A formative approach to the evaluation of Transformative Innovation Policy

Transformative Innovation Policies (TIPs) propose that addressing the key challenges currently facing our societies requires profound changes in current socio-technical systems. To leverage such `socio-technical transitions¿ calls for a different, broad mix of research and innovation policies, with...

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Autores: Molas Gallart, Jordi, Boni Aristizábal, Alejandra, Schot, Johan, Giachi, Sandro
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/235658
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/235658
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Formative evaluation
Sustainability transitions
Transformative outcomes
Flexible Theories of Change
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Resumo:Transformative Innovation Policies (TIPs) propose that addressing the key challenges currently facing our societies requires profound changes in current socio-technical systems. To leverage such `socio-technical transitions¿ calls for a different, broad mix of research and innovation policies, with particular attention being paid to policy experiments. As TIPs diffuse and gain legitimacy they pose a substantial evaluation challenge: how can we evaluate these policy experiments with a narrow geographical and temporal scope, when the final objective is ambitiously systemic? How can we know whether a specific set of policy experiments is contributing to systemic transformation? Drawing on TIPs principles as developed by and applied in the activities of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) and on the concept of transformative outcomes, this article develops an approach to the evaluation of TIPs that is operational and adaptable to different contexts.