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Mar 07

Approaches to transformative innovation – cases from the UNECE region

07 March 2023

On March 7th 2023, Johan Schot participated in the UN-ECE Transformative Innovation Network (ETIN) Policy Dialogue. UN-ECE Transformative Innovation Network (ETIN), jointly with Vinnova, Sweden’s Innovation Agency, and NESTA, the United Kingdom’s Innovation Agency for social good, organized two connected policy dialogue sessions on the different approaches to transformative innovation and its application. Johan participated in the session: 'Transformative innovation: policy objectives, promises and pitfalls" with a focus on different approached to addressing the SDGs through (transformative) innovation, followed by questions and comments from other leading experts.

Mar 16

Workshop “Transnational Cooperation and Competition in European Science and Technology”

16 March 2023

The workshop brings together scholars working on history and politics of science and technology in Europe. It will focus on the political, social, economic, organizational and epistemic effects of Europeanization in the field of science and technology. Europeanization is understood in a wider sense as convergence and increasing interconnectedness of science and technology across Europe, including integration efforts in the former Eastern bloc as well as pre-1989 collaboration transcending the so-called Iron Curtain. The workshop will discuss processes of transnational cooperation, networking and integration of research policies at European level shaped scientific practices, knowledge production and technological innovation in the last fifty to sixty years. It will also discuss, however, to what extent European science and technology have been affected by opposing processes of de- Europeanization, nationalizing tendencies and competition between individual European nations. Johan's keynote is entitled: Transforming Public and Private Investments in Science & Technology for Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals – Europe in Perspective

Nov 16

Launching the Deep Transitions Investment Philosophy

16 November 2022

On 16 November 2022 at 16:00-17:00 CET, the Deep Transitions project hosts an online event to present the result of their work: an Investment Philosophy for financing transformation and long-term systems change. The philosophy aims to inspire and mobilise public and private investors to recognise and activate their role as change agents for accelerating a just transition towards sustainability. Deep Transitions founder Johan Schot, co-chair of the Global Investors Panel and impact investor Roberta Benedetti del Rio. From the Global Investors Panel, Dimple Sahni (Managing Director Impact Fund Portfolios at Anthos Fund and Asset Management), Sanjoy Sanyal (Senior Advisor to Caspian Debt) and Kate Fox (Partner and Investment Manager at Baillie Gifford) as well as our special guest James Anderson.