On the trail of local welfare innovations in rural Finland

Rantamäki, Niina; Kattilakoski, Mari

doi:10.1111/rsp3.12213

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“…This covers natural, social and economic capital transfer accounting through extended input-output tables and cyclicity analyses, incorporating the time dimension into the investigation of quality of life since the different resources must be maintained. In line with that, Rantamäki and Kattilakoski (2019) stress the importance of sustaining critical resources. In their research, they point out, that rural areas have been most affected by the developments threatening the survival of the welfare state as well as by conflicting efforts to save it-including local welfare innovations, resulting from a combination of external causes and local resources including the sense of community and a diverse enough community structure.…”

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SMSTs on thin ice: motivations behind migration from a Hungarian micro‐region

Szabó

Banász

2020

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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The aim of our study is to highlight what kind of factors influence the attachment of inhabitants to the towns in the test area "Murafölde", a Hungarian micro-region. We assume, that the level of attachment is a function of the inhabitants' satisfaction with employment opportunities. In 2017, a total of 1,900 questionnaires have been collected in the test area. This was the first survey in the region aiming at identifying the inhabitants' motivation for mobility. Results indicate that satisfaction with employment opportunities significantly influence the attachment to the towns, while there are other factors which are even stronger.

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SMSTs on thin ice: motivations behind migration from a Hungarian micro‐region

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Banász

2020

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“…The included studies were published between 2010 and 2019. Six of the studies had been performed in Nordic countries (Andersen & Bilfeldt, 2017;Bjerregaard et al, 2018;Gawell, 2014;Johansson & Stefansen, 2019;Rantamaki & Kattilakoski, 2019;Svensson & Bengtsson, 2010), and all addressed the welfare services research context. Three of the studies featured multiple study sites across various countries (Bjerregaard, et al, 2018;Casanova et al, 2019;Giraud et al, 2014).…”

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“…Most of the studies applied a qualitative methodology and, more specifically, case studies comprising methods like participatory observations, semistructured interviews, fieldwork, website analysis, process analysis, and document analysis (Bjerregaard et al 2018;Cools & Oosterlynck, 2019;Dai et al, 2019;De Rosa, 2017;Gawell, 2014;Giraud et al, 2015;Johansson & Stefansen, 2019;Lindsay et al, 2019;Rantamaki & Kattilakoski, 2019;Sabato et al, 2017;Sabato and Verschraegen, 2019;Shier & Handy, 2016;Svensson & Bengtsson, 2010;Weinzierl et al, 2016;Visentin, 2018;Xie et al, 2019).…”

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“…Three of these studies also included findings from previous survey data (Grohs, Scneiders & Heinze, 2015;2017;Meričkova et al, 2015) or register data (Kim et al, 2019. The studies of Lindsay et al (2019) and Rantamaki and Kattilakoski (2019) used longitudinal case study designs, whereas Andersen and Bilfeldt (2017) applied an action research design in their two studies.…”

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Exploring Social Innovation (SI) Within the Research Contexts of Higher Education, Healthcare, and Welfare Services—A Scoping Review

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Storm²,

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Nordic Journal of Social Research

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Introduction: Nordic countries face societal challenges for which social innovation may represent solutions. The aim of this scoping review is to explore the concept of social innovation within the research contexts of higher education, ealthcare, and welfare services. Method: A scoping review methodology was used, including a literature search and the identification of eligible studies published between 2007 and 2019, in addition to data extraction and synthesis. Forty-three studies were included in this review. Results: Across the research contexts, social innovation is conceptualized as a set of novel, creative, human-centred, and value-driven processes aiming to bring about change. Qualitative research methods dominate social innovation research. In welfare services, social innovation concerns the relationship between policy and praxis, new forms of leadership and management, and the promotion of societal inclusion and cohesion. Social innovation in healthcare comprises the use of technology to digitalize service, enhance patients’ well-being, and improve service quality. In higher education, social innovation research focuses on educational reforms involving non-profit stakeholders. Discussion: Social innovation is a multifaceted concept related to change at the organizational or societal level, often with various stakeholders working together to create improvements. The lack of a common definition and framework of social innovation makes this concept difficult to measure or quantify, reflecting the dominance of qualitative research methods in the selected research contexts. Across these research contexts, social innovation can be defined and used for various research purposes, which are often political and value-based, with the latter connected to the common good and people’s well-being. Moreover, few social innovation studies have been performed in Nordic countries.

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“…Innovation in rural regions can also happen in any sector, not just the primary sector, with particularly great potential in services, in particular in logistics and services allied to manufacturing (Tompson & Maguire, 2012). Innovations aimed at improving service provision to rural livelihoods and newcomers or to support community development, education, health care, and welfare, as well as to induce collective learning or co‐operation and to bring changes in the attitudes, behaviour or perceptions through actor‐oriented networks (Brunori et al, 2007; DATAR, 2010; EC DGARD, 2010; Neumeier, 2012; Rantamäki & Kattilakoski, 2019) also have a growing importance in rural areas.…”

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Unveiling and typifying rural resources underpinned by innovation dynamics in rural areas

Gamito

Madureira

Santos

2021

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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Rural areas tend to not be perceived as particularly innovative areas, in spite of a growing diversity of rural economies related to new activities and new types of innovation which rely largely on a (re)discovery and reconfiguration of rural resources. The aims of this paper are two fold. First it introduces a comprehensive typology of traditional and “new” rural resources, showing relevance for the development of innovation in rural areas, built on a systematic literature review; then it uses this typology to underpin an analysis of empirical data on innovations introduced by organizations located in the Portuguese rural areas. This analysis allows identification of the categories of resources that do contribute the most to rural innovations and to group rural innovative organizations according to the patterns of rural (and non‐rural) resources they use to innovate. The identified innovation clusters highlight the importance of the “new” rural resources, such as “natural and cultural amenities” and “traditions,” as well as the “rural populations” themselves and their “territories and settlements,” both at organizational and territorial levels. The paper contributes for a better understanding of what are the key rural resources to shape the rural areas innovation dynamics and to identify the innovation patterns built on different rural resources. Its findings show very helpful to the design of innovation policies and the territorial smart specialization agendas meant to address the rural areas, that have been so far neglected in this matter.

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On the trail of local welfare innovations in rural Finland

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

SMSTs on thin ice: motivations behind migration from a Hungarian micro‐region

SMSTs on thin ice: motivations behind migration from a Hungarian micro‐region

Exploring Social Innovation (SI) Within the Research Contexts of Higher Education, Healthcare, and Welfare Services—A Scoping Review

Unveiling and typifying rural resources underpinned by innovation dynamics in rural areas

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