From Automobility to (Auto)mobility: Studies of Car-Sharing Practices in Sustainability Transitions of Mobility Systems
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This doctoral thesis investigates the role of practices in sustainability transitions. It draws on the multi-level perspective from transition literature and social practice approaches to analyze car-sharing practices and discuss their role in transitions to sustainable mobility. The objective of the thesis is to understand how car sharing relates to and affects current mobility systems. The research material consists of four empirical studies of car-sharing practices, plus a review of literature on practices in transition studies. Qualitative methods, with data from stakeholder workshops and household interviews in Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands, and interviews with providers in Norway, are used for the studies. The findings suggest that car sharing should be treated as Access-Based Car use (ABC), going beyond ‘sharing-economy concepts’. Car-sharing contributes to reconfiguring the automobility system into an (auto) mobility system by providing access to cars, whereby car use becomes an occasional practice rather than a daily one. The thesis proposes a ‘Practice Innovation System’ PIS approach for future research.List of papers
Paper I. Svennevik, E. M. C. (2019). The existing and the emerging: car ownership and car sharing on the road towards sustainable mobility. International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 19(3–4), 281–300. DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2019.100914. The article is not available in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJATM.2019.100914 |
Paper II. Svennevik, E. M., Julsrud, T. E., & Farstad, E. (2020). From novelty to normality: reproducing car-sharing practices in transitions to sustainable mobility. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 16(1), 169–183. DOI: 10.1080/15487733.2020.1799624. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2020.1799624 |
Paper III. Svennevik, E.M, Dijk, M., & Arnfalk, P. (2021). How do new mobility practices emerge? A comparative analysis of car-sharing in cities in Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. – Manuscript. Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 82, 2021, 102305, DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102305. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102305 |
Paper IV.Svennevik, E. (2021). Providers and practices: How suppliers shape car-Sharing practices. Sustainability, 13(4), 1764. DOI: 10.3390/su13041764. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041764 |
Paper V. Svennevik, E.M (2021) Practices in transitions: Review, reflections, and research directions. Manuscript. Published as: Practices in transitions: Review, reflections, and research directions for a Practice Innovation System PIS approach. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol 44, Sept 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2022.06.006. The article is included in the thesis. Also available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2022.06.006 |