Catalysing Pathway Creation for Transition Governance

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Access rights

© 2018 Design Research Society. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.

URL

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

School of Arts, Design and Architecture | A4 Artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa

Date

2018

Major/Subject

Mcode

Degree programme

Language

en

Pages

1023-1040

Series

DRS International Conference Series, Volume 3

Abstract

Transition management is one of the key governance methodologies for catalysing vision building, experimentation and pathway construction for sustainability transitions. Its adoption in new country contexts may, however, require redesign. Finnish energy and climate policy already features wide experimentation, visioning and long-term roadmaps. Yet transition arenas could help connect these existing instruments, particularly if redesigned for a mid-range timescale. We improved the path creation toolsets and procedures to create more detailed pathways and analyses of pathway step interrelations. Our path creation system uses magnetic elements that could be easily moved around a large metallic board, a set of procedures and a digitalized counterpart of the board for out-of-the-workshop commentary and reporting. The system was used to create eight mid-range transition pathways and was reported to have facilitated and anchored well the discussions by participants with cross-sectoral backgrounds. Overall, the redesigned system underscores the potential that codesign for sustainability transitions holds, for instance, in developing transition governance instruments further.

Description

Keywords

transitions, design research, collaborative envisioning, Energy

Other note

Citation

Hyysalo, Sampsa & Perikangas, Sofi & Marttila, Tatu & Auvinen, Karoliina. 2018. Catalysing Pathway Creation for Transition Governance. Design Research Society International Conference: Catalyst. DRS International Conference Series. Volume 3. 1023-1040. 2398-3132 (electronic). 978-1-912294-18-3 (electronic). DOI: 10.21606/dma.2018.44.