Framing of regimes and transition strategies: An application to housing construction in Denmark

This article suggests that transition strategies are always formulated in the context of specific representations of the regime and the challenges it faces. It is argued that the framing of a regime affects the envisioning of transition strategies. An analysis of the current development agenda for the housing construction sector in Denmark reveals the relevance and impacts of different regime framings. It is proposed that the ability to cope with framing issues as situated and political processes is at the core of the governance of transitions.

► It is investigated how situated actors frame their context as a regime. ► Such processes may not converge towards a single dominant regime representation. ► Competing regime representations may generate uncoordinated transition strategies. ► Transition governance needs to manage competing regime representations.