FSG researchers Abigail Ridgway and Miya Cain began with a practical question: how can foundations best contribute to equitable systems change? Their new report, The Funder’s Palette, draws on more than 125 practitioner interviews and maps the different approaches funders can take through grants, staff capacity, relationships, influence, and organisational…
Geographer Anaïs Zimmer and an international team of researchers have examined how uncertainty could become a catalyst for collaboration and action in mountain regions rather than simply a barrier to decision-making. Drawing on 25 case studies across 18 countries and five continents, the team identifies five priorities for more resilient…
Ioan Fazey, Chino Bayoneta, Bill Sharpe, David Tyfield, and their collaborators have developed a new guide exploring what regenerative dynamics are, why they matter, and how people can recognise and support them in practice. Complementing the previously featured Tools for Regenerative Practice, the guide examines the concepts and patterns underlying…
Tim Daw and an interdisciplinary team of researchers are asking what role citizens’ assemblies and other deliberative minipublics might play in sustainability transformations. Their open-access article explores how bringing diverse groups of citizens together for informed and facilitated deliberation could support learning, public participation, political legitimacy, and more ambitious responses…
Drawing on several decades of experience in sustainability work, Matthew Polsky asks whether success and failure in sustainability transitions are really as separate as they are often assumed to be. In a two-part essay, he examines how false binaries, entrenched mindsets, organisational habits, and simplified ideas of progress can prevent…
Josie Chambers from Utrecht University recently invited the Transformations Community to share the next edition of Transformative Research for Sustainability Challenges, a PhD course examining how research can contribute more directly to just and sustainable futures. Participants will be encouraged to question the assumptions underlying their own research and consider…
Community organisers across Europe are preparing a week of activities celebrating locally led approaches to a just and sustainable future. Coordinated by ECOLISE and its partners, the tenth European Day of Sustainable Communities will bring community leaders, policymakers, researchers, civil-society organisations, and citizens together through more than 70 local, regional,…
A new BIONEXT zine and collection of case studies explore how conflict, justice, participation, and power shape efforts to create nature-positive societies. Using the metaphor of a compost heap, the resources argue that conflict can create the conditions for transformation when it is acknowledged and worked with constructively. Avoiding conflict,…
Anthony Hodgson and the H3Uni team recently highlighted Tools for Regenerative Practice, a new open-access guide bringing together 30 frameworks, exercises, and methods for applying regenerative approaches in real-world settings. The guide supports practitioners in understanding regenerative dynamics, developing systemic strategies, navigating complex questions, reconnecting with nature, and engaging different…
ECOLISE has published Reclaiming the Future of Food: Community Pathways to Resilience, Justice and Regeneration, presenting a shared vision and 13 policy recommendations for transforming European food systems. The publication was developed through a participatory process involving community-led initiatives, networks, and practitioners from across Europe. It connects policy recommendations with…
The Leuphana Transformation Lab is offering up to seven fellowships for postdoctoral researchers working on social, ecological, cultural, technological, and other dimensions of transformation. Successful applicants will join the interdisciplinary Transformation Lab for up to two years and develop a high-quality proposal for external research funding. Proposed projects should contribute…
Maricela Aceves Wexler from CoCreative reached out to us to share two upcoming virtual courses for people designing, supporting, or facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration and systems change. Introduction to Collaborative Innovation introduces a process model and practical tools that help diverse stakeholders work together on complex challenges. Participants will explore CoCreative’s…
