The Transformations to Sustainability Programme Heide Hackmann Tokyo, 29 January 2015
Established in 1952 • A membership based organisation • International disciplinary associations • • National academies and research councils Regional social science councils • Universities and research institutes • Primary international body representing the social, behavioural and economic • sciences • Formal associate relations with UNESCO and UN ECOSOC
Our mission To increase the production and use of social science knowledge in all parts of the world in order to contribute to solving global priority problems
Our roles Scoping, agenda-setting • Advocacy and promotion • Capacity development • Networking • Information brokerage and dissemination • Science policy development and resource mobilisation •
Research Programmes and Networks Strengthening the social World Social World Social sciences to help Science Science Fora Reports solve global problems World Social Science Fellows Programme
Research Programmes and Networks Strengthening the social World Social World Social sciences to help Science Science Fora Reports solve global problems World Social Science Fellows Programme
Global environmental change and sustainability research and the ISSC ICSU – ISSC Visioning Science & Technology Alliance for Global 2009 Sustainability 2012 Oct 2010 Converging towards a 2009 new partnership and single strategic framework
S&T Alliance for Global Sustainability 8
Future ture Earth th Objective ective To build and connect global knowledge to intensify the impact of research and find new ways of accelerating sustainable development
Future ture Earth th research earch themes emes Transformation towards Sustainability Global Dynamic Development Planet 11
ISSC: Mobilising the social sciences • 2011: Climate Change Design Project (invited by Sida) • 2012: Transformative Cornerstones of Social Science Research for Global Change • 2013: World Social Science Report • 2014: Launch of the Transformations to Sustainability Programme as a contribution to Future Earth
The knowledge gap Complex processes of profound social change that are multi-dimensional, involve multiple actors, occur at different rates and scales, and can be deliberate or unplanned
What do we know about processes of change in particular • places where social and environmental problems converge? What changes at individual, organisational, cultural and • systemic levels are needed? How can these be realised in ways that are socially • acceptable and adequately anticipate future challenges?
What novel visions for change exist, whose visions count, • how do powerful interests influence unfolding trajectories of change? What are possible levers of change and who are potential • change agents? What types of decision making processes are required to • foster deliberate and democratic processes of transformation? What is the role of science in such processes? •
Vision Society has access to a global knowledge trust on social transformation that informs effective and equitable solutions to the urgent problems of global change and sustainability
Main objectives • Increase the social science (incl. behavioural and economic science) contributions necessary to craft more effective, equitable and transformative solutions to the problems of global change and sustainability • Increase the use of such knowledge by policy makers, practitioners, the private sector, citizens and activists
Added value • Mobilise a broader community of social scientists to become involved in solutions-oriented research for global sustainability Help to fully integrate them into initiatives like Future Earth • Make use of the best existing social science knowledge on • social change and transformation • Support the development of new approaches to co-design and co-produce knowledge on social transformation in specific contexts of application Provide a basis for building networks of mutual learning for • transformative change
Provide leverage to relevant social science research • programmes at the national level Extend the global reach of other regional/international • initiatives, e.g. JPI Climate on Societal Transformation Infuse knowledge on social transformations into other • Future Earth and Belmont Forum projects Extend collaboration between different types of funders: • research councils, donor agencies, foundations, etc.
Programme design Transformative knowledge networks TKN Water Social transformation in • contexts of application, focusing on concrete challenges • Solutions-oriented TKN TKN research and mutual Health Urban learning: co-designing, producing and disseminating knowledge A global knowledge trust on TKN Social transformation • Climate Transformative science •
TKN principles • Co-designed social transformation need/opportunity in concrete contexts of application Trans-national collaboration • • Supporting teams from at least three countries Including at least one low or middle-income country •
Integrated research • • Putting social science researchers (from academia, research NGOs and other sectors) in the lead Encouraging inter-disciplinarity within and beyond the social • sciences Solutions-oriented research • Emphasising the iterative co-design, co-production and co- • dissemination of knowledge in communities of practice (science working with society) Building mutual networks of learning •
Capacity building • Involving low or middle income country researchers in the • co-leadership of TKNs • Demonstrating direct benefits for early career researchers (post-doctoral level) • Reflexivity and learning • Ongoing recording and analysis of TKN processes and outcomes
Work plan 2014-2015 Mar 2014: Call for seed funding Sept 2014: Seed grants selected Nov 2014: Transformative Knowledge Workshop I Dec 2014: Call for TKN proposals By July 2015: 3+ TKNs selected Sept 2015: Transformative Knowledge Workshop II
2014 Seed Funding Implemented and funded by ISSC (Sida) • Purpose: Preparing for TKN proposals • • Building scientific and stakeholder networks • Co-designing potential TKN proposals From 500+ applications to Call for seed funding 38 seed grants (with Seed grant selection supplementary support Transformative Knowledge from ESRC/Newton Fund, Workshop I NRF, SSEESS, NWO) Call for TKN proposals TKN selection Transformative Knowledge Workshop II
Seed grant themes
Seed grants Gender of grantees Region of grantees' institutions Male 37% Female 63% Africa 11% North America 18% Latin America Asia Pacific 5% 18% Island States 3% Europe 45%
Seed grants Region of research sites and partners North America Africa 9% 23% Latin America Arab 11% States Island States 1% 5% Europe 19% Asia Pacific 32%
Research and networking target countries
Transformative Knowledge Workshop, 17-19 November 2014, Potsdam March 2014: Call for pre-proposals Provide a baseline for Sept 2014: Pre-proposal selection building a global Nov 2014: Transformative Knowledge knowledge trust on social Workshop I transformations Dec 2014: Call for TKN proposals July 2015: TKN selection
Call for seed funding Seed grant selection Transformative Knowledge First call for TKNs: Dec 2014 Workshop I • TKN funding, implemented in Call for TKN proposals partnership with the Belmont TKN selection Forum (NRF, South Africa Transformative Knowledge and JST, Japan) Workshop II • Awards by mid-2015
Call for seed funding Seed grant selection Transformative Knowledge Workshop I Call for TKN proposals TKN selection Durban, as part of the 2015 Transformative Knowledge World Social Science Forum Workshop II
Building the programme Outcomes of the October 2014 Belmont Forum meeting TKN 2015 Donors’ conference TKN TKN and scoping workshop 2016 Call (ERANET) TKN TKN Foundations? Private Sector? TKN TKN TKN
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