Towards a novel regime change framework: Studying mobility transitions in public transport regimes in an Indian megacity

Ghosh, Bipashyee; Schot, Johan

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2018.12.001

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“…We distinguish five dimensions: 1) technology (products, processes, infrastructures), 2) the demand structure (user preferences), 3) the industry strategy and structure, 4) the policy and politics that sustain the systems and 5) meanings and symbols that make the system culturally attractive. At a deeper level, system change unfolds by changing the various types of rules that are expressed or embedded in the different system dimensions (Grin et al, 2010;Ghosh and Schot, 2019). Rules can be understood in a sociological sense as institutions that constrain and enable actors, and in an evolutionary sense as the genotype (retention structure) of systems.…”

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Transformative Outcomes: Assessing and Reorienting Experimentation with Transformative Innovation Policy

Ghosh

2020

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The impending climate emergency, the commitments made in the Paris agreement and the UN Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demand significant transformations in the present economies and societies. Science funders, innovation agencies and scholars have been exploring distinctive new rationales and processes for policy-making, such as transformative innovation policy (TIP). In this paper, we address the question of how to orient the efforts of science, technology and innovation (STI) agencies to enable transformations and address societal challenges. We developed a more consistent and robust approach for assessing the transformative outcomes which may be accomplished through experimental policy engagements. We build on sustainability transitions studies and on a four-year co-creation process carried out by the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) and present twelve transformative outcomes that can guide the activities of STI agencies in evaluating and reformulating their current or new projects, programmes and policies. We illustrate the transformative outcomes in two empirical cases: transitions towards intelligent transport and mobility-as-a-service in the Finnish mobility system, and the emergence of speciality coffee in Colombia. Our analysis demonstrates that the twelve transformative outcomes can guide STI agents and other change-agents to fundamentally transform their ways of thinking and operation in the course of unlocking transformative change in society.

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Transformative Outcomes: Assessing and Reorienting Experimentation with Transformative Innovation Policy

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2020

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“…However, it has been recognized that pathways to a new regime do not always systematically evolve upon the emergence of an innovation niche. In this regard, and arguing that a sole focus on transitions from a regime shift reflects a western bias, Ghosh and Schot [21] advocated for the need of more nuanced ways of understanding and analyzing regime-change without relying on niche innovations. By putting more emphasis on change coming from within the regime, these authors mobilized the concept of transformation as one specific pathway of regime change and characterize optimization and transition pathways through changes in trajectories, rules and selection pressures ( Figure 2).…”

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“…Transition, the third pathway, evolves from the three niche-based pathways (reconfiguration and de-alignment and re-alignment) previously defined by Geels and Schot [22]. Following Ghosh and Schot [21] this paper examines changes in socio-technical systems by focusing on actions from regime stakeholders whose actions are considered to contribute to transformation pathways. The transformation pathway recognizes that regime stakeholders are often also heavily invested in optimizing, expanding and improving existing systems in order to address sustainability issues [21].…”

Section: From Transitions To Transformation Pathwaysmentioning

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“…Although several theories already exist on the emergence and process of transformations, it still remains unclear how transformations can be strategically promoted, Following Ghosh and Schot [21] this paper examines changes in socio-technical systems by focusing on actions from regime stakeholders whose actions are considered to contribute to transformation pathways. The transformation pathway recognizes that regime stakeholders are often also heavily invested in optimizing, expanding and improving existing systems in order to address sustainability issues [21]. Besides, we believe that this approach contributes to address the dichotomy between agency and system which MPL has failed to capture [19].…”

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“…As regime transformations are characterized, according to Ghosh and Schot [21], by changes in three dimensions (out of five) as a threshold for transformation, these identifies trajectories should be carefully monitored and promoted in order to enable the successful development of this process. From the perspective of transformative environmental policy [24], the measures discussed above should accompany this process so that a change in regulative and normative rules is simultaneously promoted thereby, having a deeper impact on the current regime.…”

Section: Policy Implications For Transformations In Food Systemsmentioning

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Towards a novel regime change framework: Studying mobility transitions in public transport regimes in an Indian megacity

Abstract: Article (Accepted Version) http://sro.sussex.ac.uk Ghosh, Bipashyee and Schot, Johan (2019) Towards a novel regime change framework: studying mobility transitions in public transport regimes in an Indian megacity. Energy Research & Social Science, 51. pp. 82-95.

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