Abstract
Open innovations combine the interaction of the authorities and the population in regions of Russia. Social and political interaction of Russian network users demonstrates new open forms of political participation, mobilization practices (initiative appeals, petitions), the use of expert systems data, and remote access technologies. The increasing number of initiatives and the growth of online communities involved in the discussion and adjustment of the results of innovation activities require the use of a big data format. The demand for open innovation based on the principles of transparency of social and political interactions is being updated during COVID-19. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of open innovations in social and political interactions during COVID-19. The innovative practices of communication between the population and authorities were studied using DataMining tools based on digital platforms: “Russian Public Initiative”, “Change.org” and “GoogleTrends”. Users’ social graphs represent the visualization in terms of thematic and territorial groupings. The results obtained allow for a conclusion about the dependence of the regional innovation activities on the openness of their communications and their location relative to authoritative and other types of resources. The physical location of the region (center–border region–periphery) and dependence on implementation at the federal, regional or municipal levels are circumstances influencing the effectiveness of social and political innovations.
Highlights
In the early 2000s, the term “social innovation” began to be actively used in a social context, on the political agenda of many countries of the world, as a description of new practices of intersectoral interaction between the authorities and the population to solve social problems better and meet the social needs of the community
We describe how innovative practices of communication between the population and the authorities were studied using DataMining tools based on digital platforms: “Russian Public Initiative”, “Change.org” and “GoogleTrends”
The rating created in 2012 by the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRR) for monitoring and management purposes is another option for ranking regions according to the degree of their innovativeness
Summary
In the early 2000s, the term “social innovation” began to be actively used in a social context, on the political agenda of many countries of the world, as a description of new practices of intersectoral interaction between the authorities and the population to solve social problems better and meet the social needs of the community. Social innovation is developing in such areas as health and social services, education and structural unemployment, population aging, youth employment, poverty reduction and improving the quality of life, problems of globalization and migration, ecology and climate change, issues of transport and people’s mobility, energy consumption, etc. In present-day society, the practices of civil and social participation of the people are being updated. Social and political innovations are directed to meeting the population’s social needs and achieving socially significant goals [1]. Innovation is an effective tool for transforming interactions between the state and civil society.
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