Conceptualising the role of social innovation in sustainability transformations

Alex Haxeltine; Flor Avelino; Julia M. Wittmayer; Iris Kunze; Noel Longhurst; Adina Dumitru; Tim O'Riordan

doi:10.4324/9781315201559

Conceptualising the role of social innovation in sustainability transformations

Alex Haxeltine^*, Flor Avelino, Julia M. Wittmayer, Iris Kunze, Noel Longhurst, Adina Dumitru, Tim O'Riordan

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This chapter argues that current attempts to integrate sustainability goals into a social innovation context must avoid being overly instrumental and focusing only on indicators and valuation metrics that do not capture the complex and systemic nature of the couplings between social innovation processes on the one hand and (processes of) sustainability transformation on the other hand. We introduce the concept of ‘transformative social innovation’ as a suitable way of analysing the interactions of social innovation initiatives with the dynamics of sustainability transformations. Using this concept, this chapter explores the nexus of social innovation and societal transformation, conceptualised specifically in terms of sustainability transformations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Innovation and Sustainable Consumption
Subtitle of host publication	Research and Action for Societal Transformation
Editors	Julia Backhaus, Audley Genus, Sylvia Lorek, Edina Vadovics, Julia M. Wittmayer
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Chapter	2
Pages	12-25
Number of pages	14
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315201559
ISBN (Print)	9781138706941
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315201559
Publication status	Published - Nov 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Haxeltine, A., Avelino, F., Wittmayer, J. M., Kunze, I., Longhurst, N., Dumitru, A., & O'Riordan, T. (2017). Conceptualising the role of social innovation in sustainability transformations. In J. Backhaus, A. Genus, S. Lorek, E. Vadovics, & J. M. Wittmayer (Eds.), Social Innovation and Sustainable Consumption: Research and Action for Societal Transformation (1 ed., pp. 12-25). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315201559

Haxeltine, Alex ; Avelino, Flor ; Wittmayer, Julia M. et al. / Conceptualising the role of social innovation in sustainability transformations. Social Innovation and Sustainable Consumption: Research and Action for Societal Transformation. editor / Julia Backhaus ; Audley Genus ; Sylvia Lorek ; Edina Vadovics ; Julia M. Wittmayer. 1. ed. Taylor & Francis, 2017. pp. 12-25

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Haxeltine A, Avelino F, Wittmayer JM, Kunze I, Longhurst N, Dumitru A et al. Conceptualising the role of social innovation in sustainability transformations. In Backhaus J, Genus A, Lorek S, Vadovics E, Wittmayer JM, editors, Social Innovation and Sustainable Consumption: Research and Action for Societal Transformation. 1 ed. Taylor & Francis. 2017. p. 12-25 doi: 10.4324/9781315201559

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