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.
The Engagement Week’s Role in Bridging Public and Private Investment for Systemic Change – An Interview with Johan Schot
July 11, 2024
Professor Johan Schot, the academic director and founder of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) and the Deep Transitions Lab, is at the forefront of pioneering systemic change through collaborative efforts. In this insightful interview, Schot delves into the importance…
A journey through TIPC’s milestones with Bipashyee Ghosh
June 11, 2024
Bipashyee Ghosh has been part of TIPC’s journey from the very beginning. Starting her academic career as a PhD student with TIPC’s founder and academic director Professor Johan Schot, she joined the lead up to the launch of the consortium…
Capacities and capabilities for transformative missions: Global perspectives
May 22, 2024
In a recent webinar as part of our Open Learning Series, Petra Wagner from the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Simon Fielke as well as Amelia Olsen-Boyd from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) shared insights on…
Adapting the Transformative Theory of Change tool through time and space
May 8, 2024
The Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) in collaboration with Tricolor Coalition (Mexico City’s Doughnut Economics Open Network), recently held an engaging Open Learning Session exploring how to adapt and apply systems-thinking tools, using the case of the Transformative Theory of…
Transforming innovation policy in Catalonia – An interview with Tatiana Fernández Sirera
May 7, 2024
Tatiana Fernández Sirera is Head of Economic Strategy at the Government of Catalonia, a new associate member of TIPC. Tatiana leads the development of Catalonia’s smart specialisation strategy 2030 (RIS3CAT 2030), which is aimed at accelerating green and just transitions…
Transformative Outcomes: Signposts for transformation and its implications for COP28
December 11, 2023
In the run-up to COP28, the University of Sussex Business School features some of its most relevant climate-related research. One such research output is the action-driven Transformative Outcomes framework of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC). The rationale of TIPC’s…
Contestation in Transformative Innovation Policy: Harnessing tensions as windows of opportunity
October 31, 2023
Socio-technical transitions are contested processes, often characterised by conflict. However, the tensions experienced by stakeholders can act as windows of opportunity to further transition goals if their generative potential for learning and innovation can be harnessed. In this guest insight…
Recap of Globelics conference session: Potential and barriers of TIP and Deep Transitions in the Global South
October 25, 2023
As part of the 2023 Globelics international conference, Bipashyee Ghosh hosted a special session about policy, investment and activism for systemic transformation: Potential and barriers of Transformative Innovation Policy and Deep Transitions in global south contexts. This piece provides valuable…
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…