Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC)

🔋 Can precincts lead the way to net-zero cities?

The Zero Precincts project by Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) uses TIPC’s Transformative Outcomes approach to co-create inclusive, urban decarbonisation pathways.

📎Read more: tipconsortium.net/news/net-zer...

#NetZero #Innovation

The Netherlands exports €129B in agrifood yearly—but at the cost of biodiversity, water, and health. An X-curve study maps 4 pathways for change. Progress is stagnating—no phase-out of harmful practices, limited support for innovation. Read more: drift.eur.nl/en/publicati...

✨ TIPC members and partners came together at the University of Sussex for a strategic dialogue on reimagining collaboration in a turbulent world.

The dialogue explored the complex global challenges now shaping Transformative Innovation Policy.

🔗Learn more: tipconsortium.net/news/reimagi...

📢 Science Forum South Africa 2025

Side event: Reimagining STI Policy through Engaged Policy Experimentation (EPE) — exploring new approaches to designing and implementing STI policy.

🗓 24 November 2025

📍 CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria

🔗 tipconsortium.net/event/scienc...

The Deep Transitions Lab is exploring how the future of finance can be reshaped through long-term, systemic change.

A recent workshop examined the historical roots of today’s financial system and what it means for future change.

Read more 👉 www.transformativeinvestment.net/blog/changin...

How can cancer control systems in Colombia become more effective through integrating the experiences of patients, caregivers, families, and healthcare teams?

📄 A new policy brief from the HUBLAYCTIP & INC reveals new pathways for transformative cancer control.

🔗 tipconsortium.net/news/new-pol...

On June 9, 2026 in Valencia: Join Early career event!

How can Studies of Policies for Research & Innovation contribute to grand challenges?

👉 Call: lnkd.in/eK2EBvdD

👉 Apply: lnkd.in/edHZjDS4

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This is a reminder to please submit your proposal using the following link (www.conftool.com/euspri2026/) by 28 November 2025 at the latest.

We are looking forward to receiving your proposal! Feel free to email us at euspri2026@conftool.com if you require any assistance.

🇵🇪 Ex-President Francisco Sagasti joined policymakers, academics, and international experts to connect #Innovation, security and sustainability at Peru’s #STI workshop.

A step toward transformative, inclusive policy. 🌱

🔗 Learn more here: tipconsortium.net/news/peru-ho...

#SciencePolicy #Peru

📘 New publication from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Discover how 100+ countries and cities are pursuing a new approach to development on the ground. Case studies include Bosnia’s green transition & Venezuela’s community resilience.

🔗 Read here: www.undp.org/sites/g/file...

Propose a session track or special session for #IST26 in Zürich (31 Aug–2 Sep 2026)!

Help us create an engaging, inclusive, and meaningful programme around the theme “Hope – in challenging times and sustainability transitions.”

🔗 Link to full call: www.transitionsnetwork.org/call-for-ses...

YouTube video by UNDP Innovation UNGA 2025 Side Event: Unlocking Systemic Impact: A Roundtable on Systems Finance

At UNGA Side Event 2025, leaders explored systems-based finance with real-world examples from Zambia, Eastern Europe, Catalonia, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and C3 Labs.

🔗 Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIyS...

#UNGA2025 #SystemsFinance #SDGs

🔋 Can precincts lead the way to net-zero cities?

The Zero Precincts project by Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) uses TIPC’s Transformative Outcomes approach to co-create inclusive, urban decarbonisation pathways.

📎Read more: tipconsortium.net/news/net-zer...

#NetZero #Innovation

The #TRIPEuHub is growing!

Welcome University of Vaasa & City of Vaasa 🇫🇮

Together, they’re tackling one of today’s biggest challenges: how to rapid regional growth with sustainable energy and urban development. 🌱⚡

Read more: tipconsortium.net/news/trip-eu...

#TransformativeInnovation

Join the 2025 SIRI Symposium in Gothenburg this October!

On 8 October, come together for a day of dialogue and exchange. This year’s theme is Design and Implementation of Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP).

👉 Register here: tipconsortium.net/event/swedis...

