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A comprehensive concept of social innovation and its implications for the local context – on the growing importance of social innovation ecosystems and infrastructures

Dmitri Domanski, Jürgen Howaldt, Christoph Kaletka · 2019 · European Planning Studies

Summary. This paper develops a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding social innovation and its role in addressing twenty-first-century challenges. The authors ground social innovation in social theory, examine its relationship to social change, and introduce social innovation ecosystems as a model for understanding local-level initiatives. Drawing on global mapping data from the SI-DRIVE research project, they demonstrate the diversity of social innovation efforts across multiple sectors and contexts.

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Domanski, D., Howaldt, J., & Kaletka, C.. (2019). A comprehensive concept of social innovation and its implications for the local context – on the growing importance of social innovation ecosystems and infrastructures. European Planning Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1639397

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DOI
10.1080/09654313.2019.1639397
Countries
Germany
Regions
Europe
Categories
innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation
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2026-04-28