Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas

Project Information

SIMRA

Grant agreement ID: 677622

DOI 10.3030/677622

Project closed

EC signature date 5 February 2016

Start date 1 April 2016

End date 31 March 2020

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 5 935 828,75

EU contribution € 5 575 828,75

Coordinated by

THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE
United Kingdom

Deliverables

Documents, reports (16)

Political framework conditions, policies and instruments for SIs in rural areas
Practice guide 1: SI for policy target groups
Final report on cross-CS assessment of SI
Practice guide 2: SI for practice target groups
Reports on local workshops and Final congress Proceedings
Guidelines to identify/analyse existing methods to assess SI and impacts
Report on SI assessment in each selected CS

Report on SI assessment in each CS

Report on lessons learned from IAs in MRA
Selection of SI CSs and policy processes
Classification of SI for MRAs in the target region
Policy implications for SI in MRAs
Report of the training course, including e-learning version
Final Congress Proceedings
Transdisciplinary understanding of SI in MRAs
Manual on Innovative Methods to assess SI and its impacts
Compilation of protocols/final synthetic description for each CS in English

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Creation of interactive database of SI examples
Categorization/characterization and mapping of MRAs in relation to drivers of SI

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

Project brochure in English
Set of methods to assess SI implications at different levels: instructions for WP5 &6

Other (1)

Operationalization of stakeholder engagement: a guide

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (39)

Social Innovation: The Promise and the Reality in Marginalised Rural Areas in Europe

Author(s): Slee, B., Lukesch, R. and Ravazzoli, E.  
Published in: World 2022, 3, 2022, Page(s) 237-259, ISSN 2673-4060
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/world3020013

Social-ecological innovation in remote mountain areas: Adaptive responses of forest-dependent communities to the challenges of a changing world

Author(s): Mariana Melnykovych, Maria Nijnik, Ihor Soloviy, Albert Nijnik, Simo Sarkki, Yurij Bihun
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 613-614, 2018, Page(s) 894-906, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.065

Valuation of ecosystem services: paradox or Pandora’s box for decision-makers?

Author(s): Maria Nijnik, David Miller
Published in: One Ecosystem, Issue 2, 2017, Page(s) e14808, ISSN 2367-8194
Publisher: Pensoft
DOI: 10.3897/oneeco.2.e14808

The role of social innovation in negotiations about recreational infrastructure in forests – A mountain-bike case study in Switzerland

Author(s): Jerylee Wilkes-Allemann, Alice Ludvig
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 100, 2019, Page(s) 227-235, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.01.002

Migration by Necessity and by Force to Mountain Areas: An Opportunity for Social Innovation

Author(s): Manfred Perlik, Andrea Membretti
Published in: Mountain Research and Development, Issue 38/3, 2018, Page(s) 250-264, ISSN 0276-4741
Publisher: Allerton Press Inc.
DOI: 10.1659/mrd-journal-d-17-00070.1

Community renewables in the UK - a clash of cultures?

Author(s): Jelte Harnmeijer, David Toke, Bill Slee
Published in: International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, Issue 12/1, 2018, Page(s) 99, ISSN 1740-2832
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
DOI: 10.1504/ijtip.2018.094408

Can social innovation make a difference to forest-dependent communities?

Author(s): Maria Nijnik, Laura Secco, David Miller, Mariana Melnykovych
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 100, 2019, Page(s) 207-213, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.01.001

Mapping European and forest related policies supporting social innovation for rural settings

Author(s): Alice Ludvig, Gerhard Weiss, Simo Sarkki, Maria Nijnik, Ivana Živojinović
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 97, 2018, Page(s) 146-152, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.09.015

Understanding social innovation for the well-being of forest-dependent communities: A preliminary theoretical framework

Author(s): Tatiana Kluvánková, Stanislava Brnkaľáková, Martin Špaček, Bill Slee, Maria Nijnik, Diana Valero, David Miller, Rosalind Bryce, Mária Kozová, Nico Polman, Tomáš Szabo, Veronika Gežík
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 97, 2018, Page(s) 163-174, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.09.016

Is forest related decision-making in European treeline areas socially innovative? A Q-methodology enquiry into the perspectives of international experts

Author(s): Maria Nijnik, Anatoliy Nijnik, Simo Sarkki, Jose Muñoz-Rojas, David Miller, Serhiy Kopiy
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 92, 2018, Page(s) 210-219, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.01.001

Can carbon accounting promote economic development in forest-dependent, indigenous communities?

