ABSTRACT
Transition management is a new governance mode that attempts to resolve persistent societal problems. The underlying assumption is that full control and management of these problems is not possible, as in classical management, but that we can manage these problems in terms of adjusting, adapting and infl uencing by organizing a joint searching and learning process, focused on long-term sustainable solutions (Loorbach, 2007; Rotmans, 2006). Transition management, rather than being directly focused on a solution, is explorative and design-oriented. As such it is geared to experimenting with various relevant aspects of a range of management and policy forms and efforts to integrate and combine the accompanying instruments. The essence of transition management is that it focuses on the content as well as the process by organizing an interactive and selective participatory stakeholder searching process aimed at learning and experimenting.
