All three deal with complexity, normativity and uncertainty in an action-oriented way and have mechanisms of self-correction and adaptation which is necessary for transformations which cannot be planned and implemented from the top, but which must find solutions to demands for participation, fairness in outcomes, unintended effects in order to remain legitimate and secure continued support from societal stakeholders. For more information see section 2 on page 3-10. Section 2 on “Transformation pleas and approaches for achieving this” has been substantially revised and we discuss three models for working towards transitions: collaborative governance (including Ansell and Gash, 2015), evolutionary steering and adaptive governance.
We would, however, like to frame this positively: we believe that if the nature of the paper and the chain of argumentation are further clarified, it can be a major contribution not just to several academic discussions (I would mention here the just transition discussions, resilience, innovation, co-evolution, governance, etc) but also to societal debates, to, hopefully, public discourse, leading into policy discourse.