New frontiers in social innovation research
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2015Autor
Nicholls, Alex
Simon, Julie
Gabriel, Madeleine
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Nicholls, Alex
Simon, Julie
Gabriel, Madeleine
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How should social innovation be researched? And what should be the
relationship between research and action? This piece discusses what can
be known about social innovation, how research agendas could evolve
and how the study of social innovation fits into the broader picture of
research on innovation.
Definitions, boundaries and character
The first challenge for any researcher is to define their boundaries –
what is the object of study, and with what disciplines is this object to be
understood? Much of the discussion of social innovation is vague, and
there are many competing definitions of social innovation that attempt
to delineate a field of study (Jenson and Harrison, 2013). Some present
it as simply a new term for the study of non-profits; for others it can
encompass almost anything from new types of democracy to the design
of products for poor consumers. The definition that I have found more
useful describes the field as concerned with innovations that are social
in both their ends and their means (Young Foundation, 2012). While
this leaves some fuzzy edges, it captures the dual interest of the field in,
on the one hand, finding better ways to meet human needs and, on the
other, its interest in strengthening bonds of commitment and solidarity.
It is a definition which also deliberately internalises the unavoidable
tensions that are always present in any kind of social change, since all
societies argue about what counts as social good or social value.
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