• 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 ...
    • Social Learning for Transformative Social Innovation 

      Dumitru, Adina; Kunze, Iris; Strasser, Tim; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; García-Mira, Ricardo; Kemp, René (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2016-09-30)
      [Abstract] The object of the present deliverable is the integration of the main outcomes of empirical research and integration activities developed within the TRANSIT project on the cross-cutting theme of “social learning” ...
    • Social Learning in Social Innovation Initiatives : Learning about Systemic Relations and Strategies for Transformative Change 

      Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Dumitru, Adina; Kunze, Iris; Wittmayer, Julia; Haxeltine, Alex; García-Mira, Ricardo; Zuijderwijk, Linda; Cozan, Stefana (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2017)
      [Abstract] This TRANSIT brief offers insights into the following questions: what is social learning, what does it consist of in the case of SI initiatives, and why is social learning important – even foundational – for SI ...
    • 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 ...
    • Translocal empowerment in transformative social innovation networks 

      Avellino, Flor; Dumitru, Adina; Cipolla, Carla; Kunze, Iris; Wittmayer, Julia (2020)
      [Abstract] This paper contributes to public and academic discussions on empowerment and social innovation by conceptualizing the mechanisms of empowerment from a social psychology perspective, and empirically exploring how ...
    • WP 4 Case Study Report. Slow Food Movement 

      Dumitru, Adina; Kunze, Iris; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; García-Mira, Ricardo (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2016-03-15)
      [Abstract] This report presents the results of a case study developed on the Slow Food movement within the EU-FP7 funded TRANSIT Proyect. Slow Food is a International association founded to counter the rise of fast food ...