{"id":4894,"date":"2026-04-17T15:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:20:23","slug":"boundary-objects-policy-transfer-and-sustainability-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/boundary-objects-policy-transfer-and-sustainability-transitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Boundary Objects, Policy Transfer, and Sustainability Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this episode, we talk with Matias Ramirez about sustainability transitions, transformative innovation policy, and why innovation policy cannot simply be transferred from one context to another. We discuss uncertainty, complexity, boundary objects, policy transfer, and the differences between innovation and transformation in the Global North and Global South. The conversation explores how policy ideas travel, how they change across contexts, and why transformation often emerges from society, not just from policymakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here you also have the opportunity to add links to websites:<\/p>\n<p>Find Andy on the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.sussex.ac.uk\/p213810-matias-ramirez\">University of Sussex<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=fHIx3MYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matias-ramirez-b77a89303\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/centre-for-innovation-research\/\">Centre for Innovation Research<\/a>\u00a0for other episodes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0305_0928_Master.pdf\">Transcript of episode.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7801\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4894-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0305_0928_Master.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0305_0928_Master.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0305_0928_Master.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0305_0928_Master.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?powerpress_pinw=4894-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0305_0928_Master.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026_0305_0928_Master.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 37:33 &#8212; 43.0MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('4894-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_4894-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_4894-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?powerpress_embed=4894-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we talk with Matias Ramirez about sustainability transitions, transformative innovation policy, and why innovation policy cannot simply be transferred from one context to another. We discuss uncertainty, complexity, boundary objects, policy transfer, and the differences between innovation <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/boundary-objects-policy-transfer-and-sustainability-transitions\/\">Les mer &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2549],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reginno"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UiS_logo_Podcast_The_RegInno_440x300-e1776086360552.png?fit=440%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OAJ5-1gW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4884,"url":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/choosing-directions-innovation-power-and-transformation\/","url_meta":{"origin":4894,"position":0},"title":"Choosing Directions: Innovation, Power, and Transformation","author":"NettOp UiS","date":"15\/04\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In this episode, we talk with Andy Stirling about one of the most overlooked questions in innovation: direction. 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