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This invaluable Encyclopedia presents an interdisciplinary and comprehensive overview of the field of social innovation, providing an insightful view into potential future developments both practically and theoretically.

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This invaluable Encyclopedia presents an interdisciplinary and comprehensive overview of the field of social innovation, providing an insightful view into potential future developments both practically and theoretically.

With entries authored by prominent international scholars, the Encyclopedia outlines the theoretical foundations, concepts, types, processes and measurement of social innovation. Entries cover a variety of key themes including social innovation ecosystems, co-creation, new technologies and methods, education, governance and policies.

The Encyclopedia of Social Innovation will serve as a significant reference point for both scholars and students of social entrepreneurship, sociology and management. It will also be beneficial for all those seeking to clarify various problem-solving routes in the face of contemporary societal challenges.

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?In recent decades, the study of social innovations has become a vibrant and increasingly specialized field of research. This Encyclopedia offers a unique journey into this research area thanks to a plurality of theoretical frameworks, disciplinary perspectives and research angles from 77 articles. An essential reference!?

Table of Contents:

Contents:

Introduction to the
Encyclopedia of Social Innovation xxv
Ju?rgen Howaldt and Christoph Kaletka

PART I THEORETICAL
FOUNDATIONS
1 Ambivalence and
side-effects of social innovations 2
Stefan Böschen
2 Imagined futures and
social innovation 7
Timur Ergen
3 Operationalizing social
practice theories for social
innovation research 11
Maria Rabadjieva and Marthe
Zirngiebl
4 Resistance to social innovation 18
Tuur Ghys
5 Social innovation and the
remaking of structures,
systems and regimes 23
René Kemp and Bonno Pel
6 Social innovations as
a repair of social order 31
Cornelius Schubert
7 Social innovation and
social change 36
Ju?rgen Howaldt and Michael
Schwarz
8 Strands of social
innovation research 44
Adela McMurray, Ashokkumar
Manoharan and Don Scott
9 System thinking for social
innovation 49
Katharine McGowan,
Michele-Lee Moore and Ola Tjörnbo

PART II CONCEPTS AND TYPES
10 Exnovation 55
Rafael Ziegler
11 Joseph A. Schumpeter:
innovation and society 60
Birgit Blättel-Mink
12 Open social innovation 66
Anne-Laure Fayard
13 The politics of
conceptualizing social innovation 72
Michael J. Roy, Simon Teasdale
and Lars Hulg?rd
14 Social innovation in the digital age 76
Gianluca Misuraca and Pierre Rossel
15 Social innovation and
technological innovation 82
Matthias Weber
16 Social innovation research
and innovation studies 88
Attila Havas
17 The South American
concept of tecnologia social 94
Marlei Pozzebon, Ana Clara
Souza and Fabio Prado Saldanha
18 Sustainable innovation 99
Cordula Kropp

PART III SOCIAL INNOVATION
PROCESSES
19 Co-creation in social innovation 106
Melanie Smallman and Cian
O?Donovan
20 Democratic experimentation and social innovation 111
Carolina Andion and Graziela
Alperstedt
21 Design for social innovation 117
Alessandro Deserti and
Francesca Rizzo
22 Diffusion 122
Ju?rgen Howaldt, Ralf Kopp and
Michael Schwarz
23 Grassroots innovation for
transformative social change 127
Swati Banerjee, Abdul Shaban
and Shrirang Chaudhary
24 The institutionalization of
social innovations 132
Bonno Pel
25 Power and empowerment
in social innovation 139
Flor Avelino, Julia M. Wittmayer
and Adina Dumitru

PART IV ECOSYSTEMS, ACTORS
AND GOVERNANCE
26 Collaborative spaces for
social innovation 147
Eva Wascher
27 Cross-sector collaboration
for social innovation 152
Jo Barraket and Sally McGeoch
28 Ecosystems of social innovation 157
Dmitri Domanski, Christoph
Kaletka and Daniel Kru?ger
29 Foundations and social innovations 162
Steffen Bethmann
30 Governance of social innovation 167
Diego Galego and Marleen Brans
31 Innovation systems 172
Alexander Ebner
32 Law and social innovation 177
Bronwen Morgan
33 Social innovation, civil
society and democracy-building 184
Alejandra Boni, Sergio
Belda-Miquel and Diana Velasco
34 Social innovation labs 189
Mónica Edwards-Schachter
35 Social movements 195
Maria da Glória Gohn and
Karina Maldonado-Mariscal
36 Social networks and social
innovation 203
Lina Sonne Vyas

