Laura Secco
Biographic Data
| ID | 3733133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Secco |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Secco |
| SIGNATURE | SECCO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Padua |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7533-7474 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Unravelling Brazil's approach: Policy and governance gaps for social innovation in forest and landscape restoration
Social Innovative - Forest and Landscape Restoration (SI-FLR) describes a process in which social innovation (SI) drives forest and landscape restoration (FLR), improving local livelihoods and delivering nature's contributions to people. This paper reveals policy gaps hindering SI-FLR approach in Brazil and offers recommendations to leverage its advancement, incorporating insights from the Brazilian context and international best practices and ex…
Conflicts and policy priorities drive differences in the EU Forest strategy implementation: Insights from 15 European countries
Using the life satisfaction approach to economically value the health and wellbeing benefits of forest and green space visits in Italy
Native seed collector networks in Brazil: Sowing social innovations for transformative change
To investigate whether and how Social Innovation (SI) can contribute to transformative change, we explored nine Native Seed Collectors Networks (NSCNs) in Brazil. Employing Social Network Analysis, we delved into the organisational structure of four NSCNs. Additionally, we identified five instances of social innovations (SIs) using the guiding questions of the Social Innovation—Forest and Landscape Restoration (SI‐FLR) framework. These networks, …
Probabilistic network analysis of social-ecological relationships emerging from EU Life projects for nature and biodiversity: An application of ERGM models in the case study of the Veneto region (Ital…
Considering social-ecological relationships in managing protected areas is fundamental to ensuring effective biodiversity conservation and restoration governance. Network analysis offers valuable methods to disentangle intangible relations between and within the social and ecological systems. In this way, it could be possible to identify and integrate multiple social and ecological variables that inevitably affect collaborative environmental gove…
Policy framework as a challenge and opportunity for social innovation initiatives in eco-tourism in Colombia
Colombia confronts a multitude of societal and environmental problems, which severely manifest in rural areas, leading to loss of biodiversity, reduced legal income opportunities, marginalization, poverty, etc. Alternatives that can voluntarily mobilize collective agency, such as social innovation (SI), have emerged as a means for addressing the challenges of rural areas due to the potential they proved to have in other countries to enhance outco…
Institutional structures impeding forest-based social innovation in Serbia and Slovenia
The potential of forest-based social innovations (SI) can be understood by looking at existing institutional structures, relevant policy programmes and instruments, as well as the roles of the various relevant actors in SI frameworks. The case examples from Serbia and Slovenia aim to understand how existing institutional structures have become embedded in SI over the years as well as where gaps and untapped potential still exist within SI institu…
Analyzing social innovation as a process in rural areas: Key dimensions and success factors for the revival of the traditional charcoal burning in Slovenia
In rural areas, the social innovation (SI) process emerges as a response to negative socioeconomic trends or gets triggered by open windows of opportunity, bringing solutions that revitalize the rural fabric through the voluntary involvement of the local community. As such, SI is increasingly recognized as a tool to support rural development and transformative change. Regardless of increased interest and research, there are still calls for empiri…
Public perceptions of using forests to fuel the European bioeconomy: Findings from eight university cities
The political project on bioeconomy strives to address multiple societal aspirations, namely combine economic growth with environmental sustainability in some socially acceptable manner. The contradictions between the goals and the concrete plans to increase production, processing, and consumption of forest biomass in Europe have however raised sustainability concerns within and beyond its borders. While political actors articulate such contradic…
Casos brasileiros de Restauração Socioinovadora de Paisagens
As tendências atuais sobre a relação sociedade e natureza apontam para um cenário desfavorável para qualidade de vida humana. Na disputa política para construir soluções, cada vez mais pessoas se organizam para enfrentar a onda neopopulista e centralizadora que ganha. Desse ambiente de conflito e resistência alguns movimentos sociais, projetos socioambientais e organizações da sociedade civil têm encontrado uma forma de reagir de forma construtiv…
Social innovation: A preliminary exploration of a contested concept
This paper explores the contested concept of social innovation by using the ideas of discourse and framing as a lens to explore the contested definitions of social innovation. A selection of definitions is then deconstructed in relation to these discourses and framings. It is argued that the political pressures which create interest in social innovation have resulted in a confused and contested series of definitions, which remain largely unconnec…
Development of forest discourses across Europe: A longitudinal perspective
Bioeconomy perception by future stakeholders: Hearing from European forestry students
This article provides useful information for universities offering forestry programs and facing the growing demand for bioeconomy education. An explorative survey on bioeconomy perception among 1400 students enrolled in 29 universities across nine European countries offering forestry programs was performed. The data have been elaborated via descriptive statistics and cluster analysis. Around 70% of respondents have heard about the bioeconomy, mai…
Municipal transitions: The social, energy, and spatial dynamics of sociotechnical change in South Tyrol, Italy
