University of Utrecht’s Centre for Global Challenges – Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium

22 May 2023 - 26 May 2023

Transformative Innovation Africa Hub Opening

What’s the new Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH) about? How is it different to the previous TIP Africa Hub? What new partnerships are happening? You are invited to get the insight and low down on this exciting new development and collaboration...

Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH)

Publications

12 May 2023 | Chux Daniels and Geraldine Bloomfield

This is an introduction to the Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH), a leading network of innovation and science for development in Africa. Launched during Africa Week in May 2023, TIAH is committed to promoting transformative innovation for sustainable...

MOTION HANDBOOK: DEVELOPING A TRANSFORMATIVE THEORY OF CHANGE

Publications

30 December 2021

This handbook draft comprises the results and key learnings of the MOTION project. It contributes to accelerating a transition towards sustainability by providing a guide for the development of a Transformative Theory of Change, a methodology that helps...

TIP Learning Guides

MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE PROJECTS: LESSONS FROM...

Thinking & Analysis

21 December 2021

In December 2021, the MOTION project, a collaboration of TIPC and EIT Climate-KIC, came to an end. During its two years of working closely with partners from three EIT Climate-KIC projects – ACT on NBS, SATURN and SuSMo – MOTION...

Outcomes and reflections of the MOTION project

Thinking & Analysis

20 December 2021

In its strategy ‘Transformation in Time’ EIT Climate-KIC aims to act as an orchestrator to catalyse systemic change. In September 2019, the MOTION project set out to make a substantial contribution to that ambition by developing a methodology for working...

MOTION Citizen Engagement Towards Sustainable Cities

Thinking & Analysis

2 December 2021

Individual action is important for sustainability transformations, but the degree, scope, aggregation and associated mechanisms relating personal participation with systemic change are not always as clear. To explore this issue while creating a space to link individual actions with sustainable...

Utrecht University report uses transformation lens based on TIPC work...

News

13 October 2021

This article is reposted from the University of Utrecht’s website. Research into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is showing strong annual growth at Utrecht University and covers all SDGs. This is shown in an analysis by eight scientists led...

Closed: Job opportunity for Research (student) Assistant to work on...

News

9 July 2021

Job Opportunity for Research (student) Assistant / Internship / subcontracting in a socio-technical policy experiment The Utrecht University Centre for Global Challenges is seeking to appoint a research (student) assistant, intern or research assistant to work on project between the Transformative...

5 July 2021 - 9 July 2021

Utrecht Summer School: Global Transformations

The challenges the world is facing are complex and often global in nature. The UN has set 17 Sustainable Development Goals to address these issues, but this requires profound transformations. The summer school ‘Global Transformations’ provides insight into how we...