Ralph Richter
Biographic Data
| ID | 4461793 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph Richter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph |
| FAMILY NAME | Richter |
| SIGNATURE | RICHTER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9039-6429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Sustainable transition in suburban transport
Alles noch in Ordnung da draußen? Alle noch bei der Stange?“ Neue Forschungen zum sozialen Zusammenhalt
The Impact of Dissonance? A Valuation Perspective on Rural Social Innovation Processes
Social innovation (SI) has been credited with fostering novel solutions to the socio-economic challenges many rural areas face. The quest for a substantiated understanding of its potential for regional development has spawned a rich literature on SI impact assessments. Yet, having been instrumental, these assessments harbour several ambiguities as they seek to unveil objective impacts in a results-oriented manner. First, SI processes take diverse…
Socially Innovative Initiatives in Deprived Rural Areas of Germany, Ireland and Portugal
In many (remote) rural areas of Europe and the world, rural communities are facing various challenges. One response is residents leaving their communities. However, there are also many empirical examples of residents staying, launching project initiatives, developing new solutions and experimenting with new practices. This is what we call social innovation. What experiences do actors have in these processes? Can we speak of empowerment? To what e…
Introduction. Dynamics of social innovations in rural communities
Innovations at the edge
Local innovation research often focuses on big cities and creative places. However, novel developments also emerge in provincial cities and in interactions between (social) entrepreneurs and policymakers. This article shows, by way of two case studies in Greece and Poland and an interpretive policy analysis, how local innovations are established in seemingly less innovation-friendly cities. It reveals that it is not the innovative product itself …
On the role of key players in rural social innovation processes
Social innovation (SI) research tends to understand rural SI processes as collective initiatives of equally engaged, supportive, and like-minded people. However, recent research has indicated that SI projects often benefit from dedicated key players who find support in their communities but also must deal with resistance and barriers. Against this backdrop, this article explores the figure of the key player in SI research and exposes the patterns…
Rural social enterprises as embedded intermediaries
The question of how social enterprises foster social innovation in rural regions remains largely unexplored. In this paper, I develop the assumption that the embeddedness of social enterprises in rural communities and their ability to connect rural communities with supra-regional networks and decision makers are crucial preconditions for generating and fostering social innovation in the countryside. By applying the social network approach and a c…
Industrial Heritage in Urban Imaginaries and City Images
Both the German city of Dortmund and the Scottish metropolis of Glasgow were powerhouses of the industrial era. Yet today the cities deal with their industrial legacies in completely different ways. Whereas Dortmund highlights its industrial history in official representations and preserves significant industrial relics, Glasgow omits the industrial past in its branding strategy and has removed almost all industrial remnants. I argue that each ci…
Region - Nation - Europa
The community health worker. A resource for improved health care delivery
The community health worker. A resource for improved health care delivery. R W Richter, B Bengen, P A Alsup, B Bruun, M M Kilcoyne, and B D ChallenorCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.64.11.1056 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Development of tolerance to street heroin in addicted and nonaddicted primates
Street" heroin varies tremendously ia amounts and in variety and amount of diluents. To evaluate the manner of handling acute reactions to administration of various doses of "Street" heroin, tests were made on baboons. Findings are only suggestive and further research is needed. Results seem to indicate many acute reaction deaths are not due to heroin overdosages but other factors such as quinine, bacteria, sugar, colloids, or to immunologic reac…
Rural social enterprises as embedded intermediaries
The question of how social enterprises foster social innovation in rural regions remains largely unexplored. In this paper, I develop the assumption that the embeddedness of social enterprises in rural communities and their ability to connect rural communities with supra-regional networks and decision makers are crucial preconditions for generating and fostering social innovation in the countryside. By applying the social network approach and a c…
Introduction. Dynamics of social innovations in rural communities
On the role of key players in rural social innovation processes
Social innovation (SI) research tends to understand rural SI processes as collective initiatives of equally engaged, supportive, and like-minded people. However, recent research has indicated that SI projects often benefit from dedicated key players who find support in their communities but also must deal with resistance and barriers. Against this backdrop, this article explores the figure of the key player in SI research and exposes the patterns…
The community health worker. A resource for improved health care delivery
