Taking action that drives systems change: an introduction to Interventions

In Deep Transitions (DT) theory, interventions are defined as “particular areas in the socio-technical system or its environment where the application of appropriate [interventions] would likely facilitate transformative change in the system’s directionality” (Kanger et al., 2020: 4). Interventions are actions taken by actors to influence different parts of a system. We initially developed a framework of six intervention points for accelerating transitions in single systems, this was later expanded to eight to pay more attention to interacting systems. Use this guide to understand what actions you can take to influence your chosen system.