Author(s): G. Cornelis van Kooten, Maria Nijnik, Kimpton Bradford
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 100, 2019, Page(s) 68-74, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.10.012

Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia

Author(s): T. Rogelja, A. Ludvig, G. Weiss, L. Secco
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 95, 2018, Page(s) 147-155, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.07.011

Social innovation in the Welsh Woodlands: Community based forestry as collective third-sector engagement

Author(s): Alice Ludvig, Maria Wilding, Adam Thorogood, Gerhard Weiss
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 95, 2018, Page(s) 18-25, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2018.07.004

Civil society engaged in wildfires: Mediterranean forest fire volunteer groupings

Author(s): Elena Górriz-Mifsud, Matthew Burns, Valentino Marini Govigli
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 102, 2019, Page(s) 119-129, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.03.007

Beyond participation! Social innovations facilitating movement from authoritative state to participatory forest governance in Ukraine

Author(s): Simo Sarkki, Taras Parpan, Mariana Melnykovych, Lyudmyla Zahvoyska, Juriy Derbal, Nataliya Voloshyna, Maria Nijnik
Published in: Landscape Ecology, 2019, ISSN 0921-2973
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-019-00787-x

Less Regional Rhetoric, More Diversity. Urbanised Alps in the Interest of Cohesive Societies

Author(s): Manfred Perlik
Published in: Revue de géographie alpine, Issue 106-2, 2018, ISSN 0035-1121
Publisher: Association Revue de Geographie Alpine
DOI: 10.4000/rga.4559

Human values as catalysts and consequences of social innovations

Author(s): Simo Sarkki, Andrej Ficko, David Miller, Carla Barlagne, Mariana Melnykovych, Mikko Jokinen, Ihor Soloviy, Maria Nijnik
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 104, 2019, Page(s) 33-44, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.03.006

Towards a method of evaluating social innovation in forest-dependent rural communities: First suggestions from a science-stakeholder collaboration

Author(s): Laura Secco, Elena Pisani, Riccardo Da Re, Todora Rogelja, Catie Burlando, Kamini Vicentini, Davide Pettenella, Mauro Masiero, David Miller, Maria Nijnjk
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 104, 2019, Page(s) 9-22, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.03.011

Social Innovation in Community Energy in Europe: A Review of the Evidence

Author(s): Richard J. Hewitt, Nicholas Bradley, Andrea Baggio Compagnucci, Carla Barlagne, Andrzej Ceglarz, Roger Cremades, Margaret McKeen, Ilona M. Otto, Bill Slee
Published in: Frontiers in Energy Research, Issue 7, 2019, ISSN 2296-598X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2019.00031

An inductive classification of types of social innovation

Author(s): Bill Slee
Published in: Scottish Affairs, Issue 28/2, 2019, Page(s) 152-176, ISSN 0966-0356
Publisher: Scottish Affairs
DOI: 10.3366/scot.2019.0275

New Farming as an Example of Social Innovation Responding to Challenges of Inner Mountain Areas of Italian Alps

Author(s): Alessandro Gretter, Cristina Dalla Torre, Federica Maino, Andrea Omizzolo
Published in: Revue de géographie alpine, Issue 107-2, 2019, ISSN 0035-1121
Publisher: Association Revue de Geographie Alpine
DOI: 10.4000/rga.6106

Social Innovation as a Prospect for the Forest Bioeconomy: Selected Examples from Europe

Author(s): Ludvig, Zivojinovic, Hujala
Published in: Forests, Issue 10/10, 2019, Page(s) 878, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f10100878

Knowledge sharing, problem solving and professional development in a Scottish Ecosystem Services Community of Practice

Author(s): Marc J. Metzger, Jan Dick, Abi Gardner, Chloe Bellamy, Kirsty Blackstock, Calum Brown, Rachel Chisholm, Phoebe Cochrane, Joanna Drewitt, Alessandro Gimona, Alison Hester, Scot Mathieson, Maria Nijnik, Alistair McVittie, Michal Petr, Ron Smith, Mike Smith
Published in: Regional Environmental Change, Issue 19/8, 2019, Page(s) 2275-2286, ISSN 1436-3798
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-019-01537-0

