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.
SOL for Professionals – COVID-19: an opportunity for transformative learning among innovation professionals?
April 26, 2021
The possibility to learn from pandemics gives a different sense to the global crisis. As an example, Scholten, Huijskens, and Dörr (2020) explored how the SARS and A/H1N1 pandemics influenced organizational learning in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)…
Making the Green New Deal Happen Blog Series, April 2021: Scaling Domestic Retrofits for Green Deal Success
April 19, 2021
A central issue for the success of the European Green Deal is – how to bring about the low energy transition of Europe’s housing stock? The current approach on individual households is not working. It needs to be replaced with a collective…
Making the Green New Deal Happen Blog Series: March 2021: Extra-ordinary change in energy is possible
March 24, 2021
In this month (March 2021) in our Making the Green Deal Happen Blog Series, we learn about the renewable energy cluster in Spain which has broadened its remit, brought in new stakeholders, local municipalities and is using national green recovery…
Making the Green New Deal Happen Blog Series, February 2021: Make Renovation in Housing a Green Deal Priority
February 25, 2021
February 2021 Edition “It is clear that a top down commitment to substantial investment in a green deal renovate programme is only the start. It must be accompanied by an effective transformative model of implementation, in order to enable a…
Creating conditions for Second Order Learning in a digital space (Part I)
January 28, 2021
As explorers of transition, TIPC members are keen to understand how we might lock in more sustainable practices emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as a reduction in air travel and a more permanent shift to online events for learning,…
When Transformative Outcomes meet a Theory of Change: making policy experiments more transformative with MOTION
December 19, 2020
The MOTION project is a partnership between EIT Climate-KIC and Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) that aims to develop and test an innovative methodology to catalyse transformative change towards a low carbon economy and society. Through close collaboration with three…
A Narrative About the Transformation to Sustainable Land Use Management: SATURN’s Portfolio of Actions
December 19, 2020
Cities and their communities want clean air, clean waterways and thriving landscapes for their health and wellbeing. Yet, growing cities put pressure on natural landscapes, deplete resources and diminish the integrity of ecosystems and the services they provide. This demands…
MOTION capacity building: How to develop a theory of change for systems transformation? Our training session at the International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST) 2020
December 19, 2020
One of the key goals of the MOTION project is to develop a community of practice and enhance capacity building in relation to monitoring, learning and evaluation (MEL) for transformative change. With that goal in mind, we implemented an online…
Moving Applied Research Online During the Corona Crisis: The MOTION Experience
December 19, 2020
In March 2020 the Corona crisis hit the MOTION project, just as it hit the world, full force. Funded by EIT Climate-KIC, MOTION’s end goal is to develop a methodology that can be used by policymakers, funders and projects to…