With the aim of proposing recommendations on how to use social and territorial specificities as levers for wider achievement of climate and energy targets at local level, this research analyses territories as sociotechnical systems. Defining the territory as a sociotechnical system allows us to underline the interrelations between space, energy and society. Groups of municipalities in a region can be identified with respect to their potential pro…
Towards a method of evaluating social innovation in forest-dependent rural communities: First suggestions from a science-stakeholder collaboration
Can social innovation make a difference to forest-dependent communities
Local reflections on low-carbon energy systems: A systematic review of actors, processes, and networks of local societies
Orchestration in political processes: Involvement of experts, citizens, and participatory professionals in forest policy making
Research trends: Orchestrating forest policy-making: Involvement of scientists and stakeholders in political processes
Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia
Reporting practices of State Forest Enterprises in Europe
Failures of political decentralization in promoting network governance in the forest sector: Observations from Italy
Exploring the interlinkages between governance and social capital: A dynamic model for forestry
Standards and guidelines for forest plantation management: A global comparative study
Why and how to measure forest governance at local level: A set of indicators
Exploring the interlinkages between governance and social capital: A dynamic model for forestry
Can social innovation make a difference to forest-dependent communities
Why and how to measure forest governance at local level: A set of indicators
Development of forest discourses across Europe: A longitudinal perspective
Forestry governance and collective learning process in Italy: Likelihood or utopia
Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia
Institutional structures impeding forest-based social innovation in Serbia and Slovenia
The potential of forest-based social innovations (SI) can be understood by looking at existing institutional structures, relevant policy programmes and instruments, as well as the roles of the various relevant actors in SI frameworks. The case examples from Serbia and Slovenia aim to understand how existing institutional structures have become embedded in SI over the years as well as where gaps and untapped potential still exist within SI institu…
Towards a method of evaluating social innovation in forest-dependent rural communities: First suggestions from a science-stakeholder collaboration
Reporting practices of State Forest Enterprises in Europe
Orchestration in political processes: Involvement of experts, citizens, and participatory professionals in forest policy making
Failures of political decentralization in promoting network governance in the forest sector: Observations from Italy
Policy framework as a challenge and opportunity for social innovation initiatives in eco-tourism in Colombia
Colombia confronts a multitude of societal and environmental problems, which severely manifest in rural areas, leading to loss of biodiversity, reduced legal income opportunities, marginalization, poverty, etc. Alternatives that can voluntarily mobilize collective agency, such as social innovation (SI), have emerged as a means for addressing the challenges of rural areas due to the potential they proved to have in other countries to enhance outco…
Analyzing social innovation as a process in rural areas: Key dimensions and success factors for the revival of the traditional charcoal burning in Slovenia
In rural areas, the social innovation (SI) process emerges as a response to negative socioeconomic trends or gets triggered by open windows of opportunity, bringing solutions that revitalize the rural fabric through the voluntary involvement of the local community. As such, SI is increasingly recognized as a tool to support rural development and transformative change. Regardless of increased interest and research, there are still calls for empiri…
Municipal transitions: The social, energy, and spatial dynamics of sociotechnical change in South Tyrol, Italy
With the aim of proposing recommendations on how to use social and territorial specificities as levers for wider achievement of climate and energy targets at local level, this research analyses territories as sociotechnical systems. Defining the territory as a sociotechnical system allows us to underline the interrelations between space, energy and society. Groups of municipalities in a region can be identified with respect to their potential pro…
Standards and guidelines for forest plantation management: A global comparative study
Conflicts and policy priorities drive differences in the EU Forest strategy implementation: Insights from 15 European countries
Bioeconomy perception by future stakeholders: Hearing from European forestry students
This article provides useful information for universities offering forestry programs and facing the growing demand for bioeconomy education. An explorative survey on bioeconomy perception among 1400 students enrolled in 29 universities across nine European countries offering forestry programs was performed. The data have been elaborated via descriptive statistics and cluster analysis. Around 70% of respondents have heard about the bioeconomy, mai…
Forestry governance and collective learning process in Italy: Likelihood or utopia
Why and how to measure forest governance at local level: A set of indicators
Standards and guidelines for forest plantation management: A global comparative study
Exploring the interlinkages between governance and social capital: A dynamic model for forestry
Reporting practices of State Forest Enterprises in Europe
Failures of political decentralization in promoting network governance in the forest sector: Observations from Italy
Local reflections on low-carbon energy systems: A systematic review of actors, processes, and networks of local societies
Orchestration in political processes: Involvement of experts, citizens, and participatory professionals in forest policy making
Research trends: Orchestrating forest policy-making: Involvement of scientists and stakeholders in political processes
Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia
Municipal transitions: The social, energy, and spatial dynamics of sociotechnical change in South Tyrol, Italy
