Interest in social innovations (SIs) from both the academic and the policy side is growing.
Nonetheless, we still know little about which sustainable development goals (SDGs) SIs …

Social innovations (SIs) contribute to solving or at least mitigating many of the most pressing
grand challenges. Similar to profit-oriented innovations, which are mainly developed by …

Business model (BM) literature has developed considerably; however, most research takes
place in large for-profit organisations in western settings, rather than small–medium …

The smart cities policy approach has been intensively implemented in European cities under
the Horizon 2020 programme. However, these implementations not only reduce the …

This article proposes a critical reflection on the concept of social innovation, arguing that it
can be understood as a 'magic concept'as theorized by Pollitt and Hupe. It is a pervasive …

Introduction: Nordic countries face societal challenges for which social innovation may
represent solutions. The aim of this scoping review is to explore the concept of social …

This paper stems from the need to find a renewed interpretative key of the concept of social
innovation in territorial approaches: this was done by observing different forms of research …

So far, the emerging literature on policy mixes for sustainability transitions has paid little
attention to social innovation. This seems at odds with recent claims that transformative …

This introduction to the special issue on 'Advancing the understanding of social innovation in
sustainability transitions' is situated at the intersection of transition studies and social …

Forest-dependent communities in remote rural areas face challenges such as delocalization
of industry and loss of economic activities (only partially stemmed by tourism), ageing …