Michael Søgaard Jørgensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1413733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Søgaard Jørgensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael Søgaard |
| FAMILY NAME | Jørgensen |
| SIGNATURE | JØRGENSEN M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalborg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6646-7250 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 160 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Engaging youth in the local environment. Promoting sustainability action competence in Danish high school teaching through citizen social science
Many young individuals experience a sense of disconnection from their immediate environment, which adversely affects their engagement in civic activities. This article outlines experiences with a sustainability actionable approach in a Danish high school, and how it influenced young people’s understanding of the local environment. The study entails a threemonth collaboration with a teacher and 17 high school students in Copenhagen who were being …
Is life cycle assessment enough to address unintended side effects from Circular Economy initiatives
Despite the spread of policy and business initiatives aiming at transitioning to a Circular Economy (CE), the concept is criticized in the scientific literature for its lack of emphasis on social contexts. Implementing CE initiatives to production systems can indeed lead to “unintended side effects,” that is, both rebound effects and other indirect shifts in consumption patterns. In this forum article we address the question: “ How to make the un…
Towards a theory of transformative social innovation
Exploring circular economy imaginaries in European cities
Unpacking the social innovation ecosystem
Social innovation is on the rise as a mode of governance through which to address societal challenges. Seeking to empower SI initiatives, researchers and policy makers are concerned with the development of supportive “ecosystems”. This concept usefully calls attention to the distributed nature of SI agency, but many questions remain on the kinds of network constellations involved. This contribution unpacks the “SI ecosystems” concept, specifying …
Navigations and governance in the Danish energy transition reflecting changing Arenas of Development, controversies and policy mixes
Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment
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 retreating welfare state. In order to scrutinise this assumption, this article proposes a set of concepts to study the dynamics of transformative social innovation and underlying processes of multi-actor (dis)empowermen…
The shaping of environmental impacts from Danish production and consumption of clothing
The social shaping approach to technology foresight
Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment
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 retreating welfare state. In order to scrutinise this assumption, this article proposes a set of concepts to study the dynamics of transformative social innovation and underlying processes of multi-actor (dis)empowermen…
The social shaping approach to technology foresight
Unpacking the social innovation ecosystem
Social innovation is on the rise as a mode of governance through which to address societal challenges. Seeking to empower SI initiatives, researchers and policy makers are concerned with the development of supportive “ecosystems”. This concept usefully calls attention to the distributed nature of SI agency, but many questions remain on the kinds of network constellations involved. This contribution unpacks the “SI ecosystems” concept, specifying …
Navigations and governance in the Danish energy transition reflecting changing Arenas of Development, controversies and policy mixes
The social shaping approach to technology foresight
The shaping of environmental impacts from Danish production and consumption of clothing
Navigations and governance in the Danish energy transition reflecting changing Arenas of Development, controversies and policy mixes
Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment
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 retreating welfare state. In order to scrutinise this assumption, this article proposes a set of concepts to study the dynamics of transformative social innovation and underlying processes of multi-actor (dis)empowermen…
Exploring circular economy imaginaries in European cities
Unpacking the social innovation ecosystem
Social innovation is on the rise as a mode of governance through which to address societal challenges. Seeking to empower SI initiatives, researchers and policy makers are concerned with the development of supportive “ecosystems”. This concept usefully calls attention to the distributed nature of SI agency, but many questions remain on the kinds of network constellations involved. This contribution unpacks the “SI ecosystems” concept, specifying …
Towards a theory of transformative social innovation
Is life cycle assessment enough to address unintended side effects from Circular Economy initiatives
Despite the spread of policy and business initiatives aiming at transitioning to a Circular Economy (CE), the concept is criticized in the scientific literature for its lack of emphasis on social contexts. Implementing CE initiatives to production systems can indeed lead to “unintended side effects,” that is, both rebound effects and other indirect shifts in consumption patterns. In this forum article we address the question: “ How to make the un…
Engaging youth in the local environment. Promoting sustainability action competence in Danish high school teaching through citizen social science
Many young individuals experience a sense of disconnection from their immediate environment, which adversely affects their engagement in civic activities. This article outlines experiences with a sustainability actionable approach in a Danish high school, and how it influenced young people’s understanding of the local environment. The study entails a threemonth collaboration with a teacher and 17 high school students in Copenhagen who were being …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (4 works) · Danish (3 works) · Economic system (3 works) · Knowledge management (3 works) · Sustainability (3 works)