Bipashyee Ghosh

This presentation details: Experiences from Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC):Projects related to Energy and Climate themes given by the team in relation to COP 26 in 2021.   … from TIPC Projects Related to Energy Sussex Energy Group: COP26

This short report created with EIT Climate-KIC defines and illustrates the role of intermediaries in relation to the transformative outcomes sought by TIP practitioners. It explores how intermediaries can push change beyond system optimisation into more transformative territory, outlining three key messages: • that intermediaries can play a role in enabling transformative outcomes by building … from The role of intermediary actors in transformative change

This simple Miro tool was developed for the five-day ‘live reflection and learning’ journey at the TIP conference in 2022, to help guide participants through a day-by-day exploration of three cross-cutting conference aims: Networking Aligning visions Learning and unlearning Each day, participants were invited to answer a series of reflective questions, share their personal experiences … from Tool: Live reflection and learning at the TIP conference

This report provides notes on the content and insight of the sessions of the 2018 TIPC conference. … from 2018 TIPC CONFERENCE REPORT

This workshop report covers a wide range of case studies drawm from the global South in which the transformative outcomes were employed to interpret experience or to guide action. … from Transformative Outcomes in the Global South Workshop Report

This report summarises discussions held with over 100 researchers on ten questions about future research areas of TIP categorised under three main themes – 1) conceptualisation, 2) actors and contexts and 3) operationalisation of TIP.   … from TOWARDS A TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION POLICY (TIP) RESEARCH AGENDA

The Mobile Transformative Innovation Lab (MoTIL) was the precursor to the Transformative Innovation Policy Resource Lab. These slides give an insight into the early conceptual thinking on which TIP Resource Lab was formed.   … from Presentation: What is the Mobile Transformative Innovation Lab (MoTIL)?

This presentation outlines the rationale for the development of the Transformative Innovation Policy Resource Lab. It outlines the origins and why it was created: •Mobilising emerging third frame of Innovation policy focussed on systems change •Convey core understanding of TIP as an alternative policy intervention •Some evidences of “Exemplary TIP practise” •Repackage last 4 years … from Slidedeck on TIP resource lab Components 1 to 3

This presentation was prepared at the early planning stages of, what was then termed the ‘TIPC Handbook’. This evolved to be the TIP Resource Lab. The slide deck was prepared with the purpose of providing key background information about the role of the handbook* in the context of TIPC work and for capacity development, as … from TIP Resource Lab Handbook initial conceptualisation

This short story, reproduced from the Deep Transitions website, introduces the third of three desirable worlds created for the Investors Panel in 2021. For more on the philosophy and principles of Transformative Investment, visit www.transformativeinvestment.net.    ‘When the moonshot became an earthshot’ images a future Inspired by the spirit of the 20th-century missions that put … from World 3: Earthshot

This short story, reproduced from the Deep Transitions website, introduces the second of three desirable worlds created for the Investors Panel in 2021. For more on the philosophy and principles of Transformative Investment, visit www.transformativeinvestment.net.    ‘Do No Harm’ imagines a world characterised by a very different understanding of the relationship between our natural world … from World 2: Do no harm

This short story, reproduced from the Deep Transitions website, introduces the first of three desirable worlds created for the Investors Panel in 2021. For more on the philosophy and principles of Transformative Investment, visit www.transformativeinvestment.net.  ‘After the frugal turn’ imagines a future in which limitless consumption as a foundational and completely irreversible principle for development … from World 1: After the frugal turn

This presentation provides a summary of four TIPC projects which have run in South Africa, Latin America, with Vinnova in Sweden and the European institute of Technology’s Climate Knowledge and innovation Community (EIT Climate KIC) project – MOTION. The presentation shows the variety of implementation pathways that each project has taken, with the purpose of identifying … from TIPC Projects OVERVIEW OF APPROCHES, METHODS AND LEARNING MATERIALS

This extract from a workshop report shows how the tool for transformative outcomes quality and constraint mapping was used to work with case studies from Nairobi, Bogota and Kolkata, discussing informal settlements, governance of wetlands and mobility. Each of the groups was asked to analyse the transformative outcomes in terms of quality and the challenges … from Case study analysis through the lens of transformative outcomes

This reflective tool helps us to experiment with a new or ongoing policy initiatives and reframe it as transformative policy interventions, supported by the three macro-processes of transformation: 1) building and nurturing niches, 2) expanding and mainstreaming niches, and 3) opening up and unlocking regimes. Starting with the experiment, users will define transformative pathways and … from Tool: Activating macro-processes for transformation

