New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research

Geoff Mulgan, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), UK Jrgen Howaldt, TU Dortmund University, Germany Ralf Kopp, TU Dortmund University, Germany Michael Schwarz, Freelancer, Germany Katharine McGowan, University of Waterloo, Canada Frances Westley, University of Waterloo, Canada Marie J. Bouchard, Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada Catherine Trudelle, Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada Louise Briand, Universit du Qubec en Outaouais, Canada Juan-Luis Klein, Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada Benoit Lvesque, Universit du Qubec Montral and cole nationale d'administration publique, Canada David Longtin, Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada Mathieu Pelletier, Universit du Qubec Montral, Canada Jane Jenson, Universit de Montral, Canada Adalbert Evers, Justus-Liebig-Universitt Giessen/Universitt Heidelberg, Germany Benjamin Ewert, University Hospital Bonn, Germany Carla Cipolla, Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Lab / UFRJ - Coppe, Brazil Patricia Melo, Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Lab / UFRJ - Coppe, Brazil Ezio Manzini, Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Network, Italy Eva Srensen, Roskilde University, Denmark Jacob Torfing, Roskilde University, Denmark Jungwon Kim, Spreadi, UK Sojung Rim, Spreadi, UK Ahyoung Park, Cdot (C.), South Korea Sunkyung Han, Cdot (C.), South Korea Ola Tjornbo, University of Waterloo, Canada Lina Sonne, Okapi, India Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Harvard Law School, United States

This book is open access under a CC BY license. Foreword: The Study of Social Innovation - Theory, Practice and Progress; Geoff Mulgan Introduction: Dimensions of Social Innovation; Alex Nicholls; Julie Simon; Madeleine Gabriel PART I: RESEARCHING SOCIAL INNOVATION 1. Social Innovations as Drivers of Social Change - Exploring Tarde's Contribution to Social Innovation Theory Building; Jurgen Howaldt; Ralf Kopp; Michael Schwarz 2. At the Root of Change: The History of Social Innovation; Katharine McGowan; Frances Westley 3. A Relational Database to Understand Social Innovation and its Impact on Social Transformation; Marie J. Bouchard; Catherine Trudelle; Louise Briand; Juan-Luis Klein; Benoit Levesque; David Longtin; Mathieu Pelletier PART II: BLURRING BOUNDARIES AND RECONFIGURING RELATIONS 4. Social Innovation. Redesigning the Welfare Diamond; Jane Jenson 5. Social Innovation for Social Cohesion; Adalbert Evers; Benjamin Ewert 6. Collaborative Services in Informal Settlements: Social Innovation in a Pacified Favela in Rio de Janeiro; Carla Cipolla; Patricia Melo; Ezio Manzini PART III: PRODUCING SOCIAL INNOVATION THROUGH NEW FORMS OF COLLABORATION 7. Enhancing Public Innovation through Collaboration, Leadership and New Public Governance; Eva Sorensen; Jacob Torfing 8. Seoul City's Social Innovation Strategy: New Models of Communication to Strengthen Citizen Engagement; Jungwon Kim; Sojung Rim; Sunkyung Han; Ahyoung Park 9. Can Collective Intelligence Produce Social Innovation?; Ola Tjornbo 10. The Usefulness of Networks: a Study of Social Innovation in India; Lina Sonne Conclusion: The Task of the Social Innovation Movement; Roberto Mangabeira Unger