Pular para o conteúdo principal

ETHNOS_APP

Início • Busca • Periódicos • Lista 0

Narratives of change

How social innovation initiatives construct societal transformation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7435110
AutoresJulia M Wittmayer (0000-0002-4738-6276, Erasmus University Rotterdam, autor correspondente), Jürgen Backhaus (0000-0003-4807-0035, Maastricht University), Flor Avelino (0000-0002-3709-9791, Erasmus University Rotterdam), Bonno Pel (0000-0001-6863-2475, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Tim Strasser (0000-0002-9825-1742, Maastricht University), Iris Kunze (BOKU University), Linda Zuijderwijk (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Ano2019
Volume112
Páginas102433-102433
Data de publicação2019-06-10
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFutures (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-3287 • E-ISSN: 1873-6378
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.futures.2019.06.005
OpenAlexW2950950927
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas100
Referências citadas58

Alongside current policy discourses on the transformative potentials of social innovation, social innovation initiatives also construct their own accounts of how society can be transformed and by whom. Building on state-of-the-art futures studies and narrative research and their linkages, this article unfolds these narratives of change (NoC) by social innovation initiatives. A tripartite framework is used to analyse and discuss the content, construction and role of the NoC of four initiatives: Ashoka, the Global Ecovillage Network, RIPESS and Shareable. The analysis shows that all NoC suggest alternative economic arrangements that challenge the current neoliberal, capitalist system, including the dominant policy narrative of (social) innovation for economic growth. It further highlights the pivotal role of NoC in the construction of individual and social identities and the efforts dedicated to the development and communication of collectively shared worldviews. Differences in NoC are identified regarding the more deliberative or rather hierarchical ways of narrative construction. Concluding reflections highlight how NoC reveal the failings of current systems and suggest alternatives, that their construction mirrors and thereby tests the model of change advocated by social innovation initiatives and that NoC may lure actors into enrolment by offering opportunities to engage in meaning-making

Social constructionism · Transformative learning · Community Development and Social Impact · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

  • Cultivating social innovation for agri-food sustainability transformations

    Open Access•Machteld Catharina Simoens, Caroline Hélène Dabard et al.•Journal of Rural Studies•2026

  • Envisioning desirable futures in small-scale fisheries

    Open Access•Ignacio Gianelli, Micaela Trimble et al.•Conservation Ecology•2024

  • Zukunft gestalten mit Sozialen Innovationen

    Open Access•Jürgen Howaldt, Miriam Kreibich et al.•Zukunft gestalten mit Sozialen…•2022

  • Towards a theory of transformative social innovation

    Open Access•Bonno Pel, Alex Haxeltine et al.•Research Policy•2020

  • Exploring the diversity of social innovations in urban energy and climate transitions. Findings from a broad survey among German municipalities

    Open Access•Maria Stadler, Elisabeth Dütschke et al.•Energy Research & Social Science•2026

  • Designing for co-becoming

    Jixiang Jiang, Yasuyuki Hayama•The Design Journal•2026

  • Sustainable urban freight transition governance in small and medium-sized cities

    Open Access•Mikael Kervall, Henrik Pålsson et al.•Transport Policy•2026

  • Information receivers or change makers? Citizen representations in co-created energy transition pathways

    Open Access•Satu Lähteenoja, Kaisa Savolainen et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2026

  • The meaning of climate-smart forestry— A narrative literature review

    Open Access•Elaine Anne Parlade, Gerhard Wei et al.•Forest Policy and Economics•2026

  • Catalysing social innovation in the Amazon

    Otavio Luiz de Castro Romano Junior, Otávio Luiz de Castro Romano et al.•Local Environment•2025

  • Climate action

    Pedro Macedo, Filipe Duarte Santos et al.•Local Environment•2021

  • Sostenibilidad femenina y startups

    Open Access•Rocío Torres-Mancera, Estrella Martínez Rodrigo et al.•Revista Latina de Comunicación…•2023

