Hans Hellsmark
Biographic Data
| ID | 4082655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hans Hellsmark |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hans |
| FAMILY NAME | Hellsmark |
| SIGNATURE | HELLSMARK H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chalmers University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3888-3446 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Varieties of disagreement in transformative policy missions
Varieties of disagreement in transformative policy missions are conceptualized. • Q methodology is used to analyze the decarbonization of Swedish industry. • Four contrasting stakeholder narratives reveal factual and normative disagreement. • Findings show that missions are shaped by both alignment and disjointment. • Policy should support experimentation, dialogue, recognition, and compensation. Governments increasingly launch transformative pol…
Electrifying tensions
Large-scale electrification of industry and transport is central to the decarbonization of the energy sector. Rapid transformation of the existing electricity system, however, presents significant challenges. Using the Q-methodology, this study examines challenges to the electrification of industry and transport in Sweden from the viewpoints of key stakeholders. We identify three narratives that correspond to meta-challenges to electrification: 1…
Sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations
Research into the impact of innovative sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations is crucial to diversifying, scaling up, and accelerating the sustainable energy transition. Although there is vast research into sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations, research literature offers a fragmented collection of findings. A coherent overview of themes and insights regarding the transformative impact of innovative sustainable energy exper…
How can pilot and demonstration plants drive market formation? Lessons from advanced biofuel development in Europe
This paper analyzes through what enabling mechanisms pilot and demonstration plants (PDPs) reduce supply and demand uncertainties, and thereby contributing to the market formation for novel sustainable technologies. The analysis builds on three case studies within the advanced biofuel development in Europe. For each case, we construct a narrative of the technology development and derive detailed insights into how technology actors use PDPs to dri…
Transformative innovation policy
The outcomes of directionality
The sustainability transitions literature departs from the idea that grand challenges such as climate change and rising inequality call for far-reaching changes in sociotechnical systems of production and consumption. This implies a dual interest in the directionality of innovation; some directions of change can be perceived as more desirable, while others may be more plausible due to the path dependent nature of sociotechnical change. The specif…
Crossing the biorefinery valley of death? Actor roles and networks in overcoming barriers to a sustainability transition
The limits of academic entrepreneurship
Despite many years of substantial government research funding, advanced bio-energy technologies in China have seen limited commercial application. Chinese policy makers are increasingly critical of academic organizations for neglecting their role in the transfer of scientific results into industrial applications. We interviewed a selection of Chinese research groups working on bio-energy technologies, and asked them to describe their efforts at c…
Enacting knowledge exchange
One of the key research and policy problems in innovation studies is the development of tools for understanding and measuring the impact of academic research on society. The paper contributes to resolving this problem by providing a typology that helps us to understand and analyse the roles researchers take on in order to make academic knowledge useful. A key finding is that utility creation is context dependent and varies between individual rese…
Crossing the biorefinery valley of death? Actor roles and networks in overcoming barriers to a sustainability transition
The outcomes of directionality
The sustainability transitions literature departs from the idea that grand challenges such as climate change and rising inequality call for far-reaching changes in sociotechnical systems of production and consumption. This implies a dual interest in the directionality of innovation; some directions of change can be perceived as more desirable, while others may be more plausible due to the path dependent nature of sociotechnical change. The specif…
Electrifying tensions
Large-scale electrification of industry and transport is central to the decarbonization of the energy sector. Rapid transformation of the existing electricity system, however, presents significant challenges. Using the Q-methodology, this study examines challenges to the electrification of industry and transport in Sweden from the viewpoints of key stakeholders. We identify three narratives that correspond to meta-challenges to electrification: 1…
Sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations
Research into the impact of innovative sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations is crucial to diversifying, scaling up, and accelerating the sustainable energy transition. Although there is vast research into sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations, research literature offers a fragmented collection of findings. A coherent overview of themes and insights regarding the transformative impact of innovative sustainable energy exper…
Enacting knowledge exchange
One of the key research and policy problems in innovation studies is the development of tools for understanding and measuring the impact of academic research on society. The paper contributes to resolving this problem by providing a typology that helps us to understand and analyse the roles researchers take on in order to make academic knowledge useful. A key finding is that utility creation is context dependent and varies between individual rese…
The limits of academic entrepreneurship
Despite many years of substantial government research funding, advanced bio-energy technologies in China have seen limited commercial application. Chinese policy makers are increasingly critical of academic organizations for neglecting their role in the transfer of scientific results into industrial applications. We interviewed a selection of Chinese research groups working on bio-energy technologies, and asked them to describe their efforts at c…
Crossing the biorefinery valley of death? Actor roles and networks in overcoming barriers to a sustainability transition
The outcomes of directionality
The sustainability transitions literature departs from the idea that grand challenges such as climate change and rising inequality call for far-reaching changes in sociotechnical systems of production and consumption. This implies a dual interest in the directionality of innovation; some directions of change can be perceived as more desirable, while others may be more plausible due to the path dependent nature of sociotechnical change. The specif…
Transformative innovation policy
How can pilot and demonstration plants drive market formation? Lessons from advanced biofuel development in Europe
This paper analyzes through what enabling mechanisms pilot and demonstration plants (PDPs) reduce supply and demand uncertainties, and thereby contributing to the market formation for novel sustainable technologies. The analysis builds on three case studies within the advanced biofuel development in Europe. For each case, we construct a narrative of the technology development and derive detailed insights into how technology actors use PDPs to dri…
Electrifying tensions
Large-scale electrification of industry and transport is central to the decarbonization of the energy sector. Rapid transformation of the existing electricity system, however, presents significant challenges. Using the Q-methodology, this study examines challenges to the electrification of industry and transport in Sweden from the viewpoints of key stakeholders. We identify three narratives that correspond to meta-challenges to electrification: 1…
Sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations
Research into the impact of innovative sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations is crucial to diversifying, scaling up, and accelerating the sustainable energy transition. Although there is vast research into sustainable energy experiments and demonstrations, research literature offers a fragmented collection of findings. A coherent overview of themes and insights regarding the transformative impact of innovative sustainable energy exper…
Varieties of disagreement in transformative policy missions
Varieties of disagreement in transformative policy missions are conceptualized. • Q methodology is used to analyze the decarbonization of Swedish industry. • Four contrasting stakeholder narratives reveal factual and normative disagreement. • Findings show that missions are shaped by both alignment and disjointment. • Policy should support experimentation, dialogue, recognition, and compensation. Governments increasingly launch transformative pol…
Business (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Industrial organization (3 works) · Knowledge management (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)