#SIRISymposium #Innovation

New publication from #TIAH:

🌍Global climate R&D funding is skewed — UK, EU, and US dominate, while Africa and other regions lag behind. Critical areas like industrial decarbonisation and social sciences remain underfunded.

Read the policy brief here: tipconsortium.net/news/new-pub...

#Funding

New policy brief from TIAH calls for action on sustainable transport in African cities.

Electric, automated, and shared mobility can unlock cleaner, smarter, and more inclusive urban transport. 💡

📖 Read full brief here: tipconsortium.net/news/new-pol...

#SustainableTransport #Africa #TIAH

Modernizing Development: Portfolios are here!

Dynamic, adaptive interventions tackling #complex challenges—financing transitions, fostering learning, and enabling #transformation

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#innovation #systems

Accelerating climate action in unfavourable local contexts: the role of policy entrepreneurship npj Climate Action - Accelerating climate action in unfavourable local contexts: the role of policy entrepreneurship

How do ambitious climate policies take shape in local authorities operating in relatively unfavourable, resource-constrained contexts? Check out this article by @alfiegaffney.bsky.social @climateuea.bsky.social @nature.com rdcu.be/eu8GU

Europe's Innovation Agencies Need Radical Reform To Meet Today's Grand Challenges Innovation agencies in the EU are no longer fit for purpose. A major overhaul of both the concept of innovation and of institutional structures is urgent.

"Too often, we see rigidity at the top, experimentation at the grassroots, and a weak middle. Innovation agencies should be the bridge—but their structures and practices remain stuck in the past" www.socialeurope.eu/europes-inno... @rainerkattel.bsky.social

Chats open - let us know if you would like to be added to (or removed from) our TIP starter pack!

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TIPC colleagues @miriamacebillo.bsky.social Diana Velasco & @sandraboni.bsky.social explore how policy entrepreneurs drive transformative innovation via experimentation, collaboration & place-based approaches

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Discover how policy entrepreneurship shapes CPSI within TIP. 🌱

The paper examines Catalonia’s Shared Agendas, focusing on strategies like systemic reframing, co-creating visions, and experimental implementation to tackle sustainability challenges.

👉 Read here: tipconsortium.net/news/new-pub...

Accompanied by Prof. | Lynette Luvai Accompanied by Prof. Chux Daniels, I had the pleasure of meeting Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak, Principal Secretary for Science, Research, and Innovation. Our discussion underscored the critical role that ...

💡 Unlocking Kenya’s full development potential.

Great discussion with Lynette Luvai, Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak, and Chux Daniels on how
#STI can shape Kenya’s inclusive, sustainable industrial future. 🌍✨

#Innovation #STI #Kenya #IndustrialPolicy #UNIDO #NACOSTI

🧠Join us online on 12 August at 11:00 AM WAT to explore strategies to operationalise industrial and innovation policies in Nigeria, and to connect with Africa’s science, technology, and innovation (STI) network.

🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/ebeZdaR

#TIAH #TransformativeInnovation #Africa #Webinar

One thing that gives me hope in the face of all the despair in our world is the many ways & places in which people are coming together to create more just & sustainable alternatives. Do you know such social innovation initiatives? Please help us map initiatives and networks that are worth studying!

TIPC has contributed to the new UNECE Transformative Innovation Charter through ongoing partnership work with the ETIN network

More at unece.org/eci/document...

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New here and not sure who to follow? 👀
We’ve created a starter pack of researchers working on topics related to socio-technical change. It’s a first attempt and will grow over time.
Know someone who should be on it or want to be included yourself? Comment below or send us a DM ✉️
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Policy entrepreneurship in collaborative governance: transformative innovation in Catalonia’s sustainability transition 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 col...

Thrilled to share our new article published in Policy Design and Practice
doi.org/10.1080/2574...
With Diana Velasco and Alejandra Boni of bsky.app/profile/inge...

#TransformativeInnovation #Governance #SustainabilityTransition #PolicyEntrepreneurship #Catalonia #RIS3CAT @tipconsortium.bsky.social