A dynamic participatory lab session during the European Week of Regions and Cities 2023 where European Commission European Committee of the Regions EURADA – European Association of Development Agencies EU Science, Research and Innovation encourage participants to dive deep into “Strategic #Foresight for Regions and Cities” – a pivotal discussion for unravelling the EU actors’ capacity to act on #transformative #change.
Knowledge services as mechanisms to activate adaptive implementation of transformative instruments mixes on the circular economy, International Sustainability Transitions conference, Austria (2020)
A project-based system mapping inspired by a Multi-level perspective to support discussions on sustainable human settlements and Transformative Innovation Policies in South Africa (2019)
The pattern of specialization in the cities of the Transition Cities project is analysed by applying the Circos (Krzywinski et al., 2009) data graphics tool for structural studies. The exercise seeks to facilitate the analysis of specialization evidence from patterns in the data.
The working paper presents a new sociotechnical and systemic approach to urban specialization with a policy focus on challenge-led clusters. Specialization patterns are explored through urban sociotechnical systems where networks and organisations act as “transition arenas” in a policy shift to the meso regime level as a new focus of transformative innovation. It is an alternative to the traditional macro/micro split, more attuned to systemic rather than singular innovation. It offers a broader definition of innovation, highlighting social, organisational, and business model novelty.
1st SMARTER Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development 28-30 September, Seville
Challenge-led and participatory learning processes to facilitate urban strategies for innovation on low-carbon futures