Table 3 Political sphere breakdown of societal transitions research using three spheres of transformation framework

42 Contributions

13 Contributions

24 Contributions

34 Contributions

Transformative flood adaptation [78,79,80,81];

Flooding and changing social contracts [82];

Marine resource governance [83,84,85];

Environmental policy developments in Ireland [26, 33, 86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93];

Transformation of food production and consumption in Ireland [94, 95];

Societal-wide transitions to low-carbon sustainability in Ireland [32, 96];

Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change [97, 98];

Community ownership and citizen investor models for energy transitions [99, 100];

Transdisciplinary methodologies towards low carbon energy transitions [101, 102];

Classification of behaviour change initiatives [103];

A partnership approach toward sustainable SDG based transformations [104];

Transport governance in Ireland [105];

MLP based review of telework in Ireland [106];

Climate justice pathways toward zero carbon emissions by 2050 [107];

Sustainability strategies in HEIs [108];

Sustainability transitions in European residential sector [109];

Econometric analyses to predict acceptance of different energy infrastructural schemes [110];

Analysis of energy poverty in Europe [111];

Employment vulnerability and a just transition in Ireland [112];

Public participation, and climate change adaptation [113];

Environmental crisis and the wider crisis of capitalism [114];

Energy transitions in Europe and impact on energy relations and energy security [115];

Public discourse on smart grid technologies based in Irish media narratives [116]

Bio-financialisation of Irish Water [117];

Community led innovation pathways to transition [118];

The nexus between food, energy and climate [119];

Environmental activism in Ireland [120];

The Transition movement, emergence and geographical spread [121];

Energy citizenship concepts [42];

Degrowth strategies [122];

Divestment and energy justice [123];

Intersectional analysis of community energy practices [124, 125];

Risk perceptions of smart-farming technologies and practices [126];

Transdisciplinary frames towards sustainability [127];

Community drivers toward decarbonization [128]

[32, 33, 42, 78,79,80,81, 84, 93, 96, 104, 106, 114, 116, 118, 122,123,124,125, 127,128,129,130,131]

[26, 32, 78, 80,81,82, 84, 85, 89, 93,94,95, 97, 98, 100,101,102,103,104, 110, 112, 113, 116, 118, 120, 121, 123,124,125,126,127,128]