How can projects, programmes and policies orientated towards system change be made more transformative? This is an extract from a TIPC Open Learning Series event in November 2021, in which TIPC contributors and participants from research, policy and practice explore why a redirection of policy is needed and how it is possible. The extract features … from Transformative outcomes: Practical tools to empower and scale system change

This simple tool is designed to be printed and used by a workshop facilitator, to help participants in a group map/assess the quality of transformative outcomes and constraints across a variety of case studies. TIPC has identified 12 transformative outcomes across three transformation macro processes. However, a key issue is assessing the quality of the … from Tool for transformative outcomes quality and constraint mapping

This introductory workshop tool helps us to think about how we might identify the 12 transformative outcomes in experimental projects and policies. In group, users start by picking one or more transformative outcomes from three macro-process that lead to transformation. They then answer a series of questions to aid thinking about how that transformative outcome … from Tool: Identifying transformative outcomes in projects and policies

This is a foundational text to understand the conceptualisation and TIP approach towards ‘Transformative Outcomes’. The impending climate emergency, the Paris agreement and Sustainable Development Goals demand significant transformations in economies and societies. Science funders, innovation agencies, and scholars have explored new rationales and processes for policymaking, such as transformative innovation policy (TIP). Here, we … from TRANSFORMATIVE OUTCOMES: ASSESSING AND REORIENTING EXPERIMENTATION WITH TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION POLICY

These observations were gleaned from a workshop involving actors and partners in the TIP Experimental Policy Engagement, the Living Catchments Water and Sanitation project.   … from Observations and reflections on the Living Catchments experiment (workshop 1)

This extract reflects on the conference theory of change, desired impact, and the outcomes, outputs and activities adopted for the conference. The remainder of the report focuses on the monitoring, evaluation and learning plan, results and conclusions, and is introduced in Component 3 of the Resource Lab. … from Extract: Experimentation committee report for the TIP Conference

The conference theory of change illustrates how the experimentation committee sought to design, execute and evaluate the conference as a transformative experiment. It shows the activities, assumptions, outputs, transformative outcome and long-term goals behind building a sustainable and inclusive knowledge infrastructure for systemic transformation pathways.     … from Conference theory of change

These slides accompany the video on experimentation at the conference, setting out the need to go beyond traditional conferences, what we mean by experimentation in this context, and the experimental methodology. The slides also show the transformative theory of change for the event and the monitoring, evaluation and learning plan. … from Slides: Experimenting with the TIP conference

Can a conference be delivered as a transformative experiment? This thought-provoking recording sets out the work of the experimentation committee for the TIP conference in 2022, introducing why the choice was made to experiment with the conference and how this was done. The presentation shares the transformative theory of change and monitoring, evaluation and learning … from Experimentation and evaluation at the TIP conference

This blog on experimental cases selected by the Africa Hub illustrates different levels of policy experimentation aligned to local context. The table provides a snapshot of how experiments sought to stretch and transform some system dimensions, while fitting and conforming to other dimensions. … from ‘Fit and conform’ vs ‘stretch and transform’: Snapshot of Africa Hub experiments

Experience of experimentation within TIPC’s Africa Hub indicates that designing an experiment for Transformative Innovation Policy requires the following: Firstly, the bringing together of a diverse understanding and engagement of a wide range of stakeholders across all stages of research and innovation pathways in non-linear ways. Secondly, this calls for a stronger shift towards a … from Selecting experiments: Insights from the Africa Hub

This reflective tool helps us to think about an initiative (such as a project, programme or policy) as a Transformative Innovation Policy experiment. It draws on guiding principles co-created by TIPC members during the Consortium’s pilot phase. Users score the initiative for the presence of each principle, creating a picture of where strengths and weaknesses … from Tool: Transformative Innovation Policy Radar

This tool is a ‘thinking exercise’ – a structured brainstorming process, designed to be used by an individual or group – perhaps engaging a range of actors. Users will consider the potential of an initiative (such as a project, policy or programme) to become a TIP experiment that contributes to the transformation of a socio-technical … from Tool: Articulating an initiative as a TIP experiment

This collection of illustrated narratives of the mobility, energy and food systems in three future worlds – and the journey towards those worlds between 2020 and 2050 – was developed for the Deep Transitions Investors Panel in 2021. The stories provide a valuable example of how anticipation and collective imagination can be used to translate … from Three Desirable Future Worlds

User guide to Component 1, the first in the TIP Resource Lab, which takes us through the first four section of the Lab, and sets out how a systemic understanding of how we meet social needs, viewed through the lens of transitions theory and anticipatory thinking, can help us to reframe our understanding of how … from Component 1 User Guide: Systems and Change

