ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
Power Dynamics in Transformative Social Innovation
Initiatives around the world are addressiInitiatives around the world are addressing societal challenges by experimenting with social innovations (SI), i.e., new ways of doing, thinking and organising. Examples include sharing economy, eco-communities, participatory democracy and many more. Such SIs can contribute to societal transformation if/when they challenge, alter and/or replace dominant structures and institutions that underly the root causes of societal challenges. To have such a transformative impact, SIs must undergo some form of diffusion, scaling or mainstreaming. In this process, they lose (some of) their novelty and risk reproducing or even aggravating the structures/problems…
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