Qualitative approaches for the study of socially innovative initiatives

Konstantatos, Haris; Siatitsa, Dimitra; Vaiou, Dina

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“…As emphasized by Konstantatos et al (2013), socially innovative initiatives are developed as a response to increasing inequalities and social exclusion processes, mobilizing several resources. In this sense, understanding these initiatives demands specific methodologies permitting the approximation and learning side by side as well as promoting that actors, objectives and practices get involved with one another.…”

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Social innovation and the promotion of local economic development

Souza

Lessa

Filho

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose a multidimensional view of social innovation. Design/methodology/approach It offers a detailed analysis of the activities performed by ADEL (Agência de Desenvolvimento Econômico Local) – a regional non-governmental organization located in one of the poorest regions of Brazil – which is succeeding in engaging young people in the promotion of local development. The case was analysed drawing on the dimensions structured by researchers of one of the main centres of social innovation in the world, the Centre de Recherche sur Les Innovations Sociales (CRISES) based in Canada. Findings The results found characterize ADEL as a social innovation based on the dimensions of social innovation described in the CRISES’ conceptual encyclopaedia (Tardif and Harrison, 2005). The results highlight the singularities of the case studied, which allowed the elaboration of a revisited table of dimensions proposed by the CRISES’ researchers. Research limitations/implications For future studies, using the CRISES’ table as reference of analysis for other social innovations, the possibility suggested is the quantitative exploration of these dimensions. Originality/value The originality of this article lies in the fact that it presents a representative social innovation for the Brazilian semiarid.

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“…According to Konstantatos et al (2013), actors, practices, places and phenomena are investigated in the study of socially innovative initiatives, whenever possible, in their loci and researchers' efforts lead to comprehend it and to get him or her involved with meanings and priorities from the ones in the context studied.…”

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Social innovation and the promotion of local economic development

Souza

Lessa

Filho

2019

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“…Section 4: Challenge 1) as applied selection criteria often remain vague. Distinct from quantitative research, reliability and validity qualitative research is assessed against the research process and hence its transparency has to be made explicit when representing research results (Konstantatos et al, 2013).…”

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Analysing the Social Innovation Process – The Methodology of Social Innovation Biographies

Kleverbeck¹,

Terstriep²

2017

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“…The aim of the research was to understand the collaboration process of Leuven's Food Strategy, the interferences between practice and governance levels, and the transformative socially innovative processes that occur in and through these IMAC trajectories. 1 In our research we followed recommendations and experiences in the fields related to our research, i.e., social innovation (Andersen and Bilfeldt, 2013;Arthur, 2013;Konstantatos et al, 2013;Kunnen et al, 2013;Moulaert and MacCallum, 2019), governance and urban planning (Healey, 2012;Albrechts, 2013;Novy et al, 2013;Gray and Purdy, 2018;De Blust et al, 2019), and sustainable transformation of food systems (Tornaghi and Van Dyck, 2014;Moragues-Faus et al, 2015;Bradbury et al, 2019;Hammelman et al, 2020). These stress the importance of "praxis oriented, " transdisciplinary research and joint problematization among researchers, practitioners and stakeholders to investigate and address current complex urban challenges to advance both theory and practice.…”

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The Leuven Gymkhana: Transdisciplinary Action Research Questioning Socially Innovative Multi-Actor Collaborations in COVID Times

Medina-García¹,

Nagarajan²,

Broeck³

2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Literatures on social innovation, collective agency and multi-actor collaboration stress the importance of action research and joint problematization to research ongoing processes of collaboration and transformation to advance both theory and practice in these fields. In this paper we analyze our experience building a transdisciplinary action research (TAR) trajectory between 2020 and 2021 to investigate socially innovative multi-actor collaborations (IMACs) and urban governance innovation trajectories in the city of Leuven (Belgium). We specifically focus on (1) how we involved a wide array of researchers, stakeholders and practitioners in the TAR trajectory; (2) how we enacted joint problematization and action, ensuring that all facilitative leadership roles were taken care of; (3) the challenges that the specific COVID context posed on TAR and the innovative tools and approaches we took to adapt under such circumstances; and (4) how our TAR contributed to the ongoing IMACs in Leuven. Discussing our experience in relation to issues raised in action research literature, we summarize key dimensions, roles and tasks necessary in TAR to enable facilitative leadership and multi-actor collaboration and successfully drive joint problematization and transformative change. We conclude that our TAR trajectory in Leuven became a case study of IMAC in itself, and so learnings from our TAR directly dialogue with and inform our empirical analysis of the performance of IMACs too. Through this realization and the analysis of our experience, we get to broader question the role of action research and researchers in urban governance innovation.

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Qualitative approaches for the study of socially innovative initiatives

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Social innovation and the promotion of local economic development

Social innovation and the promotion of local economic development

Analysing the Social Innovation Process – The Methodology of Social Innovation Biographies

The Leuven Gymkhana: Transdisciplinary Action Research Questioning Socially Innovative Multi-Actor Collaborations in COVID Times

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