Votre recherche

People Centered Social Innovation: Global perspectives on an Emerging Paradigm attempts to revisit and extend the existing understanding of Social Innovation in practice by focusing upon the lived realities of marginalized groups and communities. The emerging field of people-centered development is placed in dialogue with theory and concepts from the more established field of social innovation to create a new approach; one that adopts a global perspective, engaging with very different experiences of marginality across the global north and south. Theoretically, ‘People Centered Social Innovation: Global Perspectives on an Emerging Paradigm’ draws upon ‘northern’ understandings of change and improvement as well as ‘southern’ theory concerns for epistemological diversity and meaning making. The result is an experiment aimed at reimagining research and practice that seriously needs to center the actor in processes of social transformation.

People Centered Social Innovation: Global perspectives on an Emerging Paradigm attempts to revisit and extend the existing understanding of Social Innovation in practice by focusing upon the lived realities of marginalized groups and communities. The emerging field of people-centered development is placed in dialogue with theory and concepts from the more established field of social innovation to create a new approach; one that adopts a global perspective, engaging with very different experiences of marginality across the global north and south. Theoretically, ‘People Centered Social Innovation: Global Perspectives on an Emerging Paradigm’ draws upon ‘northern’ understandings of change and improvement as well as ‘southern’ theory concerns for epistemological diversity and meaning making. The result is an experiment aimed at reimagining research and practice that seriously needs to center the actor in processes of social transformation.

As we grapple with how to respond to some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as inequality, poverty and climate change, there is growing global interest in ‘social innovation’ as a potential solution. But what exactly is ‘social innovation’? This book describes three ways to theorise social innovation when seeking to manage and organize for both social and economic progress.

As we grapple with how to respond to some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as inequality, poverty and climate change, there is growing global interest in ‘social innovation’ as a potential solution. But what exactly is ‘social innovation’? This book describes three ways to theorise social innovation when seeking to manage and organize for both social and economic progress.

The 21st century has brought a cornucopia of new knowledge and technologies. But there has been little progress in our ability to solve social problems using social innovation – the deliberate invention of new solutions to meet social needs - across the globe. Geoff Mulgan is a pioneer in the global field of social innovation. Building on his experience advising international governments, businesses and foundations, he explains how it provides answers to today’s global social, economic and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R&D in technology and science with a socially focused R&D and harnessing creative imagination on a larger scale than ever before. Weaving together history, ideas, policy and practice, he shows how social innovation is now coming of age, offering a comprehensive view of what can be done to solve the global social challenges we face.

The 21st century has brought a cornucopia of new knowledge and technologies. But there has been little progress in our ability to solve social problems using social innovation – the deliberate invention of new solutions to meet social needs - across the globe. Geoff Mulgan is a pioneer in the global field of social innovation. Building on his experience advising international governments, businesses and foundations, he explains how it provides answers to today’s global social, economic and sustainability issues. He argues for matching R&D in technology and science with a socially focused R&D and harnessing creative imagination on a larger scale than ever before. Weaving together history, ideas, policy and practice, he shows how social innovation is now coming of age, offering a comprehensive view of what can be done to solve the global social challenges we face.

This book examines the ways in which universities can play a crucial role in inclusive development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship. It aims to prove the importance of inclusive development and inclusive innovation on economic growth and demonstrate the ways in which universities can be pioneers in this area through initiatives in social responsibility and social innovation. For example, providing access to a university education without discrimination of race, gender, income status, or other factors would help to diminish the increasing income differentials currently being experienced in many countries, especially in the developing world. The research and studies included in this book provide insight into possible actions that can be taken by universities and public and private shareholders in inclusive development, social innovation, social entrepreneurship and overall regional economic and social development.

This book examines the ways in which universities can play a crucial role in inclusive development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship. It aims to prove the importance of inclusive development and inclusive innovation on economic growth and demonstrate the ways in which universities can be pioneers in this area through initiatives in social responsibility and social innovation. For example, providing access to a university education without discrimination of race, gender, income status, or other factors would help to diminish the increasing income differentials currently being experienced in many countries, especially in the developing world. The research and studies included in this book provide insight into possible actions that can be taken by universities and public and private shareholders in inclusive development, social innovation, social entrepreneurship and overall regional economic and social development.