NETWORK IMPACT OF SOCIAL INNOVATION INITIATIVES IN MARGINALISED RURAL COMMUNITIES

Author(s): M. Lombardi, A. Lopolito, A.M. Andriano, M. Prosperi, A. Stasi, E. Iannuzzi
Published in: Social Networks, Issue 63, 2020, Page(s) 11-20, ISSN 0378-8733
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2020.04.001

Social Innovation to Sustain Rural Communities: Overcoming Institutional Challenges in Serbia

Author(s): Ivana Živojinović, Alice Ludvig, Karl Hogl
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 11/24, 2019, Page(s) 7248, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su11247248

Governance of Social Innovation in Forestry

Author(s): Alice Ludvig, Todora Rogelja, Marelli Asamer-Handler, Gerhard Weiss, Maria Wilding, Ivana Zivojinovic
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/3, 2020, Page(s) 1065, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12031065

Interdisciplinariedad en la innovación social frente a la despoblación rural

Author(s): Diana E. Valero, Lucía López Marco
Published in: Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales, Issue 19/1, 2019, Page(s) 17, ISSN 1578-0732
Publisher: Associacion Espanola de Economia Agraria
DOI: 10.7201/earn.2019.01.02

Testing a Framework to Co-Construct Social Innovation Actions: Insights from Seven Marginalized Rural Areas

Author(s): Valentino Marini Govigli, Sophie Alkhaled, Tor Arnesen, Carla Barlagne, Mari Bjerck, Catie Burlando, Mariana Melnykovych, Carmen Rodríguez Fernandez-Blanco, Patricia Sfeir, Elena Górriz-Mifsud
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/4, 2020, Page(s) 1441, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12041441

Innovation in the use of wood energy in the Ukrainian Carpathians: Opportunities and threats for rural communities

Author(s): Ihor Soloviy, Mariana Melnykovych, Astrid Björnsen Gurung, Richard J. Hewitt, Radmila Ustych, Lyudmyla Maksymiv, Peter Brang, Heino Meessen, Mariia Kaflyk
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 104, 2019, Page(s) 160-169, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.05.001

Delivering on the Concept of Smart Villages – in Search of an Enabling Theory

Author(s): Bill Slee
Published in: European Countryside, Issue 11/4, 2019, Page(s) 634-650, ISSN 1803-8417
Publisher: European Countryside
DOI: 10.2478/euco-2019-0035

Farms in Progress-Providing Childcare Services as a Means of Empowering Women Farmers in South Tyrol, Italy

Author(s): Verena Gramm, Cristina Dalla Torre, Andrea Membretti
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/2, 2020, Page(s) 467, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12020467

Transforming the Role of Women Farmers and of Refugees: Two Italian Experiences of Social Innovation in Mountain Areas

Author(s): Elisa Ravazzoli, Cristina Dalla Torre, Thomas Streifeneder
Published in: Revue de géographie alpine, Issue 107-2, 2019, ISSN 0035-1121
Publisher: Association Revue de Geographie Alpine
DOI: 10.4000/rga.5988

How pragmatism in environmental science and policy can undermine sustainability transformations: the case of marginalized mountain areas under climate and land-use change

Author(s): Simo Sarkki, Andrej Ficko, Karsten Grunewald, Apostolos P. Kyriazopoulos, Maria Nijnik
Published in: Sustainability Science, Issue 12/4, 2017, Page(s) 549-561, ISSN 1862-4065
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0411-3

Identifying and understanding attitudinal diversity on multi-functional changes in woodlands of the Ukrainian Carpathians

Author(s): A Nijnik, M Nijnik, S Kopiy, L Zahvoyska, S Sarkki, L Kopiy, D Miller
Published in: Climate Research, Issue AdvanceView, 2017, Page(s) 1-12, ISSN 0936-577X
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Publishing
DOI: 10.3354/cr01448

Social equity in governance of ecosystem services: synthesis from European treeline areas

Author(s): S Sarkki, M Jokinen, M Nijnik, L Zahvoyska, EM Abraham, CL Alados, C Bellamy, S Bratanova-Dontcheva, K Grunewald, J Kollar, J Krajcčí, AP Kyriazopoulos, N La Porta, AT Monteiro, J Munoz-Rojas, T Parpan, L Sing, M Smith, ML Sutinen, A Tolvanen, T Zhyla
Published in: Climate Research, Issue AdvanceView, 2017, Page(s) 1-14, ISSN 0936-577X
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Publishing
DOI: 10.3354/cr01441