Video extract of the presentation of the process of building a conference ToC to change a traditional conference approach, presented by Dr Bipashyee Ghosh, TIPC Research Fellow and Experimentation & Reflections Committee for the TIP Conference 2022: Developing a Knowledge Infrastructure for Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP).     … from Transformative Innovation Policy 2022 Conference Theory of Change video

TIP Africa Hub masterclass extract, which goes deeper into the role of niches in a multi-level theory of change. The presentation examines how niches can be nurtured and protected, learning, and the importance of navigating visions and expectations.   … from Masterclass: Co-creating transformative niches

This tutorial video, narrated by researcher Andrea Padilla Cuevas, shows how to play the Systemic Change game, including explanations of the cards, winning and losing states and an example of the first round.   … from Tutorial video for the Systemic Change online board game

Mobility systems in megacities are facing persistent sustainability problems. A focus on regime shift in transitions literature in addressing these problems reflects a western bias as it relies on niches as sources of change. In megacities like in Kolkata, India, public transportation is dominant, and actors are more concerned to improve and upgrade a variety … from Towards a novel regime change framework: Studying mobility transitions in public transport regimes in an Indian megacity

Games are a known source of entertainment, especially for children. But games can also be effective learning tools for adults, especially in interdisciplinary education and policy spaces. In this paper, we argue that game-based learning can help the socio-cognitive and emotional understanding of the complexities of sociotechnical system change, as proposed in the sustainability transitions … from Experimenting with game-based learning for a playful understanding of systemic transitions for implementing Transformative Innovation Policy

This tool is designed for group use, to help us develop a transformative theory of how change happens within a socio-technical system, drawing on the Multi-Level Perspective. It complements the Pentagonal map for system analysis tool in Component 1, which identifies the dominant system regime driven by actors, materials and rules.     … from Multi-level theory of change (Group version)

This tool is designed for individual use, to help us develop a transformative theory of how change happens within a socio-technical system, drawing on the Multi-Level Perspective. It complements the Pentagonal map for system analysis tool in Component 1, which identifies the dominant system regime driven by actors, materials and rules. This tool does not … from Multi-level theory of change (Individual version)

A step-by-step Miro tool, designed for group use, that will help a team to understand actors, materials and rules within a system, in order to identify a dominant regime. This tool is designed to be used by small groups in an online workshop setting. Facilitators should take a copy of the board for each group … from Pentagonal map for system analysis (Group version)

A step-by-step Miro tool, designed for individual use, that will help you to understand actors, materials and rules within a system, in order to identify a dominant regime. This tool does not require facilitation, as it has been designed for use by an individual as a reflective exercise. An alternative version is available for group … from Pentagonal map for system analysis (Individual version)

Brief presentation on game-based learning about systemic change, exploring how the online board game can play a role in supporting understanding of issues, contexts, and actions; transforming frames of reference; and showcasing the advantages of transdisciplinary network building.   … from Game Based Learning about Systemic Change

An immersive and playful online board game to strengthen your understanding of socio-technical systems and how to enable change in a local system.   … from Tool: Systemic Change game

This TIPC working paper, Experimenting with game-based learning for a playful understanding of systemic transitions for implementing transformative innovation policy, provides a reflection on the learning process for understanding systemic transitions by unpacking the development of the System Change board game.  Games are a known source of entertainment, especially for children. But games can also be … from Reflection: Experimenting with game-based learning

This step-by-step guide sets out how to play the Systemic Change online game, addressing learning goals, components, how to play, rules and reflections.   … from Information sheet for the Systemic Change game

The impending climate emergency, the Paris agreement and Sustainable Development Goals demand significant transformations in economies and societies. Science funders, innovation agencies, and scholars have explored new rationales and processes for policymaking, such as transformative innovation policy (TIP). Here, we address the question of how to orient the efforts of science, technology, and innovation policy … from Transformative outcomes: assessing and reorienting experimentation with transformative innovation policy

This blog considers the use of participatory methods based on discussions in 2021 at the Eu-SPRI Conference.    During the 2021 Eu-SPRI conference (1), Paula Kivimaa in her keynote speech highlighted the importance of including a social justice perspective in the design and implementation of transformative innovation policy.  With this idea in mind, we convened … from Participatory methods and methodologies for a more just transition: Reflections from the 2021 Eu-SPRI Conference

This blog is the transcript of a conversation about Covid-19, in which Johan Schot and Bipashyee Ghosh address a series of questions on the potential impact of the pandemic on sustainability transitions. Together, they discuss the impact of Covid-19 as a landscape shock, its implications for directionality and rule change and its influence on politics … from Conversations on COVID-19: Consequences for the Second Deep Transition and the Sustainability Revolution