Corresponding Manager: Sana Elouaer Mrizak (sana.mrizak@univ-littoral.fr)
Track Manager(s): Sana Elouaer Mrizak, Sonia Ben Slimane
Description
Technological innovation is increasingly expected to play a central role in tackling grand societal challenges such as climate change, food security, social inclusion, and health. The twin transition describes the interdependent processes of digital transformation and green transition, both essential for sustainable development (Vermeulen and Pyka, 2024, Tabares et al., 2025). Digital innovation supports this transition by improving resource efficiency, reducing emissions, and enabling circular business models through technologies such as AI, IoT, and big data (Jiao, 2025; Mancuso et al., 2025, Al Kez et al., 2022). However, digitalization also introduces challenges, including higher energy demand and resource use devices (Goel et al., 2024). Understanding the synergies, trade-offs, and co-evolutionary dynamics between digital and green transitions is critical for effective policy, strategic management, and regional adaptation. This track seeks research exploring how contextual factors shape these dynamics, how firms can align digital strategies with sustainability goals, and how innovation systems evolve. Topics include Mapping the dynamics of the twin transition: directionality, sequencing, and systemic interactions, The role of digital technologies in enabling circular and sustainable business models
Digital transition in lagging regions: pathways to inclusion and sustainability
Financial dynamics of the twin transition: to inclusive and sustainable investment models
Keywords
Twin transition, Digital innovation, Sustainability, Circular economy, Regional development, Financial dynamics
Key References
Al Kez, D., Foley, A. M., Laverty, D., Furszyfer Del Rio, D., & Sovacool, B., 2022. Exploring the sustainability challenges facing digitalization and internet data centers. Journal of Cleaner Production, 371, Article 133633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133633
Goel, A., Masurkar, S., & Pathade, G. R. (2024). An Overview of Digital Transformation and Environmental Sustainability: Threats, Opportunities, and Solutions. Sustainability, 16(24), 11079. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162411079
Jiao, H., Tang Wang, Dirk Libaers, Jifeng Yang, Lingshu Hu, 2025. The relationship between digital technologies and innovation: A review, critique, and research agenda, Journal of Innovation & knowledge, 10(1), 100638, ISSN 2444-569X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2024.100638.
Mancuso, I., Petruzzelli, A. M., Panniello, U., Vaia, G., 2025. The bright and dark sides of AI innovation for sustainable development: Understanding the paradoxical tension between value creation and value destruction. Technovation, 143, 103232, ISSN 0166-4972, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103232.
Tabares, S., Parida, V., Chirumalla, K., 2025. Twin transition in industrial organizations: Conceptualization, implementation framework, and research agenda. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 213, 123995, ISSN 0040-1625, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.123995.
Vermeulen, B., Pyka, A. 2024. The twin digital and green transition: Paradigm shift or tech fix?. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, 45(3), 1–26