• Experimenting with alternative economies : four emergent counter-narratives of urban economic development 

      Longhurst, Noel; Avelino, Flor; Wittmayer, Julia; Weaver, Paul; Dumitru, Adina; Hielscher, Sabine; Cipolla, Carla; Afonso, Rita; Kunze, Iris; Elle, Morten (Elsevier, 2017-05-24)
      [Abstract] Neoliberalism is a powerful narrative that has shaped processes of urban economic development across the globe. This paper reports on four nascent ‘new economic’ narratives which represent fundamentally different ...
    • On the Agency and Dynamics of Transformative Social Innovation: TRANSIT Working Paper # 7 

      Haxeltine, Alex; Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard; Pel, Bonno; Dumitru, Adina; Avelino, Flor; Bauler, Tom; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Chilvers, Jason; Cipolla, Carla; Dorland, Jens; Elle, Morten; Garrido, S.; Kemp, René; Kunze, Iris; Longhurst, Noel; Pataki, György; Rach, Sarah; Renema, Jesse; Ruijsink, Saskia; Strasser, Tim; Tawakol, Donia; Weaver, Paul; Wittmayer, Julia (2016-11-01)
      [Abstract] This working paper presents a set of propositions about the agency and dynamics of transformative social innovation (TSI) that have been developed as part of an EU-funded research project entitled “TRANsformative ...
    • The Critical Turning Points Database; Concept, Methodology and Dataset of an International Transformative Social Innovation Comparison 

      Bonno, Pel; Bauler, Tom; Avelino, Flor; Backhaus, Julia; Ruijsink, Saskia; Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard; Kunze, Iris; Voss, G.; Dumitru, Adina; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Afonso, Rita; Cipolla, Carla; Longhurst, Noel; Dorland, Jens; Elle, Morten; Balázs, Bálint; Horváth, J.; Matolay, Reka; Wittmayer, Julia; Valderrama Pineda, A.; Serpa, Bibiana; Rösing Agostini, M.; Lajarthe, F.; Garrido, S.; Picabea, Facundo; Moreira, J.; Trentini, Florencia; Bidinost, Augistín; Weaver, Paul; Heimann, R.; Skropke, C.; Hoffmeister, K. L.; Tawakol, Donia; Olivotto, Veronica; Tsatsou, A.; Zahed, Y.; Moet, R.; Zuijderwijk, Linda; Renema, Jesse; Kemp, René (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2017-07-12)
      [Abstract] This working paper presents the TRANSIT open-access online database on Critical Turning Points (CTP) in Transformative Social Innovation. It specifies the contents of the database, comprising qualitative accounts ...
    • Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment 

      Avelino, Flor; Wittmayer, Julia M.; Weaver, Paul; Dumitru, Adina; Haxeltine, Alex; Kemp, René; Jørgensen, Michael S.; Bauler, Tom; Pel, Bonno (2019)
      [Abstract] This article responds to increasing public and academic discourses on social innovation, which often rest on the assumption that social innovation can drive societal change and empower actors to deal with societal ...
    • TRANSIT WP3 Deliverable D3.2. A First Prototype of TSI Theory 

      Dumitru, Adina; Haxeltine, Alex; Avelino, Flor; Wittmayer, Julia; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Kemp, René; Pel, Bonno; Chilvers, Jason; Dorland, Jens; Hargreaves, Tom; Longhurst, Noel; Seyfang, Gill; Smith, Adrian; Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard; Weaver, Paul (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2015-04-30)
      [Abstract] The purpose of this deliverable (D3.2) of the TRANSIT research project is to report on the development of a ‘first prototype’ of a middle-range theory of transformative social innovation. The ‘prototype’ is ...
    • TSI-Narratives: Time Banking 

      Dumitru, Adina; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; García-Mira, Ricardo; Weaver, Paul (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2015-03-31)
      [Abstract] This report provides a very short summary of a full case-study report that includes indepth case-studies of Timebanking. Both, the full case reports and this summary, were guided by four empirical research ...
    • WP4 Case Study Report: Timebanking 

      Dumitru, Adina; Muijsers, Loes; Vasseur, Veronique; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Weaver, Paul; García-Mira, Ricardo (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2016-11-15)
      [Abstract] This case study report focuses on how timebanking initiatives are organised both through networks and, sometimes, as stand-alone initiatives. The transnational network organisation under study is the hOurworld ...