  • Action research for energy system transformation

    Open Access•Simon Jorgenson, John C Stephens•Educational Action Research•2022

  • Civil society for sustainable change

    Open Access•Arjen Buijs, Susan de Koning et al.•Journal of Environmental Planning…•2024

  • Approaching Change

    Open Access•Pernilla Hagbert, Åsa Nyblom et al.•Environmental Values•2021

  • Empowering Collective Intentionality

    Muhammad Ajmal, Waqas Manzoor Dar et al.•World Futures•2025

  • Tracing the Intellectual Evolution of Social Entrepreneurship Research

    Open Access•Pradeep Kumar Hota•Journal of Business Ethics•2023

  • What is not social innovation

    Open Access•José Alberto Solis-Navarrete, Saray Bucio-Mendoza et al.•Technological Forecasting and…•2021

  • Rethinking the diffusion of grassroots innovations

    Open Access•Rebeca Roysen, Nadine Bruehwiler et al.•Technological Forecasting and…•2024

  • Atlas of Social Innovation

    Jürgen Howaldt, Christoph Kaletka et al.•Atlas of Social Innovation•2019

  • Imagination and transformations to sustainable and just futures

    Open Access•Michele-Lee Moore, Michele‐Lee Moore et al.•Elementa Science of the…•2020

  • Social innovation projects link to sustainable development goals

    Jorge Cunha, Carla Ferreira et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • Social innovation for sustainable development

    Walter Leal Filho, Björn Fritzen et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • Who Wants to Become a Role Model? Personal Narratives of Success and Internal Dynamics of Change in Nairobi’s Ghettos

    Jean-Baptiste Lanne, Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle•The African Review•2024

  • Does religious difference have an impact on the diffusion of sustainable innovations? A mixed-methods analysis of ecovillages worldwide

    Open Access•Nadine Bruehwiler, Jens Koehrsen et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2025

  • Territorial transformation through circular bioeconomy transitions

    Open Access•Clement Jacquet, Tiago Teixeira Da Silva Siqueira•Environmental Innovation and…•2025

  • Co-creation of social innovations for healthy ageing in rural Europe – a process evaluation of a volunteer-led guided conversation toolkit using Normalisation Process Theory (NPT)

    Open Access•Basharat Hussain, Mahrukh Mirza et al.•Journal of Responsible Innovation•2024

  • Narrative futures

    Open Access•Karoline Augenstein, Jenny Künkel et al.•GAIA - Ecological Perspectives…•2025

  • A narrative evaluation of a faith-based aftercare program for youth involved in the juvenile justice system

    Open Access•Austin Ferolino, Reuel Joab C Yap•Archive for the Psychology of…•2022

  • Another world is possible? – Climate movements’ bounded politicization between science and politics

    Open Access•Christopher N Pavenstädt•Frontiers in Political Science•2024

  • Communal sharing within and beyond digital platforms

    Open Access•Inka Santala, Pauline Mcguirk•Digital Geography and Society•2022

  • Unravelling the discursive dynamics of counternarratives in the Dutch energy transition

    Open Access•Naomi Schrandt, Julia M Wittmayer et al.•The Extractive Industries and…•2024

  • Social innovation, ecological crises and creating mining host community resilience in Southern Africa

    Open Access•Nelson Chipangamate, Glen T Nwaila•The Extractive Industries and…•2025

  • Transition or not? Assessing competing narratives in South Africa's just energy transition

    Open Access•Almut Mohr•Energy Research & Social Science•2025

  • Thinking, doing, organising

    Open Access•Julia M Wittmayer, Inês Campos et al.•Energy Research & Social Science•2021

  • Beyond instrumentalism

    Open Access•Julia M Wittmayer, Tessa De Geus et al.•Energy Research & Social Science•2020

