scholarly journals A Case Study on the Social Practice of the Liberal Education －Focusing on K University’s Social Innovation Living-lab Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-131
Author(s):  
Daesik Woo
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
University Education ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Academic System ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
The Social ◽  
Educational Implications ◽  
Media Reports

The purpose of this study is to examine educational achievements and their implications, focusing on the social practice case of the Social Innovation Living-lab Project implemented by K University in 2020. The progress of the project, its performance, and educational implications were analyzed based on the results of project-related reports, media reports, resident surveys, and student interviews.The project was effective in terms of revitalizing local urban regeneration, and resident’s satisfaction was generally positive. In educational effects, students also became passionate and interested in the effects of cooperation between themselves and their chosen majors. Moreover, they demonstrated positive effects from the reflecting they did regarding their own prospects as they considered their social contributions.This project is meaningful in that cooperative partnerships between universities and society can be formed through university education. Futhermore, this study proposed to improve the academic system and to establish a support system to promote it.

Mobility, Data, and Behavior

2015 ◽  
pp. 382-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Di Dio ◽  
Barbara Lo Casto ◽  
Fabrizio Micari ◽  
Gianfranco Rizzo ◽  
Ignazio Vinci
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
University Departments ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
And Behavior

This chapter presents the social innovation project “TrafficO2”, a support system for decision-making in the field of transportation that tries to push commuters towards more sustainable mobility by providing concrete incentives for each responsible choice. After focusing on Palermo, Italy, the context of this case study, this chapter provides a detailed description of the TrafficO2 model. Specifically, the chapter deals with the analysis of a selected sample of users among Palermo University students who commute daily to their respective University departments on campus. Starting from the modal split of the actual situation (Status Quo scenario), another behavior scenario (Do your right mix) is designed and promoted to encourage users to create a better mix of existing mobility means and reduce the use of private vehicles powered by combustibles. The first test that was performed confirmed the reliability of the initiative.

Governing local social innovations against poverty across Europe

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Stijn Oosterlynck ◽  
Yuri Kazepov ◽  
Andreas Novy
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Innovation Dynamics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
Core Concepts

In this introductory chapter, we present our understanding of the core concepts of this book, namely social innovation and poverty, and situate these concepts in contemporary debates on the governance of welfare provision. We define social innovation as actions that satisfy social needs through the transformation of social relations, which crucially implies an increase of the capabilities and access to resources of people living in poverty. Poverty is not reduced to a lack of monetary income, but refers to a range of processes of social exclusion in various spheres of life that hinders people’s full participation in society. We outline the aim of this book as a sustained attempt to analyse how the social innovation dynamics of localised initiatives are shaped by the welfare regime context with its specific spatial and institutional characteristics. Finally, we discuss the methodological strategy of the comparative case study research on which this book is based.

scholarly journals Participatory Budgeting in the Major Cities in Poland – Case Study of 2018 Editions

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-277
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Madej
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Voter Participation ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Government Organisation

AbstractThe paper refers to the social innovation of participatory budgeting which has become a very popular tool for stimulating citizen participation at the local level in Poland. It focuses on the major cities, defined as capitals of the voivodeships or regions. Based on the data concerning 2018 participatory budgeting editions in the eighteen cities, it describes the funding, organisation of the process, forms of voting and voter participation as well as the nature of projects selected and implemented. According to the amended Act on the Local Self-Government, organisation of participatory budgeting will only be obligatory for Polish cities from 2019. Despite that fact, it has already become quite popular and broadly applied in local communities. However, citizens’ participation and involvement in the process seems quite low, suggesting a need for experience sharing and improvement of the initiative. Also, project selection reflects the influence of various social groups within urban communities, rather than assisting groups which are at risk of marginalisation.

