Assessing the Effectiveness of Social and Political Innovations in the Development of Interaction between the Authorities and the Population during COVID-19: The Implication of Open Innovation

Abstract

Open innovations combine the interaction of the authorities and the population in regions of Russia. Social and political interaction of Russian network users demonstrates new open forms of political participation, mobilization practices (initiative appeals, petitions), the use of expert systems data, and remote access technologies. The increasing number of initiatives and the growth of online communities involved in the discussion and adjustment of the results of innovation activities require the use of a big data format. The demand for open innovation based on the principles of transparency of social and political interactions is being updated during COVID-19. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of open innovations in social and political interactions during COVID-19. The innovative practices of communication between the population and authorities were studied using DataMining tools based on digital platforms: “Russian Public Initiative”, “Change.org” and “GoogleTrends”. Users’ social graphs represent the visualization in terms of thematic and territorial groupings. The results obtained allow for a conclusion about the dependence of the regional innovation activities on the openness of their communications and their location relative to authoritative and other types of resources. The physical location of the region (center–border region–periphery) and dependence on implementation at the federal, regional or municipal levels are circumstances influencing the effectiveness of social and political innovations.

Imperatives for open innovation in times of COVID-19

“…Susila et al (2021) have published an interesting paper on community-based innovations by village administration in a district in Indonesia where people collaborated for product innovation (distribution of essential food packets, free internet network for the community), process innovation (rural call centre for the community) and policy innovations (village volunteers' team, social distancing while executing intervention programmes) at the grassroots level to fight the scourge of COVID-19. modes of open digital communication to connect with the government so that timely relief could be provided to those in need of help and support (Kranzeeva et al, 2021). More significant innovations have occurred in clinical care systems as well as virtual clinical learning as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.…”

Fomento de la Innovación Social: La España vaciada

“…Esta nueva visión de IS basada en el coworking, la innovación abierta al conocimiento colectivo y a la colaboración de los actores implicados, y la territorialidad se convierten en determinantes para el desarrollo de la IS al facilitar la participación, el empoderamiento y la autonomía de la comunidad. Esta realidad se confirma también cuando se visualiza la actuación de agrupaciones temáticas y territoriales en las IS abiertas de las que se deduce que la ubicación de la región (centro, frontera o periferia) y su ámbito nacional, regional o municipal influyen decisivamente en la eficacia de las IS (Kranzeeva et al, 2021;Audretsch et al, 2022).…”