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Framing social innovation research: a sociology of knowledge perspective
Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research
Frank Moulaert and Barbara Van Dyck
From ‘book container’ to community centre
Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research
John Andersen, Kristian Delica and Martin Severin Frandsen
Gender and social innovation: the role of EU policies
Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research
Isabel André
General introduction: the return of social innovation as a scientific concept and a social practice
Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research
Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood and Abdelillah Hamdouch
Going beyond physical urban planning interventions: fostering social innovation through urban renewal in Brugse Poort, Ghent
Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research
Stijn Oosterlynck and Pascal Debruyne
Holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action
Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research
Frank Moulaert and Abid Mehmood
Innovative forms of knowledge production: transdisciplinarity and knowledge alliances
Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research
Andreas Novy, Sarah Habersack and Barbara Schaller
The International Handbook on Social Innovation
Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research
Edited by Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood and Abdelillah Hamdouch
The contributors provide an overview of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and instructive experiences from all continents, as well as implications for collective action and policy. They argue strongly for social innovation as a key to human development. The Handbook defines social innovation as innovation in social relations within both micro and macro spheres, with the purpose of satisfying unmet or new human needs across different layers of society. It connects social innovation to empowerment dynamics, thus giving a political character to social movements and bottom-up governance initiatives. Together these should lay the foundations for a fairer, more democratic society for all.