The Impact of Dissonance? A Valuation Perspective on Rural Social Innovation Processes
Summary. Social innovation in rural areas produces impacts that are constructed iteratively through the innovation process itself, not predetermined outcomes. The authors introduce 'dissonance'—tensions and conflicts at key moments like impulses, turning points, and lock-ins—as a critical mechanism shaping how value emerges and gets assigned. Using case studies from Northern Germany, they show that understanding rural social innovation requires examining how stakeholders experience and negotiate value throughout the process, rather than measuring fixed results.
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Hussels, J., Richter, R., & Schmidt, S.. (2024). The Impact of Dissonance? A Valuation Perspective on Rural Social Innovation Processes. Societies. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14070122
Hussels, Jonathan, et al. “The Impact of Dissonance? A Valuation Perspective on Rural Social Innovation Processes.” Societies, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14070122.
Hussels, Jonathan, Ralph Richter, and Suntje Schmidt. 2024. “The Impact of Dissonance? A Valuation Perspective on Rural Social Innovation Processes.” Societies. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14070122.
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- 10.3390/soc14070122
- Countries
- Germany
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- Europe
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- innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems
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- 2026-04-28