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11:25 am · October 20, 2020

#TIPAfricaHub TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION POLICY 2020 FORUM starts back shortly with must-hear session on the Trilateral Chair looking at #TIP , #Industry40 and #SDGs @SPRU @chuxdaniels @rpdbyrne @go2uj @UUGlobe #4IR #DeepTransitions @DTransitions2 pic.twitter.com/XJyTiJaxpi

8:40 am · October 20, 2020

Report from #TIPAfricaHub @chuxdaniels on the findings of the exploratory phase that this year builds on - tipconsortium.net/publication…

8:40 am · October 20, 2020

#TIPAfricaHub Achievements since the last 2019 Forum: pic.twitter.com/5W2Exit0Y1

8:40 am · October 20, 2020

#TIPAfricaHub principal aims, that the 2020 learning forum support, are: pic.twitter.com/NYzfyIGojN

Spotlight

How did that go? Reflections from the South Africa Experiment on the TIPC Methodology

19 October 2020

By Geraldine Bloomfield, with Mahlodi Tau and Dan’sile Cindi. “It draws out exactly what we want to say. It shows the Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) team get it! It’s a good feeling. It’s amazing…I am still learning – I...

ECOLOGICAL WATER & SANITATION EXPERIMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

7 July 2020 | Alejandra Boni, Chux Daniels, Diana Velasco, Geraldine Bloomfield, Johan Schot, Rob Byrne

The South African Department for Science, Technology and Innovation (DSI) has been a member of TIPC since its formation in 2016. After completing the TIP exploratory methodology and working at the centre of the Consortium, since its formation, on the...

Projecting Opportunities for INdustrial Transitions (POINT)

12 October 2020

This report provides guidelines with respect to concepts, rationales and methodological considerations aimed at experts conducting territorial reviews of industrial transition and at policy makers and analysts with an interest in the operationalisation of transformative industrial innovation. It...

Conference & Workshop Reports

BRIEFING: Freelance Graphic Designer for Innovation Project in Sustainability Transitions

News

8 October 2020

Description of the assignment: For the MOTION project, we are looking for a science-savvy graphic designer to work with our research team to translate our concepts and theories into comprehensible visuals, developing learning materials and a handbook for practitioners in...

Learning Histories Vinnova – Balancing Theory and Practice

28 September 2020 | Diana Velasco, Jenny Witte, Alejandra Boni, Jordi Molas-Gallart, Josefin Lundström, Joanna Franzén and Dan Hill

“Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain” is a quotation attributed to Aristotle. Whether Aristotle said this or not, the quote conveys a message that we can all relate to. Learning processes take time and...

Transformative Innovation Learning Histories (TILHs)

Fostering place-based coalitions between social movements and science for sustainable...

10 September 2020 | Matias Ramirez, Javier Hernando Garcia Estevez, Oscar Romero and Cláudia Obando Rodriguez

The objective of this paper is to contribute to an important debate concerning the interaction between place-based social movements and the science, technology and innovation system. Our central proposition is that place-based social movements can facilitate unique local...

Journal Articles

Transformative Innovation Policy Africa Hub Exploratory

10 September 2020 | Chux Daniels

The Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) Africa Exploratory Hub (TIP Africa Hub, henceforth, for short) was conducted over a 12-month period, from November 2018 to November 2019. The research, led by Dr Chux Daniels and coordinated by the Science...

Conference & Workshop Reports

Towards a Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) research agenda

9 September 2020 | Bipashyee Ghosh and Jonas Torrens

Throughout 2018 and 2019, academic scholars and policymakers involved in research and practice on science, technology and innovation (STI) policy came together on several occasions to explore intersections of their perspectives around the emerging ‘Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP)’...

Conference & Workshop Reports

Ruta De Aprendizaje De Política De Innovación Transformativa (PIT)

9 September 2020

Esta guía describe la ruta de aprendizaje recorrida por los miembros del HUB y sus equipos, así como los métodos empleados por el equipo facilitador durante cuatro meses de trabajo conjunto, en su primera versión. Este documento compila...

Conference & Workshop Reports

Visions and Fantasies of the Sustainable Future – How to...

Blog

7 September 2020

This is a guest post, republished with permission from the Sussex Energy Group Blog. How do we construct narratives of a low carbon future? A new paper co-authored by Sussex Energy Group researchers, Imagining sustainable energy and mobility transitions: Valence,...

Call for papers: Harnessing Innovation for Transformative Change in the...

News

18 August 2020

Covid-19 has put a spotlight on the scientific and research community in Africa and elsewhere. Decision-makers have been urged to seek all sorts of evidence to allow them to make rapid decisions related to the spread of the virus, and...

Transformative Outcomes in the Global South Workshop Report

4 August 2020 | Maria Luz Casal, Sumit Kumar, Bipashyee Ghosh and Carla Alvial Palavicino

The Global South Workshop was conducted on the 25-26th of June, 2020, with the purpose of discussing opportunities and challenges for the implementation of the TIPC framework and methodologies in a Global South context, with a particular focus...

Conference & Workshop Reports

Transformative Outcomes: Assessing and Reorienting Experimentation with Transformative Innovation Policy