Scholars
Daniel Rosenbloom
School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University
Based in
Canada
North America
Daniel Rosenbloom’s research program focuses on realizing transition pathways to more sustainable futures. Over the past decade, he has published widely on the policy and political dimensions of transitions to low-carbon and net-zero emissions energy systems. Currently, he is particularly interested in studying and identifying ways to overcome political resistance to net-zero transitions, tracing the evolution of electrification strategies and processes, and developing decision support frameworks that bring near-term choices into dialogue with long-term net-zero outcomes.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Canada United StatesFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Net Zero HistoryPublications
Articles
Berton, Harris, et al. “Using Local Improvement Charges to Finance Solar Photovoltaic Systems.” Energy Studies Review, vol. 22, no. 1, 1, 2015, pp. 95–110. energystudiesreview.ca, https://doi.org/10.15173/esr.v22i1.3308.
Langhelle, Oluf, et al. “Politics and Technology: Deploying the State to Accelerate Socio-Technical Transitions for Sustainability.” What Next for Sustainable Development?: Our Common Future at Thirty, edited by James Meadowcroft et al., Edward Elgar Pub, 2019, pp. 239–59. Amazon, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975209.00024.
Mallett, Alexandra, et al. “Smart Grid Framing through Coverage in the Canadian Media: Technologies Coupled with Experiences.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 82, Feb. 2018, pp. 1952–60. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.013.
Markard, Jochen, and Daniel Rosenbloom. “A Tale of Two Crises: COVID-19 and Climate.” Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, vol. 16, no. 1, 1, June 2020, pp. 53–60. Taylor and Francis+NEJM, https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1765679.
—. “Phases of the Net-Zero Energy Transition and Strategies to Achieve It.” Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions, edited by Kathleen Araújo, Routledge, 2022, p. 22, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2311.09472.
—. “Political Conflict and Climate Policy: The European Emissions Trading System as a Trojan Horse for the Low-Carbon Transition?” Climate Policy, vol. 20, no. 9, 9, Oct. 2020, pp. 1092–111. Taylor and Francis+NEJM, https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1763901.
Meadowcroft, James, and Daniel Rosenbloom. “Accelerating Low-Carbon Energy Transitions.” Sustainable Energy Transitions in Canada, edited by Mark Winfield et al., UBC Press, 2023, pp. 27–49, https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774869461-004.
—. “Governing the Net-Zero Transition: Strategy, Policy, and Politics.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 120, no. 47, 47, Nov. 2023, p. e2207727120. pnas.org (Atypon), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2207727120.
Rinscheid, Adrian, Daniel Rosenbloom, et al. “From Terminating to Transforming: The Role of Phase-out in Sustainability Transitions.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 41, Dec. 2021, pp. 27–31. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.10.019.
Rinscheid, Adrian, Gregory Trencher, et al. “Phase-out as a Policy Approach to Address Sustainability Challenges: A Systematic Review.” Technologies in Decline: Socio-Technical Approaches to Discontinuation and Destabilisation, Routledge, 2022, p. 24, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003213642-10.
Rosenbloom, Daniel. “A Clash of Socio-Technical Systems: Exploring Actor Interactions around Electrification and Electricity Trade in Unfolding Low-Carbon Pathways for Ontario.” Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 49, Mar. 2019, pp. 219–32. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.10.015.
—. “Are Canadian Universities Taking Sustainability Seriously? A Case Study Analysis of Sustainability Initiatives at Three Canadian Campuses and the Lessons Decision-Makers Can Learn from These Efforts.” ISEMA: Perspectives on Innovation, Science and the Environment, vol. 5, 2010, pp. 1–24.
—. Breaking Carbon Lock-In through Innovation and Decline. World Resources Institute, 2020. DOI.org (Crossref), http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11077-018-9314-8.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, Brendan Haley, et al. “Critical Choices and the Politics of Decarbonization Pathways: Exploring Branching Points Surrounding Low-Carbon Transitions in Canadian Electricity Systems.” Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 37, Mar. 2018, pp. 22–36. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.09.022.
