Urban Transformative Capacities (UTC) Best Practices Questionnaire
Introduction
This questionnaire covers the key components of UTC while also addressing practical aspects of ULL management and impact. It should provide valuable insights for compiling best practices and learnings for the "D 5.1 UTC good practice guide for replication" deliverable.
1. ULL Background Information
1.1 Name of your Urban Living Lab:
1.2 City and country:
1.3 Year established:
1.4 Main focus areas (e.g., energy, food, water, mobility):
2. UTC Components
For each of the following UTC components, please describe your experiences, challenges, and best practices:
2.1 Inclusive and Multi-form Governance - Looking back the 3 years:
How did you coordinate with your consultant researcher in terms of governance? What roles did you both take in terms of governance?
How did you develop the 'social architecture' with your consultant researcher?
In what situations was this helpful for you and your consultant researcher?
How did you develop the 'temporal architecture' with a consultant researcher?
When and how did you both adapt and use it?
How did you ensure broad stakeholder involvement in your ULL?
What formal and informal interaction methods have been most effective?
Can you share an example of successful intermediation between stakeholders?
2.2 Transformative Leadership
What does 'transformative leadership' mean to you?
How did you identify and nurture transformative leaders in your ULL?
What communication format did you develop with your Consultant Researcher for the joint Governance of the ULL - and how did this support you in your 'transformative leadership'?
How did you and your Consultant researcher manage to develop a shared vision and direction (goals) for the ULL?
Who were your main collaborators inside and Stakeholders outside the community? (project clients, project team, internal experts (expert groups), external stakeholders, external expert groups, etc.).
How and by what means did you succeed in developing a common vision and orientation (goals) for the ULL with your municipal cooperation partners and external stakeholders?
How do you identify and nurture transformative leaders in your ULL?
What role did the TANGO-W online CoPs play in the development of transformative leadership?
2.3 Empowered Communities of Practice
What do you mean by 'community of practice'?
How and for what purpose did you (and your research consultant) use communities of practice for your ULL, in addition to the TANGO-W online CoPs?
What methodological alternatives did you use to support the development of new ideas, approaches and mutual learning processes in the ULL?
Regarding the TANGO-W online CoPs: What did you find useful? What would you have liked to see added or different?
How and for what purpose will you support the formation and autonomy of communities of practice?
What resources are most valuable for these communities?
2.4 System Analysis
2.5 Sustainability Foresight
What is your understanding of Sustainability Foresight?
How do you conduct participatory visioning exercises?
What techniques are most effective for developing alternative future scenarios?
What techniques are most effective for developing short and mid term roadmaps or action plans?
Which of these have you implemented in the ULL and for what purpose?
2.6 Practical Experimentation
2.7 Innovation Embedding
How do you ensure successful innovations are adopted and scaled up?
What challenges have you faced in embedding innovations, and how were they overcome?
2.8 Reflexivity and Social Learning
What methods do you use to promote reflexivity and social learning in cooperation with your Consultant Researcher?
What methods do you use to promote reflexivity and social learning among stakeholders?
How do you monitor and evaluate system change resulting from ULL activities?
2.9 Working Across Human Agency Levels
How do you (and your Consultant Researcher) jointly engage stakeholders at different levels (individual, household, organization, etc.)?
What challenges have you faced in multi-level engagement, and how were they addressed?
2.10 Working Across Political-Administrative Levels and Geographical Scales
How does your ULL collaborate with different governance levels (local, regional, national)?
What strategies have been effective for scaling solutions beyond the local context?
3. Overall UTC Development
3.1 What do you (and your Consultant Researcher) consider the most significant achievement of your ULL in developing UTC?
3.2 What have been the biggest challenges in developing UTC, and how did you overcome them?
3.3 Can you share a specific example of how your ULL has contributed to urban transformation?
4. Stakeholder Engagement and Co-creation
4.1 How did you and your Consultant Researcher ensure meaningful citizen engagement throughout the ULL process?
4.2 What co-creation methods have been most effective in your ULL?
4.3 How did you and your Consultant Researcher balance different stakeholder interests and power dynamics?
5. Knowledge Management and Transfer
5.1 How do you and your Consultant Researcher capture and document learnings and best practices in your ULL?
5.2 What methods do you use to share knowledge with other ULLs or urban practitioners?
5.3 How do you integrate academic research into your ULL activities?
6. Impact Assessment
6.1 How do you measure the impact of your ULL on urban transformation?
6.2 What indicators or frameworks do you use to assess UTC development?
6.3 Can you provide an example of how impact assessment has informed your ULL practices?
7. Future Outlook
7.1 What do you see as the most promising areas for developing UTC in the coming years?
7.2 How do you plan to enhance your ULL's capacity to drive urban transformation?
7.3 What support or resources would be most valuable for strengthening UTC in your ULL?
8. Additional Insights
8.1 Are there any other best practices or key learnings from your ULL experience that you would like to share?
8.2 Do you have any recommendations for other ULLs looking to enhance their UTC?