  • Strategy and Steering in Governance

    Open Access•Rodrigo Alves Rolo, K Van Assche et al.•Politics and Governance•2021

  • The role of values in future scenarios

    Open Access•Zuzana V Harmáčková, Yuki Yoshida et al.•Current Opinion in Environmental…•2023

  • Enabling collective agency for sustainability transformations through reframing in the Xochimilco social–ecological system

    Open Access•Lakshmi Charli-Joseph, J Mario Siqueiros-Garcia et al.•Sustainability Science•2022

  • Identifying mindsets for urban sustainability transformation

    Open Access•Flávia Guerra, Maryiam Syed•Sustainability Science•2023

  • Crisis, transformation, and agency

    Open Access•Karina Benessaiah, Hallie Eakin•Sustainability Science•2021

  • (Too) high hopes? How Austrian energy community actors construct their roles in the energy transition

    Open Access•Andrea Vogler, Barbara Kump•Sustainability Science•2023

  • Energizing a transformation to a circular bioeconomy

    Open Access•O M Schagen, Tamara Metze et al.•Sustainability Science•2022

  • Using the three horizons approach to explore pathways towards positive futures for agricultural landscapes with rich biodiversity

    Open Access•Tamara Schaal, Michael Mitchell et al.•Sustainability Science•2023

  • Transforming universities

    Open Access•Derk A Loorbach, Julia M Wittmayer•Sustainability Science•2023

  • The renewal of politics through co-creation

    Open Access•Simon De Muynck, Dominique Nalpas•IJAR – International Journal of…•2021

  • Spiritual Representations in Rural Ecovillages

    Open Access•Tiago Pinto•Journal for the Study of Religion…•2024

  • Unpacking the social innovation ecosystem

    Bonno Pel, Julia M Wittmayer et al.•Innovation The European Journal…•2019

  • Together for the greater goods

    Open Access•Tineke Kleinhout‐Vliek, Wouter Boon et al.•Innovation The European Journal…•2024

  • Controversies in social innovation research

    Ander Gurrutxaga Abad, Auxkin Galarraga•Innovation The European Journal…•2021

  • Opening the black box of social innovation in migration governance

    Melissa Moralli•Innovation The European Journal…•2023

  • Digitally-enabled social innovation. Mapping discourses on an emergent social technology

    Chiara Certomà, Filippo Corsini•Innovation The European Journal…•2021

  • Industrial culture as an agent of social innovation

    Open Access•Jernej Tiran, David Bole et al.•Innovation The European Journal…•2022

  • Introducing the adopter perspective in social innovation research

    Rick Hölsgens•Innovation The European Journal…•2021

  • Narratives in economics

    Open Access•Merethe Roos, Michael Roos et al.•Journal of Economic Surveys•2023

  • Building a local structural basis for economic change? A case study on grassroots initiatives from a ‘social provisioning’ perspective

    Open Access•Roman Hausmann, Anne-Kathrin Schwab•Ecological Economics•2024

  • Motivations, changes and challenges of participating in food-related social innovations and their transformative potential

    Open Access•Felix Zoll, Alexandra Harder et al.•Agriculture and Human Values•2024

  • Alternative places for alternative people? A changing ecovillage discourse from Othered lifestyle to another rurality

    Open Access•Alana Lennon, Nina Gunnerud Berg•Journal of Rural Studies•2022

  • Analyzing social innovation as a process in rural areas

    Open Access•Todora Rogelja, Alice Ludvig et al.•Journal of Rural Studies•2023

  • If we can make it there, we can make it everywhere

    Open Access•Danai Liodaki, Colm Stockdale•Geografiska Annaler Series B…•2025

  • Social innovation in rural areas to promote Sustainable Development

    Open Access•Ruth Zárate Rueda, Yolima Ivonne Beltrán Villamizar et al.•Sociedade e Estado•2025

  • Exploring the strategic communication of the sharing city project through frame analysis

    Open Access•José Ignacio Sánchez Vergara, José Ignacio Sánchez-Vergara et al.•Cities•2021