PART V SOCIAL INNOVATION
IN ESTABLISHED
RESEARCH AREAS
37 Futures studies and social
innovation 209
Elmar Schu?ll
38 Social innovation to
advance diversity and inclusion 214
Wendy Cukier, Zohreh
Hassannezhad Chavoushi and
Guang Ying Mo
39 Social innovation in education 219
Karina Maldonado-Mariscal
and Antonius Schröder
40 Social innovation in energy
system transformation 224
Julia M. Wittmayer and Karoline
S. Rogge
41 Social innovation in the
fashion industry 229
Sabine Weber
42 Social innovations and the
future of mobility in times
of climate change 234
Andreas Knie
43 Social innovation in health 239
Victoria Boelman
44 Social innovation through
the Maker Movement 245
Massimo Menichinelli
45 Social innovation and
poverty and marginalization 250
P. K. Shajahan and Dipannita
Bhattacharjee
46 Social innovations in rural areas 258
Gabriela Christmann
47 Social innovation in services 263
Carla Cipolla
48 Social innovation in social work 268
Anne Parpan-Blaser and
Matthias Hu?ttemann
49 Social innovation and
territorial development 273
Alina Kadyrova
50 Social innovation research
and practice for sustainable
development 278
Jeremy Millard
51 Social justice and social
innovation 285
Fergus Turner and Ella Scheepers
52 Welfare innovation for
social cohesion 292
Benjamin Ewert
53 What ageing societies
mean for social innovation 297
Ken Aoo and Fiona Henderson
54 Workplace innovation 302
Steven Dhondt

PART VI BUSINESS AND
ECONOMY
55 Cooperatives and social
innovation 308
Gorka Espiau Idoiaga
56 Corporate social innovation 313
Philip H. Mirvis
57 Degrowth 319
Yves-Marie Abraham
58 The potential of social
innovation for future
employment trends 324
Antonia Caro-González and
Marta Enciso-Santocildes
59 The revival of the commons 331
Tine de Moor
60 Social economy 336
Marie Bouchard and Benoît Lévesque
61 Social entrepreneurship 342
Anne de Bruin, Simon Teasdale
and Michael J. Roy
62 Social value in
management and social
innovation research 347
Ghita Lkhoyaali and Emmanuel
Raufflet
63 Socially inclusive businesses 351
Gabriel Berger and Leopoldo
Blugerman

PART VII SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
64 Citizen science 360
Christopher Kullenberg
65 Social innovation and
its actors: the role of
university research 364
Judith Sutz
66 Social innovation and
social sciences 370
Klaus Schuch
67 Transformative research 376
Mandy Singer-Brodowski

PART VIII INNOVATION POLICY
68 EU policy on social innovation 383
Nora Milotay
69 Next generation innovation policy 389
Jakob Edler
70 Responsible research and
innovation as a social innovation 395
Lucien von Schomberg and
René von Schomberg
71 Social innovation and the
new role of the state 400
Uwe Cantner, Dirk Fornahl and
Matthias Menter
72 Social innovation and
public policy 408
Geoff Mulgan
73 Transformative innovation policy 414
Caetano C. R. Penna, Carla
Alvial-Palavicino, Bipashyee
Ghosh and Johan Schot

PART IX RESOURCES AND
MEASUREMENT
74 Impact bonds: beyond the hype? 421
Eleanor Carter and Andreea
Anastasiu
75 Social impact measurement 427
Gorgi Krlev, Georg
Mildenberger and Volker Then
76 Social innovation measurement 432
Judith Terstriep, Gorgi Krlev,
Georg Mildenberger, Simone
Strambach, Jan-Frederik
Thurmann and Laura-Fee Wloka
77 Sustainable finance as
a social innovation 441
Olaf Weber

Index 446