Abstract
AbstractThe ambition for this book is to demonstrate how higher education institutions (HEIs) can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change and influence the international public discourse on social innovation. It attempts to answer the question, ‘how does the present higher education system, in different countries, promote social innovation and create social change and impact’. In answering this question, the book identifies factors driving success as well as obstacles. The book offers suggestions about how the present system can be improved both based on existing data and international literature on social innovation in higher education. The book presents a selected set of peer reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors can identify and analyse social innovation in HEIs.
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An Overview of the ResearchCarmen Păunescu, Katri-Liis Lepik, and Nicholas Spencer AbstractThe ambition for this book is to demonstrate how higher education institutions (HEIs) can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change and influence the international public discourse on social innovation
One of the greatest challenges faced by higher education institutions is the effective management of their efforts to solving societal problems, such as the sustainable development goals (SDGs), in an increasingly complex and competitive global environment
– Discussion of the role of HEIs in creating socially responsible innovations. – Analysis of how responsible research and innovation activities are understood by regional stakeholders, regarding how the roles of different actors are constituted, and how different actors facilitate social innovation. – Introduction of a co-creation platform developed on a quadruple helix framework for solving week social challenges. – Analysis of social innovations emerging from academic nursing-community partnerships. – Discussion of social innovation in HEIs from a Disability Studies perspective. – Analysis of the possibilities of using financial instruments such as social impact bonds for additional funding of higher education institutions
Summary
Social innovation has been receiving growing attention from policy makers, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, researchers and the business sector around the world. Despite a growing belief that social innovation represents. One of the key solutions to solving current societal problems, the field of social innovation research in higher education institutions (HEIs) provides disparate discussions of this phenomenon. This situation severely impedes the advancement of social innovation practice and research in its policy area. The book’s ambition is to demonstrate how HEIs in the different countries promote social innovation and contribute to creation of positive social change. The discussion held in the book is meant to explore the common ground where more actors can sustain social innovation
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