This document provides a very short summary of a full case study that includes in-depth case studies of (1) the global Impact Hub network, (2) the Impact Hub Amsterdam, (3) the Impact Hub Rotterdam, and (4) the Impact Hub São Paulo. Both the full case reports and this summary, were guided by four empirical research questions based on our preliminary conceptual heuristic. These questions concerned: 1. the overall development of the local cases and the transnational Impact Hub network; 2. how the Impact Hub network relate to different types of change and innovation (incl. social innovation, system innovation, game-changers, narratives of change and societal transformation); 3. how actors are empowered and/or disempowered in and by Impact Hub(s), including topics such as governance, learning, resourcing and monitoring; 4. what are other relevant emergent issues.
This summary document presents – in a highly reduced and generalised format – the interpretations of the researchers/authors, and does not necessarily reflect the views and nuances of the initiatives and respondents themselves. For a full account of each case-study, including interview quotes, pictures and expressed nuances by respondents in each local case, we refer to the full case-study report, which is available via avelino@drift.eur.nl. Both the full report, as well as this summary document, will be used as input for future research activities and publications.
Avelino, F., Wittmayer, J. M. and Afonso, R. (2015) Transformative social innovation narrative of the Impact Hub : a summary. TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1 Grant agreement no: 613169.
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