Destinedtotravel,vol 2:Energytransition

implementationarenainFinland2017

SampsaHyysalo 16.2.2017

Background1:Thirdgenerationinnovationpolicy:IntroducingdirectionalityBackground2:TransitionManagement

Geels,FrankW,andJohanSchot.2007.“TypologyofSociotechnicalTransitionPathways.”ResearchPolicy 36:399–417

Transitionmanagement“tooDutch”totravel- Policymakingstyleanddeliberationmechanismsdifferentineachcountry- eg.Finnishenergyandclimatefield:Longtermclimateroadmap2050,energyandclimatestrategy2030- 140energytransitionrelatedexperiments

Heiskanen,Eva,SirkkuKivisaari,RaimoLovio,andPerMickwitz.2009.“DesignedtoTravel?TransitionManagementEncountersEnvironmentalandInnovationPolicyHistoriesinFinland.”PolicySciences 42(4):409

EnergyTransitionImplementationArena2030:Overview

16.2.KICK-OFF16.3.2017Workshop1:Current challenges andchange drivers (c1)20.4.2017Workshop2:Change targets for2030(c2,c3,c4)18.5.2017Workshop3Pathways ofchange (c5,c6)15.6.2017Workshop4.Prioritization ofpathways andsteps (c6,c7,c8)24.8.2017Workshop5.Immediate actions andexperiments (c9,c10)19.10.2017Workshop6.Synthesis transition agendadocument

Constituencies• MPs• Ministries:TEM,YM,EV,LVM,• Greenstart ups:transit,property• Investors• Energycompany change makers• Energytechnology companies• Large energy industrial users• Forerunner cities andmunicipalities

• NGOs• Citizen users• Sitra,Tekes• Academics onenergy transition

DesignIssue Transitionmanagementconcept Transitionmanagementinpractice Re-designingtransitionmanagement SET-ResponseinEnergyImplementationTA

Goals Overcoming‘persistentproblems’ofenvironmentalpolicy,achievingtransitioninpervasivesocio-technicalsystems

Thepromotionof technologicalnicheswith commercialpotentialfortheworldmarket

Nurturebroadersocietaldiscourseonsustainabledevelopment,objectivesoftransitions,andchallengethelegitimacyofexistingsocio-technicalsystems

Refocusoncrosssectoralimplementationofenergytransition

Organisationoftransitionarena

Visionaryregimeactorsandinnovativenewcomers

Dominancebyregimeincumbentswithvestedinterests

Establishprinciplesandguidelinesforselectionofparticipantsandmoderationofinteractionprocessestoensurebroadparticipation

Assuggestedoriginallybutenforced,seePSPC

Roleofvisions

Constructionofvisionsbyfrontrunnersinformsandprecedesstrategydevelopment anddesignofexperiments

Visionsareconstructedbyincumbentsandlackconcretenesstoinformstrategiesorselectexperiments

Constructionofvisionsbyparticipantstomaketensionbetweennormativedesiresandfeasibilityconsiderationsproductiveandgeneratecreativity

National2030governmentvisiontakenasstartingpoint:additionsandalternativesspelledout.Focusonimplementationofpathstoovercomevagueness

Experiment-ation

Realworldexperimentswithportfolioofoptionsforalternativesocio-technicalsystems

Evasionofpoliticalchoiceswithrespectto publicsupportfortechnologicaloptions

Procedurestoselect,designexperimentstosecurelinkagewithpublicdebateaboutsustainability

Experimentslinkedtotransformationpaths.Gapsidentified.

EvaluationandLearning

Evolutionaryselectionprocess,optionsprovetheirfeasibilityinrealworldcontext,evaluationwithrespecttopotentialtocontributetothevision

Evaluationbyinsidersaccordingtonarrow techno-economiccriteria

Evaluationcriterianegotiatedwidelyforthebroadsocietalimplicationsofalternativepathwaystosustainabledevelopment, learningfromexperimentsandoverall processembeddedindemocratic Institutions.

Processandoutcomeevaluation inandofTA,fosteringlearningamongparticipantsandfromparticipantsafterTA

Sourcesoflegitimacy

Thegoalofsustainabledevelopment Economicandtechnologicalpositionand expertiseofparticipants

Inclusiveparticipation,transparencyandpublicityofchoices,couplingwith establishedinstitutionsofrepresentative democracy

AnchoringtoECS2030,HostedbySitra’s PSPC

Embeddinginpoliticalcontext

Transitionmanagementisbeingimplementedbychoiceofgovernment,transitionarenasrecommendsuccessivechangestopoliticalinstitutions

Transitionmanagementisheldupasanideal conceptwhileestablishedinstitutionsandpowerconstellationsconstrainimplementation

Policydesignasinnovationprocess,worktowardsrealisation ofobjectivesbycontinuallydesigningincontext

TAtoconnectexperimentsandpolicy–Finlandhasmanycommitteesorvisioningbodiesrunning,over100experimentsrelatedtoenergytransition

Participationsupport

FacilitatedTAdeliberation Talkwithschematicrepresentations

Thesupportforthequalityofdeliberationnotaddressed

Purposebuiltcollaborativedesignmeanstoaideinteractions