Chandra Pitoyo – Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium

Transformative Innovation Policy Resource Lab: The Low Down on the New Platform

Posted on April 24, 2023 (April 25, 2023) by Chandra Pitoyo

The Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) is proud to have launched the TIP Resource Lab (TIP RL). In this blog we break down the elements of the launch event to introduce this significant online platform dedicated to systems change for sustainability….

How to co-create in research and innovation for societal challenges

Posted on March 31, 2023 (March 31, 2023) by Chandra Pitoyo

For addressing grand societal challenges such as climate change or biodiversity loss, the power of research and innovation is an important consideration. In this context, a new framework has emerged that invites us to re-think how we can…

TRANSITIONING TO ELECTRIFIED, AUTOMATED AND SHARED MOBILITY IN AN AFRICAN CONTEXT: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF JOHANNESBURG, KIGALI, LAGOS, AND NAIROBI – A BLOG SUMMARY

Posted on December 15, 2022 (December 20, 2022) by Chandra Pitoyo

A study on three innovations has reveals positive and negative barriers to the decarbonisation of transport systems in the global South in the context of Africa. Academics from the science policy research unit published a recent finding which centred on…

THE DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL PUBLIC RESEARCH FUNDING ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, TRANSPORT, AND INDUSTRIAL DECARBONISATION: A BLOG SUMMARY

Posted on December 15, 2022 (December 20, 2022) by Chandra Pitoyo

Thirty years of climate research funding have overlooked the potential of experimental transformative technologies. A new study by academics from the University of Sussex Business School Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), which used a transformative innovation framework, discovered the academic…

SCIENCE FOR WHOM? EXAMINING THE DATA QUALITY, THEMES, AND TRENDS IN 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY RESEARCH: A BLOG SUMMARY

Posted on December 15, 2022 (December 20, 2022) by Chandra Pitoyo

Three decades of climate and energy funding have revealed incremental funding for social science and interdisciplinary research funding. A study by the Science Policy Research Unit of the University of Sussex Business School academics suggests that public funding for research…

Making the Green New Deal Happen Blog Series, July 2022: Water scarcity in Southern Europe: problems and solutions

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Chandra Pitoyo

As I write this blog, news about a severe drought in the Po Valley is on the front pages of European newspapers. The water shortage is forcing authorities to introduce water rationing for citizens in 125 municipalities and halting…