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Ali Panahi, Parisa (author)The global shift towards sustainable and renewable energy sources is an undeniable necessity. Energy communities, grounded in principles of community participation and environmental sustainability, are emerging as key players in driving this transformation. Flanders, a region in Belgium, has witnessed the rise of energy communities as they take...master thesis 2023
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Martellotto, Caro (author)In the context of the ongoing transition towards a more sustainable system, grassroots innovations, particularly Circular Initiatives (CIs), are emerging as crucial players, understanding Circular Economy as a promising pathway forward in this sustainability shift. Within this context, the Circular Value Flower (CVF) method was developed by Els...master thesis 2023
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IJpma, Marije (author)In the last decade, European citizens had to overcome multiple severe disruptive events like Covid-19, extreme weather and war at the EU-boarder. With ongoing climate change and political instability, more crises are expected to arise. To deal with these crises an increased resilience of individuals, organisations and society is needed. One...master thesis 2023
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de la Vega Guzman, Alexandra (author)Top-down solutions toward Incremental Housing have been criticized because the government has imposed unrealistic and unaffordable standards. On a bottom-up approach, Social Enterprises have been recognized for their contribution to global challenges by implementing service and product innovation and their intermediary role in the processes...master thesis 2022
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Mulder, I. (author), Buckenmayer, M.B. (author), Murphy, Ryan J.A. (author)Scaling is a motif describing the proportionate growth of innovation. Over the past decade, scholars have adapted the original idea of scaling from business to differentiate different ways to scale that are more appropriate in the context of social innovation. Scaling is sometimes thought of as a panacea: it is the end result, purpose, or answer...conference paper 2022
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Pearce, B.J. (author), Lieu, J. (author), Stavrakas, Vassilis (author), Tsopelas, Ilias (author), Ioannou, Anastasia (author), Dunphy, Niall (author), Xexakis, Georgios (author), Falcone, Gioia (author), Brenner-Fliesser, Michael (author), Schwarzinger, Stephan (author), Matowska, Malgorzata (author), Protopapdaki, Christina (author), Flamos, Alexandros (author)Achieving the European Union’s vision of climate neutrality by 2050 dictates the need to transform the role that citizens can play in decarbonizing the energy system. Yet, “which citizens to involve in this process,” “when to involve them,” and “how to do so fairly and effectively,” are questions that still remain unclear to both experts and...conference paper 2022
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Commu, Louka (author)Within the Energy Transition, citizen involvement is essential. In the end, we have to change together to succeed within the Energy Transition. Because of the local character of the Energy Transition and a responsibility shift, the municipalities have got the challenging task to increase citizen involvement. Local energy initiatives can be a...master thesis 2021
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Naik, Madhumita (author)Reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is vital to limit global warming to 1.5◦C. Decarbonizing the heating sector that is globally responsible for half of total energy consumption is necessary to achieve climate-neutrality goals. The complex nature of the heating sector (characterized by variable market demands, and complicated stakeholder...master thesis 2021
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van Eck, Eva (author)In project Reyeroord Aardgasvij Service designers work together with the municipality and other stakeholders to stimulate the energy transition in the neighbourhood Reyeroord in Rotterdam. Their goal is to develop interventions in the form of neighbourhood meetings, campaigns, and other activities that aim to activate the residents of Reyeroord...master thesis 2021
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Kok, Elvira (author)The Netherlands is dealing with a housing crisis, which originates from the financial crisis of 2008 (Obbink, 2020). After the financial crisis, the population grew whereas construction declined. The current shortage of houses is around 330.000 (Obbink, 2020), to counter this issue an estimated 1 million new houses need to be built in the coming...master thesis 2021
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Buckenmayer, Maria (author)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 & 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...master thesis 2021
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Marradi, Chiara (author)In the last decades, more and more complex societal and environmental challenges are rising. Social Innovation is an emerging and promising framework to tackle complex global challenges at the local level of urban contexts. These projects are socially, culturally and contextually embedded and highly dependent on the local ecosystem of resources....master thesis 2021
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Buckenmayer, M.B. (author), Gonçalves, M. (author), Mulder, I. (author)Social innovations are promising to tackle today's complex global challenges, especially when they scale, leading to a higher impact, which can generate asocietal transformation. The current work elaborates on scaling deep, a specific scaling strategy aiming to shift cultural values, mindsets and beliefs. However, applying this strategy in...conference paper 2021
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Guillen Mandujano, Georgina (author), Quist, J.N. (author), Hamari, Juho (author)Considering how wicked problems, such as overconsumption, climate change, or the management of the COVID-19 pandemic rely on multiple stakeholder groups’ deliberation, this study investigates gamification's potential in participatory backcasting processes to support the emergence and growth of social innovations towards sustainability....journal article 2021
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Angginta Ramdani Ibrahim, Ginta (author)Almost 25 million people in Indonesia are still living in poverty. Most of these people are living in a rural area. Energy provision is considered as one of the first steps towards poverty alleviation. However, there are many challenges faced by the Indonesian government in providing electricity to the rural area, because most of the non...master thesis 2020
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Goodwill, Maya (author)This report outlines the design process, research activities and results of a graduation thesis on power and privilege in multi-stakeholder public and social sector design processes. Due to a perceived gap in the design field, both in education and practice, the aim of this project is to support designers in becoming more aware of power dynamics...master thesis 2020
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Koppers, Mitchel (author)Food waste is a global problem that has a significant impact on the environment and society. Nevertheless, the Dutch government lacks a clear strategy to reduce food waste. The city of Amsterdam also lacks such a strategy. Therefore, various social innovation initiatives are actively preventing food waste. These initiatives emerge from local...master thesis 2020
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van Honschoten, Ricky (author)Capitalism is under siege. As the famous economist and business strategist Michael Porter note. Business practice is overflown with an increasing number of societal and environmental concerns, trumping economic activity and trapping businesses in a vicious cycle in which taking responsibility is repaid with taking even more responsibility. On...master thesis 2020
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Joseph Thaddeus, Agnelo Iasanth (author)Menstruation is a natural and healthy monthly phenomenon for women. However, many women across India struggle with it. Due to a number of barriers, these women are not able to use sanitary products resulting in a risk of contracting reproductive tract infections (RTIs), also their self-esteem and self-confidence also gets affected. This has...master thesis 2020
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Vergara d'Alençon, L.M. (author)In Chile, an increasing number of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) have positioned themselves as vehicles of social and political transformation through the implementation of projects in the built environment. These organizations are driven by social goals and represent an alternative to governmental and market gaps. This paper aims to...journal article 2020