Trajectories of Social Innovation

Schimpf, Gudrun-Christine; Mildenberger, Georg; Giesecke, Susanne; Havas, Attila

doi:10.1093/oso/9780198830511.003.0005

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“…But it is still unable to focus on social changes in the context of SI. This could be because many social innovations are only loosely linked to technological development or even precede it and can be regarded more as its triggers (Schimpf et al, 2019).…”

Section: Innovations and The Assessment Of Their Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Innovation Assessment? Reflections on the impacts of social innovation on society - Outcomes of a systematic literature review

Mildenberger

Schimpf

Streicher

2020

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Today we face many societal problems, such as climate degradation, energy shortages, increasing inequality, and demographic change. Solutions for these problems require far-reaching changes and new and untried approaches. Social Innovation (SI) could be a significant factor in tackling the challenges to come. The ‘reflection on the long-term effects of social innovations’ is a relatively new topic but is attracting growing interest. While technology assessments are regularly used to study the consequences of technical innovations, similar assessments for social innovations are rare. This paper explores and analyses the current state of theoretical, conceptual work on the assessment for SI and their consequences, related concepts, and relevant activities. Perspectives and options for further developments in this field are derived. The method used is a structured literature review. The results show that scientific research concerning the assessment of the consequences of social innovations seems to be still in its infancy. The boundaries between established topics (such as sustainability, user orientation, including social entrepreneurship) and newer concepts are fluid. However, alongside the different approaches and views, a certain convergence of perspectives with regard to the consequences and effects of (social) innovations can be observed. Similar questions and issues are dealt with using similar approaches and methods, and are sometimes confronted with similar obstacles.

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Section: Innovations and The Assessment Of Their Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%