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I hope you find this workshop interesting and consider to participate.



Best regards,



Hugo







SOCIAL INNOVATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY: EMBRACING CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES

FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT



Contemporary societies are facing a permanent social, economic and ecological

turbulence. Social innovation starts from the willingness to transform ideas

into action to respond to problems and contribute for solutions where public

policies are failing to provide effective answers. Despite the fragmentation

of the field, Regional Science has been an important catalyst for social

innovation research by paying attention to territorial innovative responses to

emerging social needs.



The 25th APDR workshop Social Innovation Towards Sustainability: Embracing

Contemporary Challenges for Regional Development will promote the reflection

and knowledge sharing on social innovation practices connected with

sustainability and regional development. It intends to promote an inter-sector

dialogue among researchers, activists, local, regional and national policy

makers, associations, non-governmental organizations, practitioners of social

innovation and social entrepreneurs.



The workshop will take place on 16th April 2020 at the Faculty of Economics,

University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal). Its main objective is to discuss the

state of the art of social innovation in Regional Science and the contemporary

challenge for sustainability. Topics of discussion, among others, regard

social innovation, micro-scale innovation, transformative innovation,

sustainability transitions and community-based sustainability projects. The

workshop intends to stimulate synergies between research, governance and civil

society initiatives, present examples of community-based good practices, and

contribute to the visibility of social innovation as a central topic for the

transformation of society towards a more sustainable future.







We invite researchers, activists, public officials and social entrepreneurs to

submit proposals for contributions to the workshop. Submissions might be based

on formal research or on concrete activist, community or public policy

initiatives.







More information available at: http://www.apdr.pt/evento_25/index.html















Hugo Pinto







Permanent Researcher and Co-Coordinator



NECES - Research Group on Science, Economy and Society



Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra







Invited Assistant Professor



Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve



CinTurs, Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being,

University of Algarve







orcid.org/0000-0002-8497-4798



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