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Transformative Change KEN

About Transformative Change KEN

Transformative change represents a profound shift from current societal modes of production and consumption, lifestyles, economies and markets, governance and paradigms. It has been widely recognised as critical to safeguarding life on Earth. This Transformative Change Knowledge Exchange Network focuses on mobilising knowledge, data, and collective learning to support transformative change processes and solutions that address indirect drivers of biodiversity loss and multiple sustainability issues.

It further aims to leverage the amplification and scaling-up potential of a ‘network-of-networks’ approach at science-policy-society interfaces. It will do this by expanding and engaging existing networks such as the Transformative Change Cluster of the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency, the Eklipse Transformative Change Community and several transition research communities. The Knowledge Exchange Network will also consider various root causes and transformative pathways for societal re-organisation. In this sense, one of the particular interests of the Network is to enable discussions on transforming social and economic systems beyond the imperative of continuous growth.

Membership is open to the public. Create an account on Oppla and return to this KEN to press the join button to put in your request.

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Have you conducted an interesting research prioritisation exercise you would like to share? Would you like to keep updated on similar exercises by others? Join us to post and follow publications, events and other resources! Create an account on Oppla to request to join the group. 

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At the heart of KEN activities is our dedicated core team, comprised of the following researchers: 

  • Jeanne Nel, Wageningen University 

  • Heidi Wittmer, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ 

  • Jomme Desair, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) 

  • Karla E. Locher-Krause, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ 

  • Dalia D'Amato-Pihlman, Finnish Environment Institute & University of Helsinki 

  • Marie Vandewalle, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ 

  • Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki, Finnish Environment Institute 

  • Anja Schmidt, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ 

The Transformative Change Exchange Network is a community effort, open to the public. Please register to contribute and exchange.