[hackerspaces] TRANSIT (TRANsformative Social Innovation Theory) Research Project

[matt]

I burped.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting. What do you hope that people on the hackerspaces mailing list
> will do after reading this?
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> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Moritz <moritz at headstrong.de> wrote:
>
>> TRANSIT (TRANsformative Social Innovation Theory) is an ambitious
>> research project that will develop a theory of transformative social
>> innovation which is about empowerment and change in society. It is
>> co-funded by the European Commission and runs for four years, from
>> January 2014 until December 2017. TRANSIT will utilize a research method
>> which encourages feedback from social entrepreneurs and innovators,
>> policy makers and academics to develop a theory with practical
>> relevance. The theory will be based on insights from other theories e.g.
>> transition theory, social movement theory and institutional theory. The
>> research project studies how social innovation can bring about
>> empowerment and societal transformation.
>>
>> Many social innovators of today work locally, but are connected with
>> other innovators around the globe. TRANSIT explores these linkages by
>> researching international networks of social innovation in Europe and
>> Latin America as case studies both qualitatively and quantitatively.
>> Examples of the type of networks that we aim to research are:
>>
>> - The Impact-Hub, Global network of social entrepreneurs
>> - Ashoka, Network for financial support to social entrepreneurs
>> - Time Banks, Network facilitating reciprocal ser vice exchange
>> - Credit Unions, Different types of credit cooperatives
>> - RIPESS, Network for the promotion of social solidarity economy
>> - FABLABS, Digital fabrication workshops open to local communities
>> - Hackerspace, User driven digital fabrication workshops
>> - Living Knowledge Network, Network of science shops and community-based
>> research entities
>> - DESIS-network, Network for design for social innovation and
>> sustainability
>> - Global Ecovillage Network, Network of villages that promote
>> ecologically friendly development
>> - Transition Towns, Grassroots communities working on ‘local resilience’
>> - INFORSE, International network of sustainable energy NGOs
>>
>> http://www.transitsocialinnovation.eu/about-transit
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