  • Conceptualizing controversies in the EU circular bioeconomy transition

    Open Access•Jan R Starke, Tamara Metze et al.•AMBIO•2022

  • Exploring community resilience through Arctic residents’ narratives in the Republic of Sakha (Russia)

    Open Access•Natalia Doloisio•AMBIO•2025

  • Narratives of Change or Changing the Narrative? An Exploration of Narratives in Rural Social Innovation

    Open Access•Marina Novikova•Sociologia Ruralis•2025

  • Towards a minimal definition of policy innovation labs

    Open Access•Moshe Maor•Policy Sciences•2026

  • Crafting alternative AI narratives through co-speculative zine-making

    Open Access•Adriaan Odendaal•Futures•2026

  • Narratives of change

    Open Access•Paulina Dobroć, Paula Bögel et al.•Futures•2023

  • Emergent consequences of narrating futures in energy transitions

    Open Access•Martin Durdovic•Futures•2022

  • Literary futures

    Open Access•Rebecca Braun, Orla Lehane et al.•Futures•2024

  • What we can do is contribute to EU goals”

    Open Access•Vineta Kleinberga, Lelde Metla-Rozentāle et al.•Environmental Politics•2026

  • Spaces for planning evolution

    Rodrigo H Alves Rolo, Rodrigo Alves Rolo•2022

  • Inner transformation to sustainability as a deep leverage point

    Open Access•Christoph Woiwode, N Schäpke et al.•Sustainability Science•2021

  • Persistency of the shrinkage challenge in eastern Germany, legacy effects and limited policy impact

    Open Access•Ingrid Machold, Thomas Dax•Journal of Rural Studies•2025

  • Not one inconvenient truth, but many

    Open Access•Lena Partzsch•Journal of Political Power•2024

  • Intergenerationally just sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Aikaterini Argyrou, Harry Hummels et al.•Futures•2025

  • Young people envisioning desired futures through narratives of change in science education

    Open Access•Hanna Røkenes, A Jornet et al.•Futures•2025

  • Desired or contested futures? Competing discourse-coalitions for sustainable aviation in Sweden

    Open Access•Emily Christley, Sara Ullström•Critical Policy Studies•2024

  • Food systems narratives in Colombia

    Open Access•Sebastián Dueñas Ocampo, Margaret Hegwood et al.•Agriculture and Human Values•2025

  • Agri-food related social innovations in sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Friederike Elsner, Christian Herzig et al.•Agriculture and Human Values•2025

  • From farm to table

    Open Access•Veronica Hector, Jonathan Friedrich et al.•Agriculture and Human Values•2025

  • From ‘Master and Servants’ to ‘Equal Partners’ in a Health Community

    Open Access•Trude Senneseth, Ottar Ne•Action Research•2025

  • Social innovation in the making

    Open Access•Markus Frank, Mariano Martin Amoroso et al.•Action Research•2025

  • Narratives of sustainable cities co-creation

    Open Access•Alejandra Ramos Gálvez, Alejandra Ramos-Galvez et al.•Cities•2025

  • Household niche experimentation in sustainability transitions and everyday life

    Open Access•Rob Raven, Jo Lindsay et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2024

  • Innovating Urban Governance for Sustainable Energy Transitions

    Open Access•Marta Strumińska-Kutra, Agata Dembek et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2023

  • Affective Contradictions and Narratives of Change

    Open Access•Hanna Røkenes, A Jornet•Science Education•2026

  • Une pour toutes, toutes pour une

    Mikaël Akimowicz, Geoffroy Labrouche et al.•Revue d’Économie Régionale &…•2025

  • The Uncommon Good

    Open Access•Azra Sungu, Weslynne Ashton et al.•Ethnographic Praxis in Industry…•2023

  • Assessing mission-specific innovation systems

    Open Access•Remi Elzinga, Matthijs J Janssen et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2023

