Past Conferences

To date, STRN has convened 11 International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conferences.

IST 2020

• 11th IST Conference hosted from Vienna, Austria (conference website)
• organized by the Austrian Institute of Technology's Center for Innovation Systems and Policy and the Vienna University of Economics and Business

IST 2019

• 10th IST Conference in Ottawa, Canada (conference website)
• organized by Carleton University's School of Public Policy

IST 2018

• 9th IST Conference in Manchester, UK (conference website)
• organized by the University of Manchester's Sustainable Consumption Institute and the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research

IST 2017

• 8th IST Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden (conference website)
• organized by Chalmers University's Division of Environmental Systems Analysis

IST 2016

• 7th IST Conference in Wuppertal, Germany
• organized by the Wuppertal Institute

IST 2015

• 6th Conference in Brighton, UK
• organized by Sussex University's Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)

IST 2014

• 5th Conference in Utrecht, The Netherlands
• organized by Utrecht University's Innovation Studies Group

IST 2013

• 4th Conference in Zurich, Switzerland
• organized by Cirus, EAWAG and the Group for Sustainability and Technology, ETH

IST 2012

• 3rd Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark
• organized by DTU

IST 2011

• 2nd Conference in Lund, Sweden
• organized by LUCSUS and the Centre for Innovation Research CIRCLE

IST 2009

• 1st Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• organized by the Dutch KSI network