A pioneering new initiative, TRIP-EuHub, launched during TIPC’s recent Engagement Week in Barcelona, will foster transformative innovation for societal change across Europe. It will do this by pairing research organisations and policy partners across Europe for capacity building and learning from practice.
The logo of the recently-launched TRIP-EuHub
Led by the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) in partnership with the European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI), the TRIP-EuHub aims to create a unique space for learning and capacity building. The goal is to support ground-breaking policy experiments informed by real-world practice and to share these insights with the TIP knowledge community through research networks, regional hubs, the Resource Lab and Open Learning Series.
Matthias Weber, Head of the Centre for Innovation Systems and Policy at AIT (the Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH) outlines the idea behind the new hub
The Hub project brings together research organisations and government bodies—known as ‘collaborative pairs’—from places, including Austria, Catalonia, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands. These couples will work closely to design and test innovative policy approaches at local, regional, and national levels.
Sandra Boni, Deputy Director of INGENIO, explains how the hub’s ‘collaborative pairs’ will work
The official launch in Barcelona saw several of these pairings set out their shared ambitions to advance systems transformation nationally and regionally.
‘This Hub will provide a valuable space to tackle Transformative Innovation Policy, bringing together academics and government officials to foster mutual understanding, trust and open up pathways to future solutions, said Stephanie Daimer of Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI.
As with TIPC’s existing hubs in Latin America and Africa, the TRIP-EuHub will act as a bridge, connecting diverse European policy leaders, researchers, and government agencies with peers to promote sustainable and impactful policy experimentation.
‘The European Hub fits within TIPC’s evolution. The future is in localising hubs, fostering exchange, and learning globally, while avoiding a Europe-centric focus. The hub will provide opportunities for collaboration with other regions for mutual learning,’ said Johan Schot at TIPC/ Utrecht University Centre for Global Challenges.
‘Our goal for Vinnova’s Hub membership is to ensure it’s not just about research, but a platform driven by societal needs. It’s about sharing knowledge and using it as an instrument for real-world impact through collaborative projects that apply research in practice, said Jenny Sjöblom, Program Manager at Vinnova.
For more information, contact co-lead Sandra Boni at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) or Matthias Weber at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology.