{"id":724,"date":"2021-06-03T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/?p=724"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T11:09:19","slug":"how-can-social-innovation-be-made-truly-transformative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/2021\/06\/03\/how-can-social-innovation-be-made-truly-transformative\/","title":{"rendered":"How can social innovation be made truly transformative?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social innovation is often touted as one of the\nkey ways in which we can address various sustainability challenges. It is\nunderstood as an innovation process that can stretch the boundaries of\ncreativity and flexibility to develop new and pragmatic solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the concept and the process of social innovation are important tools for &nbsp;societal development, there are different understandings of what social innovation is or should be. Contemporary scientific and policy discourses tend to ignore the <em>social<\/em> in the process of solving challenges. Oftentimes, the offered solutions are technology-, organisation- or &nbsp;market-oriented, putting &nbsp;a lot of emphasis on the end results rather than on the ethical and social aspects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are social innovations then fundamentally transforming societies? How can social innovation build better and more sustainable societies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/ep-17_how-can-social-innovatio-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/ep-17_how-can-social-innovatio-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/ep-17_how-can-social-innovatio-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/ep-17_how-can-social-innovatio-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/ep-17_how-can-social-innovatio-1200x745.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/05\/ep-17_how-can-social-innovatio.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tune in to get your answers as <strong>Martin Foug\u00e8re<\/strong>, Associate Professor in Management and Politics at Hanken, discusses these and many more such critical issues around social innovation with <strong>Frank Moulaert<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus of Spatial Planning and <strong>Angeliki Paidakaki<\/strong>, urban and housing researcher, both from the Department of Architecture, Urban Design and Regional Planning at Catholic University of Leuven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The episode also features interesting discussions around the difference between Anglo-American and Euro-Canadian approach to social innovation and how social innovation research&nbsp;has been instrumental in introducing&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;pluralism in institutional debates within the social sciences in the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: How can social innovation  be made truly transformative?\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/6KEHdxRG2JMO40bH9fKGpE?si=B283dfCzRs-A2jajy3HcEA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/What-can-we-do-to-make-social-innovation-truly-transformative.plain_doc.pdf\">Episode Transcript<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hanken.fi\/sustainability-unwrapped\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/06\/What-can-we-do-to-make-social-innovation-truly-transformative.plain_doc.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>References:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Foug\u00e8re\u2019s introduction to topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulaert, F. &amp; MacCallum, D. (2019). Advanced Introduction to Social Innovation. Cheltenham, Edvard Elgar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulaert, F. &amp; MacCallum,\nD. (2019) Advanced Introduction to Social Innovation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wamuchiru, E.&nbsp;&amp; Moulaert, F.&nbsp;(2017).\u202fThinking through ALMOLIN: the community\u202fbio-centre&nbsp;approach in water and sewerage\u202fservice provision in Nairobi&#8217;s informal\u202fsettlements.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Environmental\u202fPlanning and Management,&nbsp;<\/em>1-20.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br>Putri, P. W. &amp; Moulaert, F. (2017). Spatial\u202fPractices and the&nbsp;Institutionalization of\u202fWater Sanitation Services in\u202fSouthern&nbsp;Metropolises: The case of Jakarta\u202fand its Kampung&nbsp;Kojan.&nbsp;<em>International\u202fJournal of Urban and Regional\u202fResearch<\/em>,41(6), 926-945.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br>Moulaert, F.,&nbsp;MacCallum,&nbsp;D., Mehmood, A.\u202f&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Leubolt, B. (eds.)&nbsp;(2017)&nbsp;Social Innovation as a\u202fTrigger for Transformations. European\u202fCommission, Policy Paper DG Research.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulaert, F. (2018) \u201c Cultura,\nArtes\u202fe Innova\u00e7ao Social.&nbsp;O\u202fque\u202faprendemos&nbsp;com&nbsp;gratidao&nbsp;com&nbsp;a\u202fIsabel\nAndr\u00e9 \u201c in: A.&nbsp;Estevens&nbsp;and\u202fAndr\u00e9\u202fCarmo&nbsp;Eds.\u202fIsabel\nAndr\u00e9.&nbsp;Uma&nbsp;Geografa\u202fInquieta.\u202fTextos&nbsp;Escolhidos. Lisboa:\nIGOT\u202f\u202fpp. 408-416&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manganelli, A., &amp; Moulaert, F. (2018).\u202fHybrid governance tensions\u202ffuelling self-reflexivity in Alternative Food Networks: the\u202fcase of the\u202fBrussels GASAP.&nbsp;<em>Local Environment<\/em>,&nbsp;23 (8), 830-845&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martinelli, F., Moulaert, F.&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Novy,\nA. (2013)&nbsp;<em>Urban and regional development trajectories in contemporary\ncapitalism<\/em>. New York:&nbsp;Routledge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paidakaki, A., De Becker, R., De Reu, Y.,\nViaene, F., Elnaschie, S. and Van den Broeck, P. (2021), &#8220;How can\ncommunity architects build socially resilient refugee camps? Lessons from the\nOffice of Displaced Designers in Lesvos, Greece&#8221;,&nbsp;<em>Archnet-IJAR<\/em>,\nVol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/ARCH-11-2020-0276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/ARCH-11-2020-0276<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paidakaki, A. (2021), \u201cSocial innovation in the times of a European twofold refugee-housing crisis. Evidences from the homelessness sector\u201d,&nbsp;<em>European Journal of Homelessness<\/em>, 15 (1), 13-34<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paidakaki, A., Moulaert, F., Leinfelder,\nH.&nbsp;and&nbsp;Van den Broeck, P. (2020),&nbsp;\u201cCan pro-equity hybrid\ngovernance shape an egalitarian city? Lessons from post-Katrina New\nOrleans\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Territory Politics Governance<\/em>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/21622671.2020.1773919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doi: 10.1080\/21622671.2020.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van den Broeck, P., Mehmood, A.,\nPaidakaki, A. and Parra, C. (Eds.) (2019), \u201cSocial Innovation as Political\nTransformation. Thoughts for a Better World\u201d,&nbsp;Edward Elgar Publishing.\nISBN: 978 1 78897 427 1.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781788974288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doi: 10.4337\/9781788974288<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paidakaki, A.&nbsp;and&nbsp;Parra,\nC.&nbsp;(2018), \u201c\u201cHousing for all\u201d at the era of financialization; can\n(post-disaster) cities become truly socially resilient and egalitarian?\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Local\nEnvironment: the international journal of justice and sustainability<\/em>, 23\n(10), 1023-1040.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13549839.2018.1518416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doi:\n10.1080\/13549839.2018.1518416<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paidakaki, A.&nbsp;and&nbsp;Moulaert, F.\n(2018), \u201cDisaster Resilience into Which Direction(s)? Competing Discursive and\nMaterial Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Housing, Theory and\nSociety<\/em>, 35 (4), 432-454.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14036096.2017.1308434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doi:\n10.1080\/14036096.2017.1308434<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paidakaki, A., Moulaert, F. and Van den\nBroeck, P. (2018), Exploring the politico-institutional dimension of social\ninnovation to&nbsp;repoliticize&nbsp;urban governance arrangements.&nbsp;In: Y.\nFranz, R.&nbsp;Danielzyk, H.H.&nbsp;Blotevogel&nbsp;(Eds.), \u201cSocial Innovation\nin Urban and Regional Research\u201d, (11-21).&nbsp;ISR Forschungsbericht 47. Verlag der \u00d6sterreichischen\nAkademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN: 978-3-7001-8333-4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paidakaki, A.&nbsp;&amp; Moulaert, F. (2017). Does\u202fthe post-disaster&nbsp;resilient city really exist? A\u202fcritical analysis of the\u202fheterogeneous&nbsp;transformative capacities of\u202fhousing reconstruction \u201cresilience\u202fcells\u201d.&nbsp;<em>International&nbsp;Journal of Disaster\u202fResilience in the Built Environment<\/em>, 8(3),\u202f275-291<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social innovation is often touted as one of the key ways in which we can address various sustainability challenges. It is understood as an innovation process that can stretch the boundaries of creativity and flexibility to develop new and pragmatic solutions. 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