Citizen-driven Renewable Energy (RE) projects of various kinds, known collectively as
community energy (CE), have an important part to play in the worldwide transition to cleaner …

Findings from a large and growing body of transdisciplinary research offer useful insights for
a deeper understanding of the relationships between social innovation and governance. In …

The recent wave of populism has focused attention on 'left behind'places as hotspots of
discontent. Seeking to remedy their neglect in urban and regional studies, the aim of this …

Social innovation is a contested concept with multiple meanings that have implications
beyond academia. It is not a new term–its sociological heritage can be dated to the late …

This paper examines the evolution in the conceptualization of Social Innovation (SI) with a
view to elucidating the multiplication of uses of the term over the last half century. We …

Despite the fact that the concept of social innovation is extensively employed by scholars
and practitioners, yet the conceptualisation and the research structure remained fragmented …

Social innovation discourses see in social challenges opportunities to make societies more
sustainable and cohesive through inclusive practices, coproduction and pro-active …

The Community Economies project is an ongoing effort to contribute to an emerging
economic politics, one that is centred on the practice of economic self-determination …

Cities play a crucial role in sha** coupled human-environment systems at local and global
scales. With a view to amounting sustainability deficits, urban stakeholders thus require …

This Policy Review examines the place of Social Innovation (SI) in Research and
Development projects, especially those funded by the EU. It also refects on the relevance of …