What can we learn from socially innovative practices? Andreas Novy, Bernhard Leubolt, Stijn Oosterlynck and Florian Wukovitsch Antwerp, May 2012

Content 1.What to learn from SI? 2.Research Trajectory 3.WP 4 in practice FUßZEILESEITE 2

1. What can we learn from SI- research on social inclusion? (1)  Social innovation: (1) bottom-up community or collective articulation of/ response to social needs unmet by state or market (2) integrated (as opposed to sectoral) approach to meeting social needs and tackling exclusion (3) socially innovative in its methods as well as aims FUßZEILESEITE 3

1. What can we learn from SI- research on social inclusion? (2)  Hence question: Can socially innovative policies and actions be treated as alternative way of revealing ‘social needs’ and trends in poverty and social exclusion (as compared to standardized quantitative measures)? -sensitive to spatially concentrated social needs and exclusion dynamics -sensitive to multi-dimensional character of social needs and exclusion -sensitive to relational, multiscalar and dynamic nature of social exclusion and inclusion FUßZEILESEITE 4

1. What can we learn from SI- research on social inclusion? (3) -reveal alternative dimensions of social inequalities (e.g. political/civic participation, discrimination, etc.) -reveal alternative fields for social action (e.g. environmental justice) -reveal new perspectives on strategies for social inclusion FUßZEILESEITE 5

2. Research Trajectory on Social Innovation and Social Exclusion (1)  SINGOCOM – Social Innovation and Governance in Local Communities (FP5, )  Definition of social innovation:  satisfaction of basic needs;  empowerment of excluded/marginalized population;  innovation in governance FUßZEILESEITE 6

2. Research Trajectory on Social Innovation and Social Exclusion (2)  DEMOLOGOS – Development Models and Logic of Social Organization in Space (FP6, )  New in this context does not necessarily mean “novel”, but stands for a change of the established paradigms – be it in favour of brand-new solutions or of a return to old, better-working ones  Path-dependency and path-shaping  Context-sensitivity (place-based development strategies)  Institutions as mediation between global dynamics and local life world and agency  Multi-scalarity of development FUßZEILESEITE 7

2. Research Trajectory on Social Innovation and Social Exclusion (3)  KATARSIS – Socially innovative strategies against social exclusion (FP6 CA, ) and SOCIAL POLIS – Cities and Social Cohesion (FP7 Social Platform, )  Focus on dynamics of exclusion/inclusion and social cohesion (city as a whole) and less on “poverty”  Social cohesion as multi-dimensional (social, cultural, economic, political and ecological) and multi-scalar  Transdisciplinarity as research method  Scale-sensitivity to overcome bottom-up and top-down dualism: bottom-linked initiatives FUßZEILESEITE 8

3. WP 4 in practice  Activity 1: -Aim: identify which social needs and new poverty and exclusion dynamics are revealed by local socially innovative actions and policies? -Method: literature review -Deliverable: literature review paper -Timing: month 8 -Led by OASeS; other partners involved: UniURB and WU FUßZEILESEITE 9

3. WP 4 in practice  Activity 2: -Aim: compare with main results of WP A.1 and A.2 to address complementary strengths of both ImPRovE research traditions in identifying poverty and exclusions -Method: transversal reading exercise and workshop -Deliverable: paper with methodological suggestions about identifying needs and poverty and exclusion dynamics -Timing: (month 26 – tight schedule?) deliverables WP 1 and 2 are only finished in year 2 -Led by UniURB; other partners: OASeS, RUW and CSB FUßZEILESEITE 10