Geraldine Bloomfield

What can the worlds of finance and academia learn from each other? Will technological innovations like electric vehicles be enough to avert climate catastrophe, or will we need to reinvent social norms like the very concept of personal vehicle ownership entirely? Should those concentrating on electrification, like TESLA, diversify into ‘mobility-as-a-service’ rather than just the … from Investing in the Era of Deep Transitions: Professor Johan Schot in Conversation with James Anderson

When working in interdisciplinary teams, reaching a shared understanding and agreed approach can be challenging. In this blog post, Dr Patience Mguni reflects upon her experience of using TIPC’s ‘Structured brainstorming’ and ‘Policy radar’ tools to facilitate greater dialogue and create a shared discourse. This blog posts features the work of the Pathways to Water … from Blog: Transformative nature based solutions to enhance water provision and liveability in Cape Town

The blog argues that meeting global goals requires transformation of the systems shaping our economies and societies, rather than relying on incremental change. It draws on the Three Frames of Innovation Policy, noting that traditional approaches focused on R&D (Frame 1) and national innovation systems (Frame 2) are no longer sufficient because they prioritise technical … from Transform innovation policy: Transform our world? STI as a game-changer for the SDGs

This research brief distils and consolidates the learning from the pilot year of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC). Activities in this period included country reviews, case studies in each of the five member countries, and two synthesis workshops. Together, these activities provided insight into the diverse expressions of Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) already taking … from Developing a Shared Understanding of Transformative Innovation Policy (Produced with contributions from TIPC members and SPRU TIPC Team)

During the pilot year, TIPC members co-created a criteria of six principles, which represented steps towards achieving Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP). During each country’s exploratory phase, members undertook a Transformative Innovation Learning History (TILH), and as part of this process, analysed the extent to which these six principles were present in the experiments identified. Although … from Tool: Six guiding principles for TIP experimentation

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

The graphical representation of the Living catchments Theory of Change in South Africa explains the connections between impacts for SDG 6, activities, outputs and transformative outcomes. … from Graphic representation of the Living Catchments Transformative Theory of Change

In TIP, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) happens continuously in situ, not at the final stages. The MEL strands interweave throughout to make up the strength of the methodology. MEL is not completed by a separate team hovering over, dissecting the project at the end with a tick-box check-list, but by those running, doing, living, … from Living Catchments blog 3: Monitoring, evaluation and learning from a Transformative Innovation Policy test project

In this second blog in our South Africa water experiment series, we put under the spotlight the transformative outcomes, the compass at the centre of the TIPC methodology, to examine the interaction at the ‘live’ theory-practice interface. How did the project team feel about the concept of the TOs? How did the theory play within … from Living Catchments blog 2: The Transformative Outcomes: Does the Theory Stick?

Blog and videos for the Nordic fireside chat series, a collection of conversations between policymakers and researchers from Norway, Sweden and Finland to share learning on co-creation.    Throughout history people have sat by the fire and created meaning. They’ve established stories; deepened relationships; and bonded over shared experiences from the day. So in this … from At the Nordic Fireside: Conversations on co-creation between researchers and policymakers

This is the first in series of three blogs with practitioners working on the Living Catchments experiment in South Africa, which was developed as a TIP experiment by the Africa Hub. The blog sees the team reflects on their views and feelings on the integration and overlaying of the TIPC methodology within this national project … from Living Catchments blog 1: How did that go? Reflections from the South Africa experiment on the TIPC methodology

Este blog es la transcripción de una conversación sobre el Covid-19, en la que Johan Schot y Bipashyee Ghosh abordan una serie de preguntas sobre el posible impacto de la pandemia en las transiciones hacia la sostenibilidad. Juntos, discuten el impacto del Covid-19 como un landscape shock, sus implicaciones para la dirección y el cambio … from Conversaciones sobre COVID-19: consecuencias para la segunda transición profunda y la revolución de la sostenibilidad

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 

This is an early reference guide created by the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium in 2018 to define emerging terms and concepts used by members and researchers. It provides explanations of ideas such as the three frames of innovation policy, socio‑technical systems, experimentation, directionality, sustainability, and related terminology that are central to understanding and implementing TIP. … from Tool: TIP glossary of terms

This programme outlines the inaugural TIPC conference in 2017, which was organised by the National Research Foundation in South Africa and SPRU at the University of Sussex. It brought together policymakers, researchers and practitioners to share experiences and learning on Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP). The document presents the event’s aims, themes and sessions, focusing on … from 2017 TIP conference programme: Prospects for Transformative Innovation Policy

Blog and video focusing on the M-Pesa mobile money system in Kenya, which illustrates that Transformative Innovation Policy – through inclusive goals, experimentation, user involvement, and supportive regulation – can rapidly reduce inequality and improve the livelihoods of marginalised communities by enabling system-level social change. How to address inequality in society, with all its associated … from Addressing inequality through Transformative Innovation Policy in Kenya

Blog and video reflecting on how Norway is navigating a transition away from oil dependency through transformative policy approaches to innovation, combining traditional growth and coordination approaches with a stronger frame-three focus on responsible, inclusive and experimental change. As Elisabeth Gulbrandsen, Research Council of Norway (RCN)’s Special Adviser and board member at TIPC, aptly puts … from Towards Transformative Innovation Policy for Norway