Reports
TRANSFORM (2026). Visioning Sustainability: A Participatory Workshop for Transformation. Prepared by Kai Reimer-Watts, Sarah Burch and Kayne Boyall.
TRANSFORM (2025). 2025 Symposium Report. Prepared by Kai Reimer-Watts, Sarah Burch and Kayne Boyall.
DiBella, J. (2022) “Rapid guide for planning business model innovations for disaster risk reduction” United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Office for the Americas and the Caribbean – Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies
Burch, S., J. Di Bella, J. Rao-Williams, N. Forrest, V. Hermelingmier, S. Morton Ninomiya and K. Chisholm (2020) “Sustainable business practices can build resilient local economies for a post-COVID-19 recover“. TRANSFORM
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Journal Articles
- Burch, S., DiBella, J., Farrelly, M., Lang, D., McCormick, K., Ness, B., Orr, C. and Wiek, A., 2026. Building capacity for sustainability transformations through transdisciplinary experimentation: Empirical evidence from a novel methodology deployed in 7 countries. Environmental Science & Policy, 179, p.104364.Luederitz, C., Westman, L., Mercado, A. et al. Conceptualizing the potential of entrepreneurship to shape urban sustainability transformations. Urban Transform 5, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00048-w
- Orr, C.J., Burch, S. Transformative capacities for navigating system change: a framework for sustainability research and practice. Sustain Sci 20, 975–992 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-025-01658-yLuederitz, C., Westman, L., Mercado, A. et al. Conceptualizing the potential of entrepreneurship to shape urban sustainability transformations. Urban Transform 5, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00048-w
- DiBella, J., Burch, S. Sequencing sustainability and climate solutions: a systems view of implementation. Sustain Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-025-01769-6Luederitz, C., Westman, L., Mercado, A. et al. Conceptualizing the potential of entrepreneurship to shape urban sustainability transformations. Urban Transform 5, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00048-w
- Cabral-Ramírez, M., Niño-Barrero, Y. & DiBella, J. Lessons from the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction from Latin America and the Caribbean. Int J Disaster Risk Sci 16, 72–83 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-025-00613-wLuederitz, C., Westman, L., Mercado, A. et al. Conceptualizing the potential of entrepreneurship to shape urban sustainability transformations. Urban Transform 5, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00048-w
- Pickering, J., Patterson, J., Biermann, F., Burch, S., Elliott, L., Gupta, A., … Persson, Å. (2023). Pluralizing Debates on the Anthropocene Requires Engaging with the Diversity of Existing Scholarship. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 113(2), e-i-e-vi. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2105296
- Luederitz, C., Westman, L., Mercado, A. et al. Conceptualizing the potential of entrepreneurship to shape urban sustainability transformations. Urban Transform 5, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00048-w
- DiBella, J., & Burch, S. (2023). Building parliamentary capacities for advancing the disaster risk reduction agenda: Notes and reflections from a capacity-building field training for parliamentarians of the Americas and the Caribbean. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103970
- Romero-Lankao, P., Rosner, N., Brandtner, C. et al. A framework to centre justice in energy transition innovations. Nat Energy 8, 1192–1198 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01351-3
- Stubbs W, Farrelly M, Fabianke K, Burch S, Ramesh P. Sustainable business models in ‘lighthouse’ small to medium enterprises. Journal of Management & Organization. 2024;30(3):466-489. doi:10.1017/jmo.2023.53
- Burch, S., DiBella, J., Wiek, A. et al. “Building urban resilience through sustainability-oriented small- and medium-sized enterprises.” Urban Transform 4, 12 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-022-00041-9
- DiBella, J., Forrest, N., Burch, S., Rao‐Williams, J., Ninomiya, S. M., Hermelingmeier, V., & Chisholm, K. (2022). Exploring the potential of SMEs to build individual, organizational, and community resilience through sustainability‐oriented business practices. Business Strategy and the Environment.
- Westman, L., Luederitz, C., Kundurpi, A., Mercado, A. J., & Burch, S. L. (2022). Market transformations as collaborative change: Institutional co‐evolution through small business entrepreneurship. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3083Luederitz, C., Westman, L., Mercado, A. et al. Conceptualizing the potential of entrepreneurship to shape urban sustainability transformations. Urban Transform 5, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00048-w
- Burch, S. & Di Bella, J. (2021) Business models for the Anthropocene: accelerating sustainability transformations in the private sector. Sustainability Science, 16(6), 1963-1976.
- Kundurpi, A., Westman, L., Luederitz, C., Burch, S., & Mercado, A. (2021). Navigating between adaptation and transformation: How intermediaries support businesses in sustainability transitions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 283, 125366.
- Westman, Linda., Moores, Ericha., Burch, Sarah Lynn., 2021. Bridging the governance divide: The role of SMEs in urban sustainability interventions, Cities, Vol. 108, 102994.
- Ann Dale, John Robinson, Leslie King, Sarah Burch, Rob Newell, Alison Shaw & Francois Jost (2020) Meeting the climate change challenge: local government climate action in British Columbia, Canada, Climate Policy, 20:7, 866-880.
- Coenen, Lars ; Davidson, Kathryn ; Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Grenfell, Maree ; Håkansson, Irene ; Hartigan, Martin ; 2020. Metropolitan governance in action? Learning from metropolitan Melbourne’s urban forest strategy, Australian Planner (Mar 2020).
- Dumitru, Adina ; Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Collier, Marcus ; 2020. Identifying principles for the design of robust impact evaluation frameworks for nature-based solutions in cities, Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 112 (Oct 2020), pp. 107-116.
- Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Vandergert, Paula ; Connop, Stuart ; Schipper, Karlijn ; Zwierzchowska, Iwona ; Collier, Marcus ; Lodder, Marleen ; 2020. Examining the policy needs for implementing nature-based solutions in cities: Findings from city-wide transdisciplinary experiences in Glasgow (UK), Genk (Belgium) and Poznań (Poland), Land Use Policy, Vol. 96 (Jul 2020), 104688.
- Hoffmann, Sabine ; Feldmann, Ulrike ; Bach, Peter M. ; Binz, Christian ; Farrelly, Megan ; Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Hiessl, Harald ; Inauen, Jennifer ; Larsen, Tove A. ; Lienert, Judit ; Londong, Jorg ; Luthi, Christoph ; Maurer, Max ; Mitchell, Cynthia ; Morgenroth, Eberhard ; Nelson, Kara L. ; Scholten, Lisa ; Truffer, Bernhard ; Udert, Kai M. ; 2020. A Research Agenda for the Future of Urban Water Management: Exploring the Potential of Nongrid, Small-Grid, and Hybrid Solutions, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 54, no. 9 (May 2020), pp. 5312-5322.
- Lam, D.P.M., Martín-López, B., Wiek, A. et al. Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes. Urban Transform 2, 3 (2020).
- Malekpour, Shirin ; Walker, Warren E. ; de Haan, Fjalar J. ; Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Marchau, Vincent A. W. J. ; 2020. Bridging Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) and Transition Management (TM) to improve strategic planning for sustainable development, Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 107 (May 2020), pp. 158-167.
- Westman Linda., McKenzie Janetta., Burch, Sarah Lynn., 2020, Political participation of businesses: A framework to understand contributions of SMEs to urban sustainability politics, Earth System Governance, Vol: 3.
- Di Bella, Jose. (2019). The spatial representation of business models for climate adaptation: An approach for business model innovation and adaptation strategies in the private sector. Business Strategy and Development.
