Component 1: Developing a transformative theory of change for a sociotechnical system

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 article discusses empirical findings and conceptual elaborations of the last 10 years in strategic niche management research (SNM). The SNM approach suggests that sustainable innovation journeys can be facilitated by creating technological niches, i.e. protected spaces that allow the experimentation with the co-evolution of technology, user practices, and regulatory structures. The assumption was that … from Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: theory, findings, research agenda, and policy

Public and private innovation organisations strive to contribute to tackling global challenges such as climate change and growing inequality. System change that drives a sustainability transformation has become a shared goal and innovation policy and actions play a key role in this process. However, transformations are long-term processes that require interventions at various levels and … from MOTION handbook

The idea of system innovation has been widely diffused in academia and business to refer to major transformation in national and regional economies through technological breakthroughs, reorganizations of industries and the implications of a globalised economy. In the field of climate change, this concept has been deeply applied through the study of socio-technical transition by … from Visual toolbox for system innovation

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

Today, complex systems and problems have become the norm rather than the exception and a reactive approach to setting policy is proving increasingly ineffective. A reactive approach to setting policy is proving increasingly ineffective: waiting until a crisis has struck to act has far less value than anticipating and preparing before a crisis has manifested. … from Anticipatory innovation governance

  There is no debate that we are living at a time of exceptional innovation. In so many areas, human ingenuity is breaking old barriers to invent new cures for disease, new means of communicating, new ways of organizing business and life. We see innovation occur when people face both terrible challenges and inspira-tional opportunities. … from Transforming the future: Anticipation in the 21st Century, Riel Miller (ed.)

The Transitions Hub, an in-house policy unit of EIT Climate KIC, is collaborating with TIPC in different projects and initiatives. As an interface between policy, science and practice, it has developed an approach to respond to the need to improve the practitioner’s capacity to move towards transformational system change by providing mechanisms to work more … from Challenge-led system mapping: A new EIT Climate KIC Handbook for practitioners working on transformational change

The shocks generated by the COVID-19 pandemic have naturally generated a great deal of reflection, anxiety and action. One aspect often less remarked, but perhaps the most important, is that the fragility illustrated so vividly by the pandemic arises from deep systemic biases in the dominant systems and processes that shape what we see and … from Egyptian Youth Rethink the Future of Wellbeing in 2050

Hivos values working with Theory of Change (ToC) as an appropriate approach to guide its strategic thinking and action, as well as its collaborative action with others. The use of a ToC approach fosters critical questioning of all aspects of change interventions and supports adaptive planning and management in response to diverse and quickly changing … from Hivos Theory of Change

This influential paper from the Aspen Institute proposed the ‘Theory of Change Approach’ for the Comprehensive Community Initiative (CCI). Three stages in carrying out this approach are identified and elaborated, namely, surfacing and articulating a theory of change; measuring a CCI’s activities and intended outcomes; and analyzing and interpreting the results of an evaluation, including … from Applying a Theory of Change Approach to the Evaluation of Comprehensive Community Initiatives