Rosenbloom, Daniel. “Engaging with Multi-System Interactions in Sustainability Transitions: A Comment on the Transitions Research Agenda.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 34, Mar. 2020, pp. 336–40. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.10.003.
—. “Framing Low-Carbon Pathways: A Discursive Analysis of Contending Storylines Surrounding the Phase-out of Coal-Fired Power in Ontario.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 27, June 2018, pp. 129–45. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2017.11.003.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, Harris Berton, et al. “Framing the Sun: A Discursive Approach to Understanding Multi-Dimensional Interactions within Socio-Technical Transitions through the Case of Solar Electricity in Ontario, Canada.” Research Policy, vol. 45, no. 6, 6, 2016, pp. 1275–90, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2016.03.012.
Rosenbloom, Daniel. “Pathways: An Emerging Concept for the Theory and Governance of Low-Carbon Transitions.” Global Environmental Change, vol. 43, Mar. 2017, pp. 37–50. CrossRef, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.12.011.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, Jochen Markard, Frank W. Geels, et al. “Reply to van Den Bergh and Botzen: A Clash of Paradigms over the Role of Carbon Pricing.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 117, no. 38, 38, Sept. 2020, pp. 23221–22. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014350117.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, James Meadowcroft, and Benjamin Cashore. “Stability and Climate Policy? Harnessing Insights on Path Dependence, Policy Feedback, and Transition Pathways.” Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 50, Apr. 2019, pp. 168–78. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.12.009.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, James Meadowcroft, Stephen Sheppard, et al. “Transition Experiments: Opening up Low-Carbon Transition Pathways for Canada through Innovation and Learning.” Canadian Public Policy, vol. 44, no. 4, 4, Dec. 2018, pp. 368–83. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2018-020.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, Jochen Markard, F.W. Geels, et al. “Why Carbon Pricing Is Not Sufficient to Mitigate Climate Change—and How ‘Sustainability Transition Policy’ Can Help.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, p. 5. Zotero, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004093117.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, and Jochen Markard. “A COVID-19 Recovery for Climate.” Science,
vol. 368, no. 6490, 6490, 2020, p. 447, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc4887.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, and James Meadowcroft. “Accelerating Pathways to Net Zero: Governance Strategies from Transition Studies and the Transition Accelerator.” Current Climate Change Reports, vol. 8, no. 4, 4, Aug. 2022, pp. 104–14. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-022-00185-7.
—. “Harnessing the Sun: Reviewing the Potential of Solar Photovoltaics in Canada.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 40, Dec. 2014, pp. 488–96. CrossRef, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.135.
—. “The Journey towards Decarbonization: Exploring Socio-Technical Transitions in the Electricity Sector in the Province of Ontario (1885–2013) and Potential Low-Carbon Pathways.” Energy Policy, vol. 65, Feb. 2014, pp. 670–79. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.039.
Rosenbloom, Daniel, and Adrian Rinscheid. “Deliberate Decline: An Emerging Frontier for the Study and Practice of Decarbonization.” WIREs Climate Change, July 2020. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.669.
Temby, Owen, et al. “Building-Integrated Photovoltaics: Distributed Energy Development for Urban Sustainability.” Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, vol. 56, no. 6, 6, Nov. 2014, pp. 4–17. CrossRef, https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2014.964092.
Trencher, Gregory, Adrian Rinscheid, Daniel Rosenbloom, Florentine Koppenborg, et al. “The Evolution of ‘Phase-out’ as a Bridging Concept for Sustainability: From Pollution to Climate Change.” One Earth, vol. 6, no. 7, July 2023, pp. 854–71. www.cell.com, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.06.003.
Trencher, Gregory, Adrian Rinscheid, Daniel Rosenbloom, and Nhi Truong. “The Rise of Phase-out as a Critical Decarbonisation Approach: A Systematic Review.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 17, no. 12, 12, Nov. 2022, p. 123002. Institute of Physics, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9fe3.