‘Gendered social innovation’: a new research stream for gender-inclusive innovation policy, research and practice

Socially Innovative Reconstruction of Preschool Premises

“…The studied preschools' focus on gender and other stereotypical norms in their remodeling process shares similarities with previously identified aspirations of gender equality in social innovation processes (cf. Lindberg et al, 2015;Lindberg and Berglund, 2016). This concerns their identification of unfulfilled needs for improved gender equality in the preschool context, and their development of new solutions that serve to diminish segregation, hierarchies, and stereotyped notions of gender in the preschool operations.…”

“…Bushouse, 2009;Cherney and Dempsey, 2010;Clark, 2010;Lindahl and Folkesson, 2012;MacNaughton, 2000;Sheridan et al, 2011;Skelton et al, 2006;Yelland, 2005). Some studies of social innovation have highlighted aspirations for gender equality in such processes, pinpointing the identification of unfulfilled needs for greater gender equality in various contexts (Cukier, 2018;Johnson Ross and Goddard, 2015;Lindberg et al, 2015;Lindberg and Berglund, 2016). They have also analyzed the development of new solutions that serve to diminish segregating, hierarchical, and stereotyped notions of gender in organizations and communities.…”

Gender Inequalities in Tech-driven Research and Innovation

“…Based on the combined insights from studies on gender in innovation and social innovation, the concept of 'gendered social innovation' has been elaborated in order to enhance the knowledge development regarding gendered transformation in innovation systems (Lindberg et al, 2015;Lindberg and Berglund, 2016). It refers to the identification of gender inequality as a societal and organizational challenge in regard to specific areas such as employment, education or entrepreneurship, as a basis for developing innovative solutions that counteract segregating and hierarchical patterns of gender in these areas.…”

“…And since the platforms aim at improved knowledge and practices on gender equality, they also reflect previous research on 'gendered social innovation' (cf. Lindberg et al, 2015;Lindberg and Berglund, 2016). Specific forms of social innovation, perceivable in The Gender Academy and Gender Contact Point, are new cooperations in terms of researcher and stakeholder networks, new processes in terms of the joint development of new knowledge and measures, new methods in terms of knowledge-based gender equality measures, as well as new services in terms of digital tools for guiding gender equality measures (cf.…”

Gendered Potentials and Delimitations in the Church of Sweden’s Social Innovation

“…By combining conclusions from the two subfields of gendered innovation and social innovation, Lindberg et al (2015) as well as Lindberg and Berglund (2016) elaborate 'gendered social innovation' as a theoretical and practical concept. The ambition is to acknowledge and address gendered delimitations and potentials of socially innovative processes.…”