At the heart of POTRANSI is fieldwork on and with social innovation movements across the Netherlands, Portugal, and the UK, as well as the Transformative Power Arena — an action research method that brings together diverse actors from social innovation and prefigurative movements across Europe. These actors include entrepreneurs, activists, policymakers, engaged citizens, city makers, initiators, researchers, artists and creators, and many more.  

The Transformative Power Arena aims to co-develop knowledge, practices, and frameworks to better understand and engage with power for just sustainable transformations, inviting individuals to share experiences, connect with others dealing with similar power dilemmas, and reflect collectively on what needs to be learnt, unlearnt, and created. It seeks to draw from methods such as Theatre of the Oppressed, Photovoice, and Storytelling, to explore practices at the intersection between science and art, but also pushing our boundaries on how we can collectively learn, whilst incorporating plural ways of knowing, being, and doing. 

The Transformative Power Arena is set to take place in 2026, so stay tuned!