articleTechnological Forecasting and Social ChangeJun 7, 2017HYBRID OA

Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment

FAFlor AvelinoJMJulia M. WittmayerBPBonno PelPMPaul M. WeaverADAdina Dumitru

Erasmus University Rotterdam · Université Libre de Bruxelles · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

This article responds to increasing public and academic discourses on social innovation, which often rest on the assumption that social innovation can drive societal change and empower actors to deal with societal challenges and a retreating welfare state. In order to scrutinise this assumption, this article proposes a set of concepts to study the dynamics of transformative social innovation and underlying processes of multi-actor (dis)empowerment. First, the concept of transformative social innovation is unpacked by proposing four foundational concepts to help distinguish between different pertinent ‘shades’ of change and innovation: 1) social innovation, (2) system innovation, (3) game-changers, and (4)…

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  • Transformative learning
  • Empowerment
  • Social innovation
  • Sociology
  • Political science
  • Economic growth
  • Economics
  • Public relations
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Decent work and economic growth
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