Design has always played a role in the process of production, transformations in society and the economy, shifts in technology and impacts on the environment. The nature of the changes created by our post-industrial era is challenging the character of design and its role in society. The post-industrial era is creating complex projects for technology, service, systems, strategy and products. Clients are even becoming undefined stakeholders, and this can be extended to the entire community and the environment. The rise of digital technology and the knowledge society are introducing a new culture, which can be open, participatory, shared and collaborative. Here the designer is acting as a researcher, always questioning the character of the project, its outcomes and process. Open access, co-design, crowdfunding, digital manufacturing, open-source, DIY, enabling systems and networking can be included in the toolbox of the designer and can create opportunities to drive the change towards sustainability, equity and democracy. Social innovation is leveraging forms of collaboration and co-production in which designers, innovators, users and communities co-create knowledge and solutions for a wide range of social needs, exploiting the networking technologies. This book explores a number of areas where design can contribute to face the contemporary transformations in our society with real-life collaborative research and innovation projects. Through a number of Canadian social innovation case studies collected in social, environmental and technological fields, we recognize how the role of the designer cannot be limited to the production of finished objects; rather, designers can create tools and platforms to help users and citizens participate in projects, even allowing forms of personalization

Design has always played a role in the process of production, transformations in society and the economy, shifts in technology and impacts on the environment. The nature of the changes created by our post-industrial era is challenging the character of design and its role in society. The post-industrial era is creating complex projects for technology, service, systems, strategy and products. Clients are even becoming undefined stakeholders, and this can be extended to the entire community and the environment. The rise of digital technology and the knowledge society are introducing a new culture, which can be open, participatory, shared and collaborative. Here the designer is acting as a researcher, always questioning the character of the project, its outcomes and process. Open access, co-design, crowdfunding, digital manufacturing, open-source, DIY, enabling systems and networking can be included in the toolbox of the designer and can create opportunities to drive the change towards sustainability, equity and democracy. Social innovation is leveraging forms of collaboration and co-production in which designers, innovators, users and communities co-create knowledge and solutions for a wide range of social needs, exploiting the networking technologies. This book explores a number of areas where design can contribute to face the contemporary transformations in our society with real-life collaborative research and innovation projects. Through a number of Canadian social innovation case studies collected in social, environmental and technological fields, we recognize how the role of the designer cannot be limited to the production of finished objects; rather, designers can create tools and platforms to help users and citizens participate in projects, even allowing forms of personalization

Les innovations sociales, à la manière de bougies d’allumage, engendrent des actions collectives qui proposent des solutions différentes de celles des pratiques dominantes en mettant l’économie au service des personnes et de la société. Or la simple multiplication des innovations sociales ne peut générer la transformation sociale à elle seule. La mise en relation des mouvements sociaux et de leur visée émancipatoire est nécessaire pour façonner de nouvelles normes et règles et mettre en place de nouveaux sentiers institutionnels. Ce sont certains de ces nouveaux sentiers que montrent les textes regroupés dans cet ouvrage. Fruit du ive Colloque international du Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales, il expose les enjeux que pose la trans-formation sociale par l’innovation sociale et les documente par des illustrations ciblées sur des thématiques ou des expériences précises. Une discussion théorique sur le lien entre l’innovation sociale et la transformation sociale est d’abord proposée, puis les méthodes d’analyse de l’innovation sociale, le partage de connaissance entre les chercheurs et les acteurs sociaux, le rôle de l’État et des politiques publiques, l’économie solidaire et la place de l’entreprise sociale sont abordés. L’ensemble des textes analytiques et des textes illustratifs de cet ouvrage offre des pistes de réflexion sur la transformation sociale par l’inno-vation sociale, c’est-à-dire sur la façon dont certaines expérimen-tations aboutissent à la transformation de la société. L’ouvrage met ainsi de l’avant le rôle des citoyens et des organisations qui travaillent pour le bien-être des collectivités en expérimentant des solutions à leurs problèmes et en se mobilisant pour exiger leur reconnaissance. Il vise à poser les jalons pour comprendre et participer à la reconstruction sociale déjà à l’œuvre, dans le but de la renforcer.

