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View article: The cultural politics of eco-shaming
The cultural politics of eco-shaming Open
In the face of deepening changes in our socio-environments, understanding how people socially and politically engage with, and disengage from, socio-environmental changes has become a major concern. Eco-shaming has recently emerged as a wa…
View article: Paradoxes of Transformative Social Innovation: From Critical Awareness towards Strategies of Inquiry
Paradoxes of Transformative Social Innovation: From Critical Awareness towards Strategies of Inquiry Open
Society is transforming through a whirlpool of innovations. This includes technological as well as social innovations, i.e. changes in social relations involving new ways of doing, organizing, framing and knowing. Especially the potentials…
View article: ‘How dare you!’: a conceptualization of the eco-shaming discourse in Belgium
‘How dare you!’: a conceptualization of the eco-shaming discourse in Belgium Open
The rise of Greta Thunberg, the Swedish ‘flygskam’ (flight shame) movement, and school strikes for climate: the context for apprehending environmental affairs changed significantly in 2018, enabling the construction of a new environmental …
View article: Transitiong to a circular economy
Transitiong to a circular economy Open
We are living on a finite planet. Humankind is overstepping planetary boundaries, however. In 2021, worldwide consumption has exceeded the yearly bio-capacity of the Earth (what we call the overshoot day) on the 29th of July. For industria…
View article: Implementing exnovation?
Implementing exnovation? Open
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View article: The Elusiveness of Exnovation Impacts: Contribution of Sustainability Assessment & Insights from the Brussels Low Emission Zone Case
The Elusiveness of Exnovation Impacts: Contribution of Sustainability Assessment & Insights from the Brussels Low Emission Zone Case Open
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View article: Linking Food Democracy and Sustainability on the Ground: Learnings from the Study of Three Alternative Food Networks in Brussels
Linking Food Democracy and Sustainability on the Ground: Learnings from the Study of Three Alternative Food Networks in Brussels Open
The article explores and discusses, both conceptually and empirically, the exercise of food democracy in the context of three alternative food networks (AFNs) in Brussels, Belgium. It demonstrates that food democracy can be described as a …
View article: Participation in S-LCA: A Methodological Proposal Applied to Belgian Alternative Food Chains (Part 1)
Participation in S-LCA: A Methodological Proposal Applied to Belgian Alternative Food Chains (Part 1) Open
In social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), the use of a participatory approach to define and select assessment criteria and indicators (C&Is) is recommended given the specificity of social issues, but it has been, for now, rarely implemented…
View article: How Do Chain Governance and Fair Trade Matter? A S-LCA Methodological Proposal Applied to Food Products from Belgian Alternative Chains (Part 2)
How Do Chain Governance and Fair Trade Matter? A S-LCA Methodological Proposal Applied to Food Products from Belgian Alternative Chains (Part 2) Open
Alternative food networks (AFNs) have emerged to improve both environmental and socio-economic aspects of food provisioning, including the living and working conditions of farmers. Their objectives are supposed to be mediated through the s…
View article: Participation in S-LCA: A Methodological Proposal Applied to Belgian Alternative Food Chains (Part 1)
Participation in S-LCA: A Methodological Proposal Applied to Belgian Alternative Food Chains (Part 1) Open
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View article: Reconfiguring which systems? An interdisciplinary reflection on units of analysis in the Circular Economy transition
Reconfiguring which systems? An interdisciplinary reflection on units of analysis in the Circular Economy transition Open
The circular economy (CE) is gaining attention as a new concept for sustainable development. The interpretively flexible concept has evoked critical discussions of its practical and theoretical purchase ,however. Following calls for CE ope…
View article: Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment
Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment Open
This article responds to increasing public and academic discourses on social innovation, which often rest on the assumption that social innovation can drive societal change and empower actors to deal with societal challenges and a retreati…
View article: Synthesis report: meta-analysis of Critical Turning Points in TSI: Deliverable D5.4
Synthesis report: meta-analysis of Critical Turning Points in TSI: Deliverable D5.4 Open
This deliverable is the synthesis report of work package 5 ‘Cases and Evidence – Meta analysis’. It presents the results of the meta-analysis of TSI propositions through the Critical Turning Points database. This database contains 65 local…
View article: Towards a TSI theory: a relational framework and 12 propositions
Towards a TSI theory: a relational framework and 12 propositions Open
This paper makes a contribution to the identified need for conceptual clarity and new theory on social innovation. Specifically it addresses transformative social innovation (TSI), defined as the process of challenging, altering, or replac…
View article: Editorial Synthesis: Methodological Challenges in Social Innovation Research
Editorial Synthesis: Methodological Challenges in Social Innovation Research Open
In recent years, there have been substantial efforts towards theory-building and conceptual clarification in social innovation (SI) research further contributing to its consolidation as a research field. Taking a different angle, this spec…
View article: On the agency and dynamics of transformative social innovation: TRANSIT working paper 7
On the agency and dynamics of transformative social innovation: TRANSIT working paper 7 Open
A previous version of this paper has been part of TRANSIT Deliverable 3.3 (July 2016), the second prototype of TSI theory.
View article: Emergent transformation games: exploring social innovation agency and activation through the case of the Belgian electricity blackout threat
Emergent transformation games: exploring social innovation agency and activation through the case of the Belgian electricity blackout threat Open
The persistence of current societal problems has given rise to a quest for transformative social innovations. As social innovation actors seek to become change makers, it has been suggested that they need to play into impactful macrodevelo…