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DESCRIPTION:Matt Grimley (University of Minnesota) will present at the Inst
 itutional Grammar Research Initiative's (IGRI) Research Seminar Series.Abs
 tract:Electric utilities\, challenged by a rapidly unfolding energy transi
 tion\, use many informal institutions to bridge across technologies and se
 ctors. Little is known\, however\, about how electric utility systems and 
 other polycentric systems’ institutions-in-use vary and evolve over time. 
 This presentation breaks down a novel engaged research method\, the Nomina
 l Group Technique\, to solicit current\, future and potential institutions
 -in-use from 66 staff and board members across 18 electric utilities in a 
 shared electric system in Minnesota. Matthew Grimley explores favored inst
 itutions for distributed energy resources like solar\, electric vehicles\,
  and batteries. Generating 578 ideas in total\, his research uses the Inst
 itutional Grammar to create institutional statements and identify institut
 ional configurations for current and desired feedback pathways across diff
 erent infrastructures and actor groups. The results demonstrate the potent
 ial importance of structure and context-related adjustment mechanisms in d
 esigning change for shared infrastructure systems and the potential import
 ance of information and payoff rules. Grimley seeks to advance understandi
 ng of change theories in polycentric governance systems\, toward linear\, 
 parallel\, recursive\, and conjunctive dynamics that expand beyond evoluti
 onary change theories. His findings show that engaged research methods can
  help converse between theory and practice\, particularly in institutional
 ly and technologically complex systems in periods of transition.
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SUMMARY:Institutions\, In Time: Designing Feedback Pathways for Shared Infr
 astructure Transitions
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 >Electric utilities\, challenged by a rapidly unfolding energy transition\
 , use many informal institutions to bridge across technologies and sectors
 . Little is known\, however\, about how electric utility systems and other
  polycentric systems’ institutions-in-use vary and evolve over time. </spa
 n></p><p><span style="background-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; f
 ont-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-s
 pacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">This presentati
 on breaks down a novel engaged research method\, the Nominal Group Techniq
 ue\, to solicit current\, future and potential institutions-in-use from 66
  staff and board members across 18 electric utilities in a shared electric
  system in Minnesota. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial
 \; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-
 transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-spac
 e: inherit">Matthew Grimley explores favored institutions for distributed 
 energy resources like solar\, electric vehicles\, and batteries. Generatin
 g 578 ideas in total\, his research uses the Institutional Grammar to crea
 te institutional statements and identify institutional configurations for 
 current and desired feedback pathways across different infrastructures and
  actor groups. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial\; font
 -family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transfo
 rm: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inhe
 rit">The results demonstrate the potential importance of structure and con
 text-related adjustment mechanisms in designing change for shared infrastr
 ucture systems and the potential importance of information and payoff rule
 s. Grimley seeks to advance understanding of change theories in polycentri
 c governance systems\, toward linear\, parallel\, recursive\, and conjunct
 ive dynamics that expand beyond evolutionary change theories. </span></p><
 p><span style="background-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-siz
 e: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing:
  normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inherit">His findings show that
  engaged research methods can help converse between theory and practice\, 
 particularly in institutionally and technologically complex systems in per
 iods of transition.</span></p>
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