Translocal empowerment in transformative social innovation networks

Flor Avelino, Adina Dumitru, Carla Cipolla, Iris Kunze, Julia M. Wittmayer · 2019 · European Planning Studies

Summary. This paper examines how people gain power and capacity to achieve goals through both local and transnational social innovation networks. The authors analyze five global networks—FEBEA, DESIS, Global Ecovillage Network, Impact Hub, and Slow Food—to understand empowerment mechanisms. They find that translocal connections, linking local initiatives with global networks, enable actors to mobilize resources and drive social change through intrinsic motivation and self-determination.

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@article{avelino-2019-translocal-empowerment-transformative-social-innovation,
  title   = {Translocal empowerment in transformative social innovation networks},
  author  = {Flor Avelino and Adina Dumitru and Carla Cipolla and Iris Kunze and Julia M. Wittmayer},
  journal = {European Planning Studies},
  year    = {2019},
  doi     = {10.1080/09654313.2019.1578339},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1578339}
}

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DOI

10.1080/09654313.2019.1578339

Countries

Netherlands, Spain, Brazil, Austria

Regions

Europe, South America

Categories

innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation

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2026-04-28