Economic Development Through Regional Approach

2017 ◽  
pp. 31-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Regional Approach ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Economic Development Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Payoff Structure ◽  
The Creation

Entrepreneurship has potentially short, medium, and long-term consequences for regions, including the creation of employment and wealth. Efficient firms grow and survive while inefficient firms decline and fall. Regions have gained a position at the forefront of the economic development policy agenda. However, the regional approach to economic strategy remains contested. The ability of regions to gain from the positive effects of entrepreneurship will depend on their institutional arrangements, the social payoff structure, and their ability to turn knowledge into regional growth through the creation and dissemination of knowledge. Through in-depth observation, examining policies, and content analysis of relevant documents, this chapter through case study of Pune Auto Component Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) from India attempts to explore and understand the extent economic development occurs when regional approach is adopted.

Innovazione sociale e minority groups. Cooperative sociali e welfare locale nella cittŕ di Roma

2013 ◽  
pp. 93-125
Author(s):  
Eugenia De Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Progressive Potential

The social innovation paradigm recognizes enterprise' innovative and progressive potential to create new and sustainable solutions to the needs and challenges of modern age (ageing population and the changing nature of gender roles, poverty, migration processes, unemployment of the younger generations, the diffusion of flexible and precarious work, and guarantee equal rights). This article proposes a framework for analyzing the processes and changes generated through the interaction of organizations of social economy (service providers), local public institutions and civil society. This is achieved by integrating a critical analysis of literature with the results of a case study conducted on social cooperation in the city of Rome. The aim is placing "social welfare innovations" and social development into the social innovation paradigm providing a model of the paradigm of social innovation according to a social economy and human rights perspective

Investigating Religious “Identity”

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Kate Power
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Christian ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
The Impact

This article describes a fieldwork case study which integrates religious studies with various discourse analytic methods, to examine how contemporary Christian identities are represented in conversation. Based on interviews and focus groups with 46 residents of a small town in rural Canada, this research is primarily concerned with religious talk – in particular, with the “social practice” (Fairclough and Wodak, 1997: 258) of “talking [religious] identity” (Hadden and Lester, 1978). In this article, I will review briefly how “identity” is conceptualized in contemporary discourse analysis studies, before describing both the challenge of selecting appropriate linguistic methods for the investigation of religious identity, and the impact upon my research of adopting particular methods.

Conclusion: local social innovation and welfare reform

2019 ◽  
pp. 217-228
Author(s):  
Stijn Oosterlynck ◽  
Andreas Novy ◽  
Yuri Kazepov
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In this chapter, we draw a range of overall conclusions from our case-study based investigation of how local social innovations operate as vehicles of welfare reform. We reflect on the impact of the increased interest of policy-makers in social innovation and on the relationship between social innovation and other social policy paradigms, notably the established paradigm of social protection and its main contender, the social investment paradigm. We also discuss our main findings with regard to the mix of actors, resources and instruments supporting localized social innovations, the multi-scalar nature social innovations, its empowerment dimension and relationship with knowledge. Finally, we look at the consolidation of social innovation in specific welfare-institutional contexts.

Learning to become an academic in an SME

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjarne Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
University Education ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Willingness To Change

PurposeThis paper aims to explore how an academic graduate from the cross field between the humanities and the social sciences and blue-collar workers learns to scaffold knowing in a small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME).Design/methodology/approachA case study was conducted in an SME that employed the first academic graduate among the company’s blue-collar workers. The paper applies a practice-oriented theoretical framework to study scaffolding knowing among the workers.FindingsAn academic graduate does not necessarily apply subject-specific knowledge from his or her university education in the SME practice. Rather, general academic knowing and academic work practice is applied when scaffolding knowing in the SME. Further, this depends not only on the knowing of the academic graduate but also on his/her ability to apply knowing and the willingness to change in practice.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is a single case study gaining in-depth insights into one particular case. This calls for more research.Practical implicationsThe study points at the importance for managers and academic graduates in SMEs to foster learning activities and to be aware of and develop ways to integrate the general academic knowing.Originality/valueThe case study provides new insights into the concept of scaffolding knowing in practice theory. Further, it gains unique insights into the practical possibility of employing graduates from higher education in SMEs.

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