  • Transformative innovation and translocal diffusion

    Open Access•Derk Loorbach, Derk A Loorbach et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2020

  • Pluralising place frames in urban transition management

    Open Access•D Sharp, Rob Raven et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2024

  • Identity in sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Annelli Janssen, Pieter J Beers et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2022

  • Innovation studies, social innovation, and sustainability transitions research

    Open Access•Attila Havas, Doris Schartinger et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2023

  • Societal transformation through the prism of the concept of territoire

    Open Access•Carine Pachoud, Kirsten Koop et al.•Environmental Innovation and…•2022

  • Transforming ecological modernization 'from within' or perpetuating it? The circular economy as EU environmental policy narrative

    Open Access•Sina Leipold•Environmental Politics•2021

  • How Local Practices of Sociopolitical Innovation Develop

    Open Access•Merlijn Van Hulst, Catherine Durose et al.•International Journal of Urban…•2024

  • Rural development as the propagation of regional 'communities of values

    Open Access•Sune Wiingaard Stoustrup•Sociologia Ruralis•2025

  • Alternative = transformative? Investigating drivers of transformation in alternative food networks in Germany

    Open Access•Felix Zoll, Kathrin Specht et al.•Sociologia Ruralis•2021

  • Whose Narrative is it Anyway? Narratives of Social Innovation in Rural Areas - A Comparative Analysis of Community-Led Initiatives in Scotland and Spain

    Open Access•Néstor Vercher, Carla Barlagne et al.•Sociologia Ruralis•2021

  • Introduction

    Corinne Squire, Maggie Andrews et al.•Doing Narrative Research•2008

  • Small Stories, Interaction and Identities

    A Georgakopoulou•Small Stories, Interaction and…•2007

  • The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

    Open Access•Rene Van Swaaningen, David A Snow et al.•The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia…•2018

  • The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning

    Open Access•Frank Fischer, John Forester•Argumentative Turn in Policy…•1993

  • Social entrepreneurship research

    Open Access•Johanna Mair, Ignasi Martí•Journal of World Business•2006

  • Narrative and the Cultural Psychology of Identity

    Open Access•Phillip L Hammack•Personality and Social Psychology…•2008

  • Metatheoretical perspectives on sustainability journeys

    Open Access•Raghu Garud, J Gehman•Research Policy•2012

  • Building Theories from Case Study Research

    Kathleen M Eisenhardt•Academy of Management Review•1989

  • Realizing the Basic Income

    Open Access•Bonno Pel, Jürgen Backhaus et al.•Science & Technology Studies•2020

  • The Narrative Paradigm

    Open Access•Walter R Fisher•Journal of Communication•1985

  • A critical reading of the European Union’s social innovation policy discourse

    Open Access•Martin Fougère, Beata Segercrantz et al.•Organization•2017

  • Narratives of Change

    Open Access•Bill Doolin•Organization•2003

  • Culture, Society and the Media

    Tony Bennett-undifferentiated, Tony Bennett et al.•Culture, Society and the Media•2005

  • Making Events – Making Stories – Making Worlds

    Ansgar Nünning•Cultural ways of worldmaking•2010

  • Social theory and the politics of identity

    Craig Calhoun, Craig J Calhoun•Social theory and the politics of…•1994

  • The Dynamics of Social Practice

    Elizabeth Shove, Mika Pantzar et al.•Dynamics of Social Practice•2012

  • Doing Narrative Research

    Maggie Andrews, Molly Andrews et al.•Doing Narrative Research•2013

  • The International Handbook on Social Innovation

    Frank Moulaert, Diana Maccallum et al.•International Handbook on Social…•2013

  • Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences

    Open Access•Beverly D Metcalfe•Gender in Management An…•2008

  • Experimenting with alternative economies

    Open Access•Noel Longhurst, Flor Avelino et al.•Current Opinion in Environmental…•2016

