Judith Terstriep (Economist) is Head of Research Department, Innovation, Space & Culture at the Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University Gelsenkirchen and Lecturer for Social Innovation and Regional Innovation Systems at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Her work centres on (social) innovation and innovation systems and its societal value added.Dieter Rehfeld (Political Scientist) is Head of the Study Group, Industrial Policy at the Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University Gelsenkirchen and Associate Professor at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Regional structural change, re-industrialization and modes of industrial policy are among his core research activities.

• Introduction: Bridging local embeddedness and global dynamics – the economics of social innovation 1. Context dependency of social innovation: in search of new sustainability models 2. Favourable social innovation ecosystem(s)? – An explorative approach 3. Social Innovation Regime: an integrated approach to measure social innovation 4. Emergence and diffusion of social innovation through practice fields 5. Understanding the determinants of social innovation in Europe: an econometric approach 6. Translocal empowerment in transformative social innovation networks 7. Applying the concept of social innovation to population- based healthcare 8. Monitoring inclusive urban development alongside a human rights approach on participation opportunities 9. Transition through design: enabling innovation via empowered ecosystems 10. Green social innovation – towards a typology

Judith Terstriep (Economist) is Head of Research Department, Innovation, Space & Culture at the Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University Gelsenkirchen and Lecturer for Social Innovation and Regional Innovation Systems at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Her work centres on (social) innovation and innovation systems and its societal value added.Dieter Rehfeld (Political Scientist) is Head of the Study Group, Industrial Policy at the Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University Gelsenkirchen and Associate Professor at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Regional structural change, re-industrialization and modes of industrial policy are among his core research activities.

• Introduction: Bridging local embeddedness and global dynamics – the economics of social innovation 1. Context dependency of social innovation: in search of new sustainability models 2. Favourable social innovation ecosystem(s)? – An explorative approach 3. Social Innovation Regime: an integrated approach to measure social innovation 4. Emergence and diffusion of social innovation through practice fields 5. Understanding the determinants of social innovation in Europe: an econometric approach 6. Translocal empowerment in transformative social innovation networks 7. Applying the concept of social innovation to population- based healthcare 8. Monitoring inclusive urban development alongside a human rights approach on participation opportunities 9. Transition through design: enabling innovation via empowered ecosystems 10. Green social innovation – towards a typology

Judith Terstriep (Economist) is Head of Research Department, Innovation, Space & Culture at the Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University Gelsenkirchen and Lecturer for Social Innovation and Regional Innovation Systems at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Her work centres on (social) innovation and innovation systems and its societal value added.Dieter Rehfeld (Political Scientist) is Head of the Study Group, Industrial Policy at the Institute for Work and Technology, Westphalian University Gelsenkirchen and Associate Professor at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Regional structural change, re-industrialization and modes of industrial policy are among his core research activities.

• Introduction: Bridging local embeddedness and global dynamics – the economics of social innovation 1. Context dependency of social innovation: in search of new sustainability models 2. Favourable social innovation ecosystem(s)? – An explorative approach 3. Social Innovation Regime: an integrated approach to measure social innovation 4. Emergence and diffusion of social innovation through practice fields 5. Understanding the determinants of social innovation in Europe: an econometric approach 6. Translocal empowerment in transformative social innovation networks 7. Applying the concept of social innovation to population- based healthcare 8. Monitoring inclusive urban development alongside a human rights approach on participation opportunities 9. Transition through design: enabling innovation via empowered ecosystems 10. Green social innovation – towards a typology