1. System Innovations, Strategic Niche Management and ESTEEM Designing strategic experiments for system innovation Guest lecture for the ‘System Design for Sustainability’ Course Politechnico di Milano Rob Raven

4. Transitions Weterings et al (1997)

5. Transitions Personal transport, USA; Nacicenovic (1986) Geels (2002) Mechanical drive in factory production, USA; Geels (2006) Energy sources, USA; Grubler (1999)

6. Transitions Geels (2002)

7. Transitions Geels (2002)

13. Niches: specific phase in techn. dev.

16. Connecting experiments, building niches E.g.: increasingly scare oil resources and increasing consumer energy prices A few farmers start a project with biogas generation A new policy program allows systematic comparison of results from different projects. Generate new research questions Mainstream utilities start investing in biogas generation Through informal meetings they learn to optimise to process. Lobby for resouces and institutional change. Biogas production expands into new application domains (e.g. food industry)

18. ESTEEM Raven et al (2009)

19. ESTEEM Raven et al (2009) Articulating expectations Social network building Learning

20. ZEPP – Drachten (NL)

22. Step 1: project past and context Actor table Identification Interest and power Communication Name Role of actor Interest in project Available resources Channels of influence Acquainted with project? Access to project information Ministry of Environmental Affairs Licensing agent Possibility to meet climate objectives Subsidy funds Controls decisions for subsidy granting Medium Face-to-face Discussions with SEQ

24. Step 2: vision building

29. Step 6: Recommendations for action Collaboration & communication table Activities that require substantial collaboration Type of recommended activities Sub-activities and revision of current practice Communication channels Negotiate with municipality and cultural organizations about multi-functional information centre Consultation and research Elaborate various options for centre and consult municipality and local actors what they need Face-to-face consultation Cooperate with schools and universities to develop courses about new energy technologies and trainee positions Collaboration with new stakeholders Map different roles students can play in ZEPP. Seek contact with schools and other knowledge institutes Face-to-face consultation / local newspaper / university newspaper