adjusted or unchanged policies. One way to address incremental change is the policy feedback approach, which initially focussed on self-reinforcing feedback and path-dependency. Today, self-undermining feedback is also increasingly being studied, centring on agency and change. However, it is unclear precisely how actors use power in policy fe…
The concept of ecological debt
Scenarios based on sustainability discourses
Designing an explanatory practice framework
This article elaborates an explanatory framework for the role of consumption practices in transitions to (enhanced) sustainability in the food system. To develop an applied practice approach we combine the concept of ‘practice’ with that of ‘niche/regime’, adopted from contemporary sociology and transitions theory, respectively. This re-combination adds to the field of applied consumption research and describes consumption beyond the boundaries o…
Power struggles in policy feedback processes
Environmental problems are usually not tackled with path-departing policies but rather with incrementally adjusted or unchanged policies. One way to address incremental change is the policy feedback approach, which initially focussed on self-reinforcing feedback and path-dependency. Today, self-undermining feedback is also increasingly being studied, centring on agency and change. However, it is unclear precisely how actors use power in policy fe…
Incumbents’ enabling role in niche-innovation
More pluralised understandings of incumbencies are often overlooked in transitions research, which may lead to underestimating the enabling roles of incumbents in niche projects. This study explores these roles by applying a power framework to five struggles revolving around a path-breaking decentralised wastewater treatment project in the city of Ghent (Belgium). Remarkably, incumbents from multiple regimes use power to enable the niche project.…
Fit-to-transform
Contested discourses of a circular plastics economy in Europe
The European Union has made the development of a circular economy one of the central ambitions of its Green Deal, in which plastics are a defined priority. Current policies, however, have drawn criticism that the narrow focus on techno-innovation opportunities and economic growth falls short of addressing multifaceted socio-ecological challenges, overlooks trade-offs between proposed solutions, and conceals conflicts of interest among different a…
Packaged science? Incumbent strategies of science capture from a power perspective
This paper explores incumbent strategies that target mechanisms of science for policymaking. • It studies resistance to moving away from single-use models towards more circular ones. • Power analysis helps uncover deeply rooted patterns of incumbency. Transitions to a circular economy in Europe have not accelerated despite being a priority of the Green Deal. One reason behind the slow uptake is the active resistance by incumbent actors. This arti…
The Global Plastic Treaty odyssey
Grounding circularity in Fryslân
The circular economy (CE) promises sustainable resource use, but how this vision materialises in specific contexts remains contested. In the Dutch region of Fryslân, a distinct sociotechnical imaginary of grounded circularity is taking shape through discursive-political processes that prefigure and foreclose socio-material pathways. Regional actors including government officials, entrepreneurs, and civil society organisations drive this embedding…
Economics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Sustainability (4 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 works) · Agency (philosophy (3 works)