Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
SYSTRA developed the conception and operationalization of SYStemTRAnsformations, fundamental changes in the way society's needs are met, e.g. in terms of mobility, health, nutrition or energy supply.
Previous interdisciplinary analyses by Fraunhofer ISI have contributed significantly to shaping system change, currently among the most visible is the energy transition. The institute supports policy-makers and companies in developing strategies that influence or respond to system change – for example, by contributing to and evaluating various phases of Germany's High-Tech Strategy.
SYSTRA further expanded transition research at Fraunhofer ISI. In recent years, the demand has increased significantly not only to systematically situate individual questions and research, but to understand and shape the dynamics of system transformations conceptually and analytically in their entirety. At the same time, competitors on the market have also increasingly turned to the systems perspective.
The SYSTRA program therefore develops theoretically sound and methodologically underpinned concepts for the design of system change, with the aim of supporting policy-makers and companies in the formulation of strategies that influence the transformation of systems. 13 subprojects dealt with different aspects of system transformations within SYSTRA, several publications have been published.
SYSTRA also organized the “12th International Sustainability Transitions” conference of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network, which was hosted from October 5 to 8, 2021 from Karlsruhe.