Avec le pr é sent avis, le Conseil conclut – au moins provisoirement – le cycle des travaux introduits en d é cembre 1997 avec la parution du Rapport de conjoncture 1998 : Pour une politique qu é b é coise de l ’ innovation . Cet avis, Innovation sociale et innovation technologique : l ’ apport de la recherche en sciences sociales et humaines traite de deux th è mes certes fort distincts, mais tout de m ê me apparen- t é s. D ’ une part, il attire l ’ attention sur le caract è re essentiel de la contribution des sciences sociales et humaines à la compr é hension des faits et des probl è mes de culture, d ’ organisa- tion et de soci é t é , de m ê me que sur leur r ô le dans la conception et la mise en œ uvre de pratiques sociales novatrices, c ’ est- à -dire d ’ innovations sociales . D ’ autre part, il rappelle que les sciences sociales et humaines ont aussi une contribution non moins essentielle à apporter à la compr é hension et à la gestion de l ’ innovation technologi- que , qui est un processus organisationnel et social, et non seulement technoscientifique. Plusieurs des avis ant é rieurs du Conseil avaient d é j à soulign é que les questions de gestion et d ’ organisation du travail sont au c œ ur du processus d ’ innovation technologique et condition- nent largement son succ è s. Toutefois, le Conseil n ’ avait pas jusqu ’ ici au m ê me degr é insist é sur le r ô le capital de l ’ innovation sociale. Les politiques publiques, l ’ organisation des services sociaux ou l ’ organisation scolaire et la vie p é dagogique sont, parmi beaucoup d ’ autres, sans cesse et à juste titre, des objets de pr é occupation dans la vie civique et les d é bats de soci é t é . Ce sont des domaines en demande d ’ innovations sociales. La pertinence et l ’ efficacit é de ces innovations dans les organisations et les pratiques seront largement fonction de la qualit é de notre compr é hension des ph é no- m è nes de soci é t é et des comportements, c ’ est- à -dire de la vigueur et de la qualit é de notre recours à la recherche en sciences sociales et humaines et de notre succ è s à en valoriser les r é sultats. Dans cet avis, le Conseil est tout à fait conscient de ne pas avoir trait é dans toute son ampleur la question du r ô le de la recherche en sciences sociales et humaines. Son objet est circonscrit (ainsi il ne traite pas des probl è mes de la formation, non plus que du r ô le proprement culturel de ces sciences). Il s ’ attache à fournir un é clairage sur leur contribution à l ’ innovation technologique et à l ’ innovation sociale. C ’ est notre conviction que cette contribution est tout à fait essentielle.

Avec le pr é sent avis, le Conseil conclut – au moins provisoirement – le cycle des travaux introduits en d é cembre 1997 avec la parution du Rapport de conjoncture 1998 : Pour une politique qu é b é coise de l ’ innovation . Cet avis, Innovation sociale et innovation technologique : l ’ apport de la recherche en sciences sociales et humaines traite de deux th è mes certes fort distincts, mais tout de m ê me apparen- t é s. D ’ une part, il attire l ’ attention sur le caract è re essentiel de la contribution des sciences sociales et humaines à la compr é hension des faits et des probl è mes de culture, d ’ organisa- tion et de soci é t é , de m ê me que sur leur r ô le dans la conception et la mise en œ uvre de pratiques sociales novatrices, c ’ est- à -dire d ’ innovations sociales . D ’ autre part, il rappelle que les sciences sociales et humaines ont aussi une contribution non moins essentielle à apporter à la compr é hension et à la gestion de l ’ innovation technologi- que , qui est un processus organisationnel et social, et non seulement technoscientifique. Plusieurs des avis ant é rieurs du Conseil avaient d é j à soulign é que les questions de gestion et d ’ organisation du travail sont au c œ ur du processus d ’ innovation technologique et condition- nent largement son succ è s. Toutefois, le Conseil n ’ avait pas jusqu ’ ici au m ê me degr é insist é sur le r ô le capital de l ’ innovation sociale. Les politiques publiques, l ’ organisation des services sociaux ou l ’ organisation scolaire et la vie p é dagogique sont, parmi beaucoup d ’ autres, sans cesse et à juste titre, des objets de pr é occupation dans la vie civique et les d é bats de soci é t é . Ce sont des domaines en demande d ’ innovations sociales. La pertinence et l ’ efficacit é de ces innovations dans les organisations et les pratiques seront largement fonction de la qualit é de notre compr é hension des ph é no- m è nes de soci é t é et des comportements, c ’ est- à -dire de la vigueur et de la qualit é de notre recours à la recherche en sciences sociales et humaines et de notre succ è s à en valoriser les r é sultats. Dans cet avis, le Conseil est tout à fait conscient de ne pas avoir trait é dans toute son ampleur la question du r ô le de la recherche en sciences sociales et humaines. Son objet est circonscrit (ainsi il ne traite pas des probl è mes de la formation, non plus que du r ô le proprement culturel de ces sciences). Il s ’ attache à fournir un é clairage sur leur contribution à l ’ innovation technologique et à l ’ innovation sociale. C ’ est notre conviction que cette contribution est tout à fait essentielle.