In Thinking and Analysis, TIPC researchers, members, partners and associates reflect upon the opportunities, challenges and implications of applying Transformative Innovation Policy in a wider societal context. Do you have a topic idea that you feel needs covering or are you keen to contribute by writing a guest blog? Then please get in touch.
INVESTING IN TRANSFORMATION
August 17, 2023
What is the relationship between TIPC and the Deep Transitions project? When the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) launched in 2016, part of the rationale provided for its conception was that the world is in a ‘Deep Transition’. This was…
Reflections on TIPC 1.0 Milestones
August 17, 2023
As we evolve into the expansion and scaling stage of Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP), we take a look through the key milestones of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium’s (TIPC) first phase from 2016 to 2023. We have highlighted the illustrative…
Transformative Innovation Policy Resource Lab: The Low Down on the New Platform
April 24, 2023
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….
TIPC AND DEEP TRANSITIONS: REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRST FIVE YEAR FINDINGS
April 19, 2023
In this month’s guest blog, founder and Academic Director of TIPC – and partner project Deep Transitions – Professor Johan Schot shares his learnings, experiences and aims for the future of these pioneering transformative system change action-research projects. “With both…
How to co-create in research and innovation for societal challenges
March 31, 2023
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
December 15, 2022
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
December 15, 2022
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
December 15, 2022
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
July 28, 2022
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…