In the TRANSIT resource hub you can search for materials that provide an overview of theories on social innovation in general that we have built upon.
As we developed our theory on Transformative Social Innovation, the hub provides materials that:
- are published in TRANSIT
- are related to the cases that we study
- are related to key themes in TRANSIT (governance, social learning, monitoring and resourcing)
You have searched within keywords for "governance" we have found 16 results.
This chapter explores the governance of Transformative Social Innnovations (TSIs) and focuses specifically on the challenges that emerge during institutionalization processes. The authors highlight the tensions that occur when TSIs are interacting with insitutions that they want to transform, often in a radical way. The perspectives of TSI actors and how they anticipate, avoid, refuse, welcome,... More
PowerPoint presented at the meeting: Paradoxes of Transformative Social Innovation : interrogating new knowings of governance and imaginaries of societal transformation, 6-7 December 2017, Brussels. More
PowerPoint presented at the meeting: Paradoxes of Transformative Social Innovation : interrogating new knowings of governance and imaginaries of societal transformation, 6-7 December 2017, Brussels. More
This book is about the making of knowledge about governance and how it shapes political action. In a sense, doing politics has always turned on knowing governance, since political action builds on a certain understanding of what it is to act politically and how to do so effectively. Those seeking power have invariably wanted to know how collective order can be built and maintained: governing... More
To date, the field of transition research lacks a suitable vocabulary to analyse the (changing) interactions and relations of actors as part of a sustainability transition. This article addresses this knowledge gap by exploring the potential of the concept of ‘roles’ from social interaction research. The role concept is operationalized for transition research to allow the analysis of... More
This deliverable provides a platform for policy makers, practitioners, academics and social innovators to exchange experiences on the governance tools that they have used to facilitate transformative social innovation processes. The deliverable asks our target group: What kinds of key governance tools have you worked with that empower different actors to take part in social innovation... More
This TRANSIT brief addresses the governance and politics of transformative social innovation. Social innovation means new social relations, involving new ways of doing, organizing, knowing and framing. Social innovation is ‘transformative’, when it moves beyond a single local innovation towards significantly challenging the social context. In our research... More
This deliverable focuses on the topic of transformative social innovation (TSI) governance and contains (1) a workshop report (2) practical implications and proto-type TSI tools and (3) position paper on TSI governance. More
This position paper is aims to explore the governance challenges of transformative social innovation. More
The paper is a position paper on governance, a transversal research theme in the TRANSIT project. It was written to stage a discussion during a workshop on institutionalization of social innovation, held October 27th in Brussels, Belgium. The paper highlights that social innovation, whether transformative or not, is a collective process involving diverse social actors. Social innovation proves... More
A conference paper on public innovation - which can be described as social innovation - in the public sector for the EGPA 2013 conference 2013 at Edinburgh, 11-13 September, 2013. Aims to provide a literature review of the relevant drivers and barriers in the innovation process. More
This article discusses localised forms of social innovation in social services in relation to social policy and welfare issues. It draws upon research findings from the EU project ‘Welfare Innovations at the local Level in favour of Cohesion’ (WILCO), which takes in social innovations in twenty European cities. First, we argue why there is currently a significant gap between the... More
The research seeks to contribute to developing our theoretical understanding of and furthering the practice of social innovation in urban neighbourhood re-vitalisation strategies. A network of 8 partner research institutions from 5 countries will critically evaluate existing practices of and literature on territorial innovation, integrated area development and social economy initiatives in 9... More
The purpose of this article is that of analysing institutionalisation processes of professional activities linked to cognitive and cultural sectors in two different urban contexts: Milan and Barcelona. Similarities with and differences between respective outcomes will be underlined. The process is observed also in relation to the deep economic crisis that the two cities, and their national and... More
Over the past two years, Seoul Metropolitan Government has significantly changed the way it engages with its citizens – moving away from a one-way public communication model towards a system with greater focus on getting citizens more involved in decision-making process. Seoul Metropolitan Government has developed various communication channels that open up two-way dialogue between the city... More
It is widely recognized that public innovation is the intelligent alternative to blind across-the board-cuts in times of shrinking budgets, and that innovation may help to break policy deadlocks and adjust welfare services to new and changing demands. At the same time, there is growing evidence that multi-actor collaboration in networks, partnerships and inter-organizational teams can spur public... More
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