Spaces of social innovation

Abstract

The concept of ‘social innovation’ has gained prominence in scientifi c research, public debate, collective action and public policy (Moulaert and Nussbaumer, 2007). In the scientifi c world, the concept has been used for a long time, but it regained momentum over the last twenty years. Its contemporary applications range from the nature and functions of social innovation in countering mainstream perceptions of technological and organizational innovation, to the innovative behaviour of social, economic and political agents in socially innovative initiatives (Klein and Harrisson, 2007). Thus, it broadens the explanations of human progress and development from economic and technological only to social and socio-cultural ones (Moulaert and Nussbaumer, 2008).

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