The community health worker. A resource for improved health care delivery. R W Richter, B Bengen, P A Alsup, B Bruun, M M Kilcoyne, and B D ChallenorCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.64.11.1056 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Socially Innovative Initiatives in Deprived Rural Areas of Germany, Ireland and Portugal
In many (remote) rural areas of Europe and the world, rural communities are facing various challenges. One response is residents leaving their communities. However, there are also many empirical examples of residents staying, launching project initiatives, developing new solutions and experimenting with new practices. This is what we call social innovation. What experiences do actors have in these processes? Can we speak of empowerment? To what e…
Industrial Heritage in Urban Imaginaries and City Images
Both the German city of Dortmund and the Scottish metropolis of Glasgow were powerhouses of the industrial era. Yet today the cities deal with their industrial legacies in completely different ways. Whereas Dortmund highlights its industrial history in official representations and preserves significant industrial relics, Glasgow omits the industrial past in its branding strategy and has removed almost all industrial remnants. I argue that each ci…
Development of tolerance to street heroin in addicted and nonaddicted primates
Street" heroin varies tremendously ia amounts and in variety and amount of diluents. To evaluate the manner of handling acute reactions to administration of various doses of "Street" heroin, tests were made on baboons. Findings are only suggestive and further research is needed. Results seem to indicate many acute reaction deaths are not due to heroin overdosages but other factors such as quinine, bacteria, sugar, colloids, or to immunologic reac…
The community health worker. A resource for improved health care delivery
The community health worker. A resource for improved health care delivery. R W Richter, B Bengen, P A Alsup, B Bruun, M M Kilcoyne, and B D ChallenorCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.64.11.1056 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Region - Nation - Europa
Rural social enterprises as embedded intermediaries
The question of how social enterprises foster social innovation in rural regions remains largely unexplored. In this paper, I develop the assumption that the embeddedness of social enterprises in rural communities and their ability to connect rural communities with supra-regional networks and decision makers are crucial preconditions for generating and fostering social innovation in the countryside. By applying the social network approach and a c…
Industrial Heritage in Urban Imaginaries and City Images
Both the German city of Dortmund and the Scottish metropolis of Glasgow were powerhouses of the industrial era. Yet today the cities deal with their industrial legacies in completely different ways. Whereas Dortmund highlights its industrial history in official representations and preserves significant industrial relics, Glasgow omits the industrial past in its branding strategy and has removed almost all industrial remnants. I argue that each ci…
Innovations at the edge
Local innovation research often focuses on big cities and creative places. However, novel developments also emerge in provincial cities and in interactions between (social) entrepreneurs and policymakers. This article shows, by way of two case studies in Greece and Poland and an interpretive policy analysis, how local innovations are established in seemingly less innovation-friendly cities. It reveals that it is not the innovative product itself …
On the role of key players in rural social innovation processes
Social innovation (SI) research tends to understand rural SI processes as collective initiatives of equally engaged, supportive, and like-minded people. However, recent research has indicated that SI projects often benefit from dedicated key players who find support in their communities but also must deal with resistance and barriers. Against this backdrop, this article explores the figure of the key player in SI research and exposes the patterns…
Introduction. Dynamics of social innovations in rural communities
The Impact of Dissonance? A Valuation Perspective on Rural Social Innovation Processes
Social innovation (SI) has been credited with fostering novel solutions to the socio-economic challenges many rural areas face. The quest for a substantiated understanding of its potential for regional development has spawned a rich literature on SI impact assessments. Yet, having been instrumental, these assessments harbour several ambiguities as they seek to unveil objective impacts in a results-oriented manner. First, SI processes take diverse…
Socially Innovative Initiatives in Deprived Rural Areas of Germany, Ireland and Portugal
In many (remote) rural areas of Europe and the world, rural communities are facing various challenges. One response is residents leaving their communities. However, there are also many empirical examples of residents staying, launching project initiatives, developing new solutions and experimenting with new practices. This is what we call social innovation. What experiences do actors have in these processes? Can we speak of empowerment? To what e…
Alles noch in Ordnung da draußen? Alle noch bei der Stange?“ Neue Forschungen zum sozialen Zusammenhalt
Sustainable transition in suburban transport
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Rural development and sustainability (5 works) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic geography (3 works) · Innovation, Technology, and Society (3 works)