Policy and Innovation Lab

Developed alongside our Emerging and Mid-Career Researchers Climate and Nature Academy, and our core programs, CENPCT Policy and Innovation Labs will provide direct tactical responses to pressing policy and practice challenges. Our cross-sector learning platform will synthesise learning across methodological, fundamental and action-research.

Labs will deploy rapid prototypes that respond to emerging opportunities or to respond to challenges that are evident across sectors and geographies. Policy and Innovation Labs will bring together diverse groups develop strategies to magnify the impact of our work through by either “scaling up” through influencing laws and policies that encourage or limit specific behaviours, “scaling out” through replicating practices in different contexts, or with a greater number of people, or through “scaling deep” by influencing social practices, worldviews and cultures.

Build Our Labs With Us

Core to the success, activity and responsiveness of our Policy and Innovations Lab framework, are strong partnerships. To learn more about partnering with CENPCT, visit our Work With Us page and download or prospectus.

Policy and Innovation Lab Leadership

A/Prof Carina Wyborn (ANU) is an emerging global leader in environmental social science.

She has led international collaborations which have shaped the field of transdisciplinary research to identify the processes, mechanisms and capacities required to undertake research that has an impact on policy and society.

Wyborn will oversee the establishment of the Centre’s Cross-Sector Learning Platform and Policy and Innovation Labs to foster opportunities to maximise positive impact of research through partnership, co-design and translation in responsive ways.

A/Prof Carina Wyborn

DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PARTNERSHIP AND IMPACT)
Theme Lead | Futures
Node Lead | Australian National University