Identifying social innovations in European local rural development initiatives

Social innovation is attracting increasing attention in research and policy, heightened by continuing austerity across Europe. Therefore, this paper examines earlier research into community-led local development (CLLD) initiatives in rural areas of Europe to develop our understanding of the meaning...

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Published inInnovation (Abingdon, England) Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 442 - 461
Main Authors Bosworth, Gary, Rizzo, Fulvio, Marquardt, Doris, Strijker, Dirk, Haartsen, Tialda, Aagaard Thuesen, Annette
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.10.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Community research
community-led local development
Development policy
Europe
Innovation
Innovations
LEADER
Meaning
R&D
Research & development
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural development
rural policy
Social development
Social innovation
Europe
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Summary:Social innovation is attracting increasing attention in research and policy, heightened by continuing austerity across Europe. Therefore, this paper examines earlier research into community-led local development (CLLD) initiatives in rural areas of Europe to develop our understanding of the meaning and scope of rural social innovation. We draw on a Schumpeterian view where innovations emerge from new combinations of resources that bring about positive changes and create value in society. A Schumpeterian social innovation framework is derived as the basis for re-analysing data from previous evaluations of LEADER policy in five different national contexts. This elicits a clearer understanding of social innovation in a rural development context, identifying different processes and outcomes that create social value. As the CLLD agenda and the demand for innovation in Europe gather pace, our aspirations are to inform future research and other initiatives on how to integrate social innovation into the design and evaluation of new rural development policies and programmes.
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ISSN:1351-1610
1469-8412
DOI:10.1080/13511610.2016.1176555