This book discusses the most significant ways in which design has been applied to
sustainability challenges using an evolutionary perspective. It puts forward an innovation …

This paper stems from the need to find a renewed interpretative key of the concept of social
innovation in territorial approaches: this was done by observing different forms of research …

In the last two decades, co-creation and social innovation have become important concepts
in academic research and public policy. The two concepts are conceptually linked, but this …

Technology and design are increasingly recognized as important drivers of social innovation
(SI). While new-age technologies can disrupt the realm of social innovation through …

In the public sector, digital social innovation (DSI) has emerged as an instance of open
innovation in which citizens and other stakeholders use technology to gain new knowledge …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss how experimentation with open Internet of
Things data can be institutionalised in an inclusive manner at scale. Design/methodology …

We report a codesign effort to envision a community water quality data platform with local
stakeholders. We employed interviews, field observations, and hackathons through a 9 …

The current debate on urban regeneration highlights the significance of social innovation
and the reuse of cultural heritage to develop new economic and entrepreneurial models …

Access to clean water is a critical challenge and opportunity for community-level
collaboration. People rely on local water sources, but awareness of water quality and …

Along with the urgent need to reinvent our society, a series of paradigm shifts are already
sha** transitions toward a more participatory and digital society. The current work takes …