Participatory development of digital support tools for local-scale energy transitions: Lessons from two European case studies

Author(s): Richard J. Hewitt, Cheryl de Boer, Johannes Flacke
Published in: Global Transitions, Issue 2, 2020, Page(s) 138-149, ISSN 2589-7918
Publisher: ScienceDirect
DOI: 10.1016/j.glt.2020.07.003

Social innovation in community energy in Scotland: Institutional form and sustainability outcomes

Author(s): Bill Slee
Published in: Global Transitions, Issue 2, 2020, Page(s) 157-166, ISSN 2589-7918
Publisher: ScienceDirect
DOI: 10.1016/j.glt.2020.07.001

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

Author(s): Néstor Vercher, Carla Barlagne, Richard Hewitt, Maria Nijnik, Javier Esparcia
Published in: Sociologia Ruralis, 2020, ISSN 0038-0199
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/soru.12321

The Role of Agency in the Emergence and Development of Social Innovations in Rural Areas. Analysis of Two Cases of Social Farming in Italy and The Netherlands

Author(s): Cristina Dalla Torre, Elisa Ravazzoli, Marijke Dijkshoorn-Dekker, Nico Polman, Mariana Melnykovych, Elena Pisani, Francesca Gori, Riccardo Da Re, Kamini Vicentini, Laura Secco
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 12/11, 2020, Page(s) 4440, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su12114440

Other (11)

Set of methods to assess SI implications at different levels: instructions for WPs 5 and 6. Deliverable D4.2, Social Innovation in Marginalized Rural Areas Project (SIMRA), Demonstrator to the European Commission

Author(s): Secco L., Pisani E., Burlando C., Da Re R., Gatto P., Pettenella D.M.
Published in: 2017
Publisher: University of Padova

Guidelines to Identify and Analyse Existing Methods to Assess Social Innovation and Impacts. Deliverable 4.1, Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA).

Author(s): Secco L., Pisani E., Burlando C., Da Re R., Pettenella D.M.
Published in: 2016
Publisher: University of Padova

Bringing the forest back to life

Author(s): Nijnik M., Sarkki, S.
Published in: Chartered Forester, Winter 2018/2019, Issue 4, 2019, Page(s) 18-19
Publisher: Institute of Chartered Foresters

Social innovation in rural areas in Scotland.

Author(s): Msika, J. Barlagne, C.; Hewitt, R.; Nijnik, M.
Published in: Workshop on Social Innovation in Rural Areas in Scotland, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, 31 May 2018, Issue 1, 2018, Page(s) All
Publisher: The James Hutton Institute

Reporting on Bratislava Social Innovation Think Tank (SITT) workshop “Shaping social innovation for marginalized rural areas” Workshop in Bratislava in October 26 – 28, 2016.

Author(s): SIMRA Social Innovation Think Thank
Published in: 2016
Publisher: SIMRA

Transformative social innovations in mountain territories. Sequence 4: Which methods of identification?

Author(s): -Potentials of Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas – An overview of the SIMRA project: NIJNIK Maria, BARLAGNE Carla, MILLER David, The James Hutton Institute - Aberdeen -What methods to evaluate Social Innovation in mountain areas? A reflection on specific critical issues: BURLANDO Catie, SECCO Laura, PISANI Elena, DA RE Riccardo, Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali (TES
Published in: 'Mountain regions, territoires of innovation' conference, 11 January 2017, Grenoble (France), Issue 1, 2017
Publisher: LabEx Item

Characteristics of Marginalised Rural Areas in Europe and the Mediterranean Region: Shapeflie and associated attributes (Dataset).

Author(s): Miller D.,McKeen M., Price M., Slee B., Nijnik M.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Zenodo

Catalogue of Diversity of Social Innovation (Dataset)

Author(s): Valero D., Bryce R.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Zenodo

Categorisation of Marginalised Rural Areas (MRAs)

Author(s): Price M., Miller D., McKeen M., Slee W., Nijnik M.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Zenodo

Marginalised Rural Areas: Change in Percentage of Rural Area Between 2000 and 2010, for the Regions of Europe and the Mediterranean Region

Author(s): McKeen M., Miller D.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Zenodo

Classification of Regions of Europe