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Cristian Matti, Fred Steward

New policy practices for a challenge-led, broad‐based model of transformative innovation

Transition Cities and the reconfiguring of situated socio-technical networks

Abstract

Project scope

Methodology

Results

Conclusions and further actions

This study provides analytical evidence on new practices to transform the policy agenda in European cities. We carry out a participatory method approach to facilitate a process of mapping socio technical system and enable cities to articulate better their needs and challenges.

We run several rounds of networks analysis based in real projects data gathered in workshops through collaboration between actors and researchers. This exercise illustrates the combination of science and practice in the search of a more coordinated model to signal the market opportunities for co‐creation of low carbon innovative products and services.

Transition Cities, funded by the Europe’s Climate-KIC initiative, aims to bridge the findings of these low carbon projects with wider European policy on climate change.

The project is based on the 6 metropolitan areas – Birmingham, Bologna, Budapest, Frankfurt, Valencia and Wroclaw. The focus is on systemic aspects of buildings, energy networks and mobility on which pilots and experiments will be undertaken.

The innovativeness of this project comes through methodology and new ways of working based in a participatory approach. It brings ‘analysts’ and ‘actors’ together to co-produce a shared ‘map’ of each transition cluster as a socio-technical system network.

International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2015, Brighton:Sustainability Transitions and Wider Transformative Changes: Historical Roots and Future Pathways

A co-creative collaboration between actors and researchers has produced categories for projects and stakeholders according to knowledge and innovation processes.

For each transition cluster, the system configuration found in each partner city enable comparison between them and also with leading global models of successful system transition.

The co-creative mapping process contributes to capture key dimensions of innovation and interaction such as common barriers and governance issues, potential replication and extensions of the technology, user and business engagement and new financial and procurement models.

More reflexive and inclusive approaches of management as learning approach can be applied to overcome critical limitation on processes of system analysis as well as problem structuring and envisioning.

Further actions includes:

1 - Implement the approach in a new city: Helsinki2 - Knowledge systematisation and codifying process for methodology transfer3 - Explore potential use for delivering actions on institutional capacity building 4 - Design and develop a longitudinal network analysis of actions among cities

The analysts use state of the art social network analysis software (UCInet/NetDraw) to map out the pattern of social actors and low carbon innovation projects in a particular city.

This exercise illustrates the application of participatory methods by combining science and practice in the search of a model to help cities move towards a more sustainable, low carbon future and also signal a clearer and more coordinated intent to the market for innovative products and services that will be required to achieve it.

The cities use the results of this process to design and undertake pilots and experiments in relation to the priority areas; promote new start-ups; leverage in other EU funds as well as explore new institutional and business models in order to maximise impact on carbon reduction.

Contact infoProject website http://www.transition-cities.netContact person: Dr. Cristian Matti cristian.matti@climate-kic.org