With the aim of proposing recommendations on how to use social and territorial specificities as levers for wider achievement of climate and energy targets at local level, this research analyses territories as sociotechnical systems. Defining the territory as a sociotechnical system allows us to underline the interrelations between space, energy and society. Groups of municipalities in a region can be identified with respect to their potential pro…
Towards a method of evaluating social innovation in forest-dependent rural communities: First suggestions from a science-stakeholder collaboration
Can social innovation make a difference to forest-dependent communities
Bioeconomy perception by future stakeholders: Hearing from European forestry students
This article provides useful information for universities offering forestry programs and facing the growing demand for bioeconomy education. An explorative survey on bioeconomy perception among 1400 students enrolled in 29 universities across nine European countries offering forestry programs was performed. The data have been elaborated via descriptive statistics and cluster analysis. Around 70% of respondents have heard about the bioeconomy, mai…
Social innovation: A preliminary exploration of a contested concept
This paper explores the contested concept of social innovation by using the ideas of discourse and framing as a lens to explore the contested definitions of social innovation. A selection of definitions is then deconstructed in relation to these discourses and framings. It is argued that the political pressures which create interest in social innovation have resulted in a confused and contested series of definitions, which remain largely unconnec…
Development of forest discourses across Europe: A longitudinal perspective
Public perceptions of using forests to fuel the European bioeconomy: Findings from eight university cities
The political project on bioeconomy strives to address multiple societal aspirations, namely combine economic growth with environmental sustainability in some socially acceptable manner. The contradictions between the goals and the concrete plans to increase production, processing, and consumption of forest biomass in Europe have however raised sustainability concerns within and beyond its borders. While political actors articulate such contradic…
Casos brasileiros de Restauração Socioinovadora de Paisagens
As tendências atuais sobre a relação sociedade e natureza apontam para um cenário desfavorável para qualidade de vida humana. Na disputa política para construir soluções, cada vez mais pessoas se organizam para enfrentar a onda neopopulista e centralizadora que ganha. Desse ambiente de conflito e resistência alguns movimentos sociais, projetos socioambientais e organizações da sociedade civil têm encontrado uma forma de reagir de forma construtiv…
Probabilistic network analysis of social-ecological relationships emerging from EU Life projects for nature and biodiversity: An application of ERGM models in the case study of the Veneto region (Ital…
Considering social-ecological relationships in managing protected areas is fundamental to ensuring effective biodiversity conservation and restoration governance. Network analysis offers valuable methods to disentangle intangible relations between and within the social and ecological systems. In this way, it could be possible to identify and integrate multiple social and ecological variables that inevitably affect collaborative environmental gove…
Policy framework as a challenge and opportunity for social innovation initiatives in eco-tourism in Colombia
Colombia confronts a multitude of societal and environmental problems, which severely manifest in rural areas, leading to loss of biodiversity, reduced legal income opportunities, marginalization, poverty, etc. Alternatives that can voluntarily mobilize collective agency, such as social innovation (SI), have emerged as a means for addressing the challenges of rural areas due to the potential they proved to have in other countries to enhance outco…
Institutional structures impeding forest-based social innovation in Serbia and Slovenia
The potential of forest-based social innovations (SI) can be understood by looking at existing institutional structures, relevant policy programmes and instruments, as well as the roles of the various relevant actors in SI frameworks. The case examples from Serbia and Slovenia aim to understand how existing institutional structures have become embedded in SI over the years as well as where gaps and untapped potential still exist within SI institu…
Analyzing social innovation as a process in rural areas: Key dimensions and success factors for the revival of the traditional charcoal burning in Slovenia
In rural areas, the social innovation (SI) process emerges as a response to negative socioeconomic trends or gets triggered by open windows of opportunity, bringing solutions that revitalize the rural fabric through the voluntary involvement of the local community. As such, SI is increasingly recognized as a tool to support rural development and transformative change. Regardless of increased interest and research, there are still calls for empiri…
Native seed collector networks in Brazil: Sowing social innovations for transformative change
To investigate whether and how Social Innovation (SI) can contribute to transformative change, we explored nine Native Seed Collectors Networks (NSCNs) in Brazil. Employing Social Network Analysis, we delved into the organisational structure of four NSCNs. Additionally, we identified five instances of social innovations (SIs) using the guiding questions of the Social Innovation—Forest and Landscape Restoration (SI‐FLR) framework. These networks, …
Unravelling Brazil's approach: Policy and governance gaps for social innovation in forest and landscape restoration
Social Innovative - Forest and Landscape Restoration (SI-FLR) describes a process in which social innovation (SI) drives forest and landscape restoration (FLR), improving local livelihoods and delivering nature's contributions to people. This paper reveals policy gaps hindering SI-FLR approach in Brazil and offers recommendations to leverage its advancement, incorporating insights from the Brazilian context and international best practices and ex…
Conflicts and policy priorities drive differences in the EU Forest strategy implementation: Insights from 15 European countries
Business (16 works) · Geography (16 works) · Political science (16 works) · Economics (15 works) · Forest Management and Policy (14 works) · Environmental resource management (11 works) · Corporate governance (10 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Environmental planning (8 works)