{"id":5143,"date":"2021-09-25T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circularports.vlaanderen-circulair.be\/?post_type=library&#038;p=5143"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:54:04","slug":"towards-sustainability-in-the-port-sector-the-role-of-intermediaton-in-transition-work","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/circularports\/publication\/towards-sustainability-in-the-port-sector-the-role-of-intermediaton-in-transition-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards sustainability in the port sector: The role of intermediaton in transition work"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_large\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-10 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>Abstract<\/h4>\n<p>Intermediation has received substantial attention from transition scholars. Intermediaries play important roles in configuring, brokering, and facilitating transition efforts and operate in different parts of socio-technical systems. Their node position between transport and energy systems makes port authorities a potentially crucial intermediary in transitioning the many different sectors that intersect in ports. Ports are increasingly orienting their environmental endeavours towards energy issues and are pressured to reduce their global emissions. This paper explores intermediation in ports and investigates how intermediation connects to transition work. Based on a quantitative survey among 96 Norwegian ports, we find that ports engage in intermediation to varying extent, and that intermediation is associated with progressive transition work. The study complements previous research on intermediaries by conceptualising and quantitatively measuring transition work, allowing us to explore in what ways ports rely on intermediation in their sustainability endeavours.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Keywords<\/strong>: intermediaries, transition work, port sector<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cite as<\/strong>: Bjerkan, K. Y., Hansen, L. &amp; Steen, M. 2021a. Towards sustainability in the port sector: The role of intermediation in transition work. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 40, 296-314.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eist.2021.08.004<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1 icon_atright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2210422421000575\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Learn more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This paper explores intermediation in ports and investigates how intermediation connects to transition work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5148,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"content-type":[214],"port-type":[],"type-of-practice":[217],"subject":[],"port_locations":[],"class_list":["post-5143","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-paper","type-of-practice-research-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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