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This report documents the discussions and outcomes of a collaborative workshop with Vinnova, in which participants unpacked transformative strategies for the food system. The engagement brought together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to reflect on how innovation policies and programmes can address the complex social, environmental, and economic changes requires to transform food systems. Insights include … from Workshop report: Stretching the food area transformative strategies

This reports describes a workshop in 2022, in which TIPC and Vinnova teams – together with strategic partners such as the Swedish Energy Agency, Technopolis, the Government Offices, the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), and the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis – explored how Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) can support the design … from Workshop report: TIP value to strategic innovation programs

This ethnographic report documents a three-day workshop held between TIPC and Vinnova, the Swedish innovation agency, in 2020. It describes observations from training sessions and collaborative workshops, in which participants explored how Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) concepts could be applied to mission-oriented innovation programmes, highlighting the conceptual challenges and learning processes as the team started … from Vinnova opening workshop: Ethnographic report

This blog describes an action research experiment between TIPC and Sweden’s national innovation agency, Vinnova, to advance sustainable food systems and develop organisational capability for mission-orientated innovation policy. For more on this experiment and its contribution to the Nordic learning hub, visit Vinnova resources.   Meeting societal goals for health and wellbeing requires not only … from Overview: Designing and evaluating missions for healthy living in Sweden

This valuable research report presents a framework for evaluating Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) developed within the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC). It provides practical guidance for policymakers and researchers seeking to design evaluation approaches that support learning, experimentation and systemic change in innovation policy. It explores how evaluation approaches need to evolve in order to … from A Framework for Evaluating Transformative Innovation Policy

This journal article critically interrogates the core principles identified early in TIPC’s journey, and re-examining the directionality of these principles through the lens of the Capability Approach (CA). Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) requires inclusive and participatory approaches that empower diverse actors to influence systemic change, thus reinforcing democratic engagement and shared agency in shaping transitions. … from A human capability approach to transformative innovation policy. Theoretical insights and practical implications for directionality

There is increasing recognition that public sectors in Western countries alone cannot tackle complex societal challenges. However, detailed research on the role of public agents in implementing collaborative approaches remains limited. This article examines how policy entrepreneurship strategies contribute to collaborative public sector innovation (CPSI) by shaping policy design processes in transformative innovation policy. Focusing … from Policy entrepreneurship in collaborative governance: transformative innovation in Catalonia’s sustainability transition

This learning history report was produced by TIPC in 2022 and 2023 to document and reflect on the collaborative experiences of policymakers, practitioners, and researchers involved in early Transformative Innovation Policy experiments across several countries. The authors capture insights from policy engagements and learning spaces across different regions (including Europe, Africa, and Latin America) to … from Minding the gap between policymakers and researchers: The TIPC transformative learning history

Knowledge communities are crucial for systemic change, as they facilitate the co‑creation of actionable knowledge, support ongoing experimentation, and help embed transformative thinking into policy and practice. This journal article explores how communities of practice can be created and sustained to generate, integrate, and use the diverse knowledge needed for Transformative Innovation Policy. Using the … from Building a knowledge infrastructure for Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP): An analytical approach based on the experimental TIP conference 2022