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Unpacking the Social Innovation Ecosystem: a typology of empowering network constellations

par Pel, Bonno ;Wittmayer, Julia;Dorland, Jens;Jorgensen, Michael Soegaard
Référence International Social Innovation Research Conference(10: 03-05 September 2018: Heidelberg (GER)), 10th International Social Innovation Research Conference
Publication Publié, 2018-09-03

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Social innovation is on the rise as a mode of governance through which to address societal challenges. Seeking to empower SI initiatives, researchers and policy makers are concerned with the development of supportive ‘ecosystems’. This concept usefully calls attention to the distributed nature of SI agency, but many questions remain on the kinds of network constellations involved. This contribution unpacks the ‘SI ecosystems’ concept, specifying how the empowerment afforded through SI networks rests on local embedding, transnational connectivity and discursive resonance. Charting the variety of network constellations as studied in an international comparison of 20 transnational SI networks, a typology of SI ecosystems is constructed that informs a differentiated approach to their understanding and development.