Experimentation is a key theme in the sustainability transition literature, where cities are recognized as key intermediaries in experimentation. Whilst attention has focused on the role of the cities as intermediary actors, the ways in which municipalities engage in and support experimentation is less known. In a collective case study of four Finnish municipalities, we draw on the transformative innovation policy literature to investigate the experimental policy engagements and the types of transformative outcomes the municipalities aim to influence. The municipalities engaged in socio-technical experimentation, both as regime-based intermediaries and as innovators experimenting with internal processes and tools. Their attention was focused on and , with seen to be something beyond their scope. We can observe an experimental culture beginning to emerge at the local governance level. Whilst projectification in the public sector has enabled this emergence, it also influences the form and continuity of experimentation.

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市政府在建筑环境方面的实验性政策参与


实验是可持续转型文献中的一个关键主题，其中城市被认为是实验的关键中介。虽然人们的注意力集中在城市作为中介者的作用上，但市政当局参与和支持实验的方式却鲜为人知。在对芬兰四个城市的集体案例研究中，我们利用变革性创新政策文献来调查实验性政策参与以及各城市旨在影响的变革成果类型。市政当局既作为基于政权的中介机构，又作为尝试内部流程和工具的创新者，参与社会技术实验。他们的注意力集中在 和 上，似乎有些超出了他们的范围。我们可以观察到一种实验文化开始在地方治理层面出现。虽然公共部门的项目化促成了这种出现，但它也影响了实验的形式和连续性。