A Social life cycle assessment of Urban Wastewater Treatment Systems with Resources Recovery: A Case Study of the WATER MINING Project in Portugal

Global water-related impacts are in constant aggravation due to climate change, increased water demand, intensive human activities, and deterioration of the quality of water bodies.<br/>Under this paradigm, humanity must adapt and implement measures to ensure both the quality of water bodies and the sustainable management of resources. <br/>As a...

Demonstrating the impact of participatory design on citizens’ empowered citizenship: A framework and tool for understanding and demonstrating the impact of participatory design on citizens’ empowered citizenship

Society is increasingly faced with complex and wicked problems (Hervieux &amp; Voltan, 2019). As a result, organisations face complex and open challenges and design has become more popular as an approach to address this (Dorst, 2011). Due to these global changes, the social design field is growing (Tromp &amp; Vial, 2022). Participatory design...

A launch strategy to increase awareness and availability of MakaPads in rural Uganda

Girls and women in Uganda lack Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) information, and proper tools and facilities to manage their periods. There are different methods that girls in rural areas use to manage their menstruation such as cloths or pads. This project focuses on menstrual pads as they are hygienic, absorbent, and comfortable. Therefore,...

Fruitful friction as a strategy to scale social innovations

New approaches to overcome complex societal problems of today are the need of the hour, especially to enable the transition to a sustainable future (Concilio &amp; Tosoni, 2019). Here, social innovations present new ways to tackle global problems on a local scale; that when put together, can create a transformation on a systemic level while...

Impact First Development: an explorative study into (urban) development with the specific intention to create positive social impact

The world is experiencing climate change. Environmental problems are substantial and it's known that economic growth contributes to them. In addition, social inequality in society has grown. As a response, the concept of sustainable development has come up, but to date businesses find this hard to implement in their ways of working. As societal...

Social value for whom, by whom and when?: Managing stakeholder dynamics in a UK megaproject

Studies of project success have generally recognised the role that stakeholder management plays in shaping a collective understanding of value. While these studies have typically focused on new builds, few studies have examined stakeholder management at the end of the life of a built asset. This paper draws on a single megaproject case study...