  • Triangulation and Mixed Methods Research

    Open Access•Donna M Mertens, Sharlene Hesse‐biber•Journal of Mixed Methods Research•2012

  • Narrative practice in international politics and diplomacy

    Open Access•Alisher Faizullaev, Jérémie Cornut•Journal of International…•2016

  • Social innovation, an answer to contemporary societal challenges? Locating the concept in theory and practice

    Robert Grimm, Chris Fox et al.•Innovation The European Journal…•2013

  • Empowerment meets narrative

    Open Access•Julian Rappaport•American Journal of Community…•1995

  • Containing the Atom

    Open Access•Sheila Jasanoff, Sang-Hyun Kim•Minerva•2009

  • Essence of backcasting

    Open Access•Karl Henrik Dreborg•Futures•1996

  • The future imagined

    Open Access•Olivia Bina, Sandra Mateus et al.•Futures•2017

  • Narrative futures and the governance of energy transitions

    Open Access•Cheryl Allyn Miller, Clark A Miller et al.•Futures•2015

  • Futures concepts

    Open Access•Richard A Slaughter•Futures•1993

  • Narrative foresight

    Open Access•I Milojevic, Inayatullah et al.•Futures•2015

  • Creating narrative scenarios

    Open Access•Michael Burnam-Fink•Futures•2015

  • Narratives of the future

    Open Access•Cristiana M Frittaion, Peter N Duinker et al.•Futures•2010

  • Community as tool for low carbon transitions

    Open Access•Gerald Taylor Aiken•Environment and Planning C…•2018

  • The New Narrative

    Open Access•Paul Graham Raven, Shirin Elahi•Futures•2015

  • Not Not but Not yet

    Open Access•Deepika Swain, Dan Swain•Political Studies•2019

  • The Play of International Practice

    Open Access•Christian Bueger, Frank Gadinger•International Studies Quarterly•2015

  • Shaken, but not stirred

    Open Access•Mónica Edwards-Schachter, Miriam L Wallace et al.•Technological Forecasting and…•2017

  • Six pillars

    Open Access•Inayatullah, Sohail Inayatullah•foresight•2008

  • Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment

    Open Access•Flor Avelino, Julia M Wittmayer et al.•Technological Forecasting and…•2017

  • Speaking of change

    Vivien A Schmidt•Critical Policy Studies•2011

  • Governance Innovation and the Citizen

    Open Access•E Swyngedouw•Urban Studies•2005

  • Panacea or diagnosis? Imaginaries of innovation and the 'MIT model' in three political cultures

    Open Access•Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Sheila Jasanoff•Social Studies of Science•2017

  • Revisiting the Narrative Turns

    Matti Hyvärinen•Life Writing•2010

  • An Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative

    Roland Barthes, Lionel Duisit•New Literary History•1975

  • How could we study climate-related social innovation? Applying Deleuzean philosophy to Transition Towns

    Molly Scott-Cato, Jack Hillier et al.•Environmental Politics•2010

  • The economic crisis as a game changer? Exploring the role of social construction in sustainability transitions

    Open Access•Derk Loorbach, Derk A Loorbach et al.•Conservation Ecology•2016

  • Mapping letters from the future

    Open Access•Anneke Sools, Anneke M Sools et al.•Journal of Health Psychology•2015

  • Analysing narratives as practices

    Open Access•A De Fina, A Georgakopoulou•Qualitative Research•2008

  • The Narrative Construction of Reality

    Jerome Bruner, Jerome S Bruner•Critical Inquiry•1991

Obras citantes distintas100
Citações por ano14,29
Intervalo de citações2019 - 2026 (8)
Velocidade de citaçãocurrent
Altamente citadoNão
Tipos de citaçãoNeutras: 98
Ethnos_APP • Projeto Open Source • Licença MIT • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacidade e Cookies • Documentação da API: api.ethnos.app/docs • Código da API: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Código do Frontend: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae