#CallforPapers: Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons: Contributions to the Deepening of Democracy (May 31, 2019) - @CEI_IUL, Lisbon ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt Transformative Cities transitions NEST Research & Degrowth International TRN DRIFT ICLEI Europe @Ecolise Identitaire Europe BCNUEJ Barcelona En Comú

After 2.5 great years at DRIFT I leave my desk behind to start travelling along ecovillages and sustainable communities around the world in the coming year(s). On this webpage you can soon follow my journey and read my insights from community life: expeditionecovillage.home.blog

How are people empowered by translocal networks for transformative social innovation? A social psychology perspective in our new paper Adina Dumitru Carla Cipolla. With case-studies on Impact Hub Amsterdam DESIS Network Fiare Banca Etica Slow Food Global Ecovillage Network doi.org/10.1080/096543…

This new paper conceptualizes the mechanisms of #empowerment and explores how people are empowered through both #local and #transnational linkages - using insights from TransitSI. Read more: drift.eur.nl/publications/t…

#Transition and #transformation’ have become buzzwords in political and scientific discourses. In this article (2018) we compare how these concepts are applied and interpreted in scientific literature and explore distinction and complementarity: drift.eur.nl/nl/publicaties…

Rotterdam @DRIFTeur welcomes PROSEU Project consortium to discuss active citizen participation in #energytransition #prosumers @FC_UL CE3C @feup_porto ICLEI Europe ClientEarth University of Leeds HR_EnerTrans Leuphana ecounion IÖW | @[email protected] CE Delft proseu.eu

Calling all city-makers, policy-makers, activists, entrepreneurs, intellectuals, citizens & other engaged individuals: share your projects on (un)sustainability & (un)justice in #cities! #UrbanA #UrbanArena #justcities #sustainablecities drift.eur.nl/open-call-urba…

For a summary of what was discussed at our last project meeting, check out this excellent #blog #article by @soxenaar.bsky.social and @Tessa_DG from DRIFT: drift.eur.nl/publications/f… #prosumers #H2020 #energytransition #RenewableEnergy

Inês Campos from @FC_UL talked about the PROSEU Project & the role of #energy #communities in the #energy #transition and #innovation at Annual Energy Transition Conference in Lisbon, where also the National Energy & Climate Plan and Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality were discussed.

This paper provides a rationale and #conceptual #framework for research on #place #attachment that attends to more fluid experiences of place endemic to a mobile world. Read more: drift.eur.nl/publications/b…

New @Ecolise's report reveals powerful evidence of the critical role of local community-led initiatives in providing effective solutions to #climate & #ecological breakdown #sustainablecommunity #communityled bit.ly/2WjilKs

Yes! Uber & Lyft drivers in US are striking today. Plz support them. Why? To contribute to more fair #platformeconomy #DigitalTransformation. Check out @JulietSchor's critical analysis e.g. digital.hbs.edu/platforms-crow… Adrian Smith Sabine Hielscher #dsimanifesto #tsimanifesto

Have you heard? It's #ScotSEWeek2019! 🙌 We're very proudly a #socialenterprise and are spending this week embedded in the #socialinnovation #community at the 11th International Social Innovation Research Conference 🤝 Let us know if you catch one of our three presentations! 😉

Stephen Osborne: Innovation is not change. We have a word for change, it's change :-) Innovation is not (necessarily) better than incremental change, but it's different. Innovation is discontinuous, risky, costly, often fails #ISIRC2019 #socialinnovation #societaltransitions

The great Stephen Osborne at #isirc2019 on public service innovation. Very resonant. “Innovation isn’t change. We have a word for change. It’s called change.......Public policy should be about what values we hold and making them extant. Not just about the design process.”

What is the #transformative potential of #social #enterprise? This #new #book volume engages a #multicontinental and #pluridisciplinary discussion in order to provide a pluralist theory of social enterprise: drift.eur.nl/new-edited-vol…

Our new edited volume on #pluralsocialenterprise incl. chapter analyzing transformative potential of #socialenterprise in terms of shifting power relations relates to many #isirc2019 debates on politics of #socialinnovation! Check it out: drift.eur.nl/publications/a… #socent #socinn

Just encountered this doc - very clever #systemschange #manifesto! A new future, compelling vision and binding narrative: the Manifesto for #Transformative #Social #Innovation! Read more, endorse and download your adaptable copy here. bit.ly/2BIaKhA

Manifesto for Transformative Social Innovation (#TSImanifesto) (endorsed by 170 individuals & 35+ organizations) distills main insights of TransitSI research on translocal movements into 13 principles & 20 calls for action tsimanifesto.org

Last but not least, links of projects, networks & initiatives behind our action research on transformative innovation (1/2): TransitSI transitsocialinnovation.eu @Urban_Arena urban-arena.eu SONNET Energy Transitions sonnet-energy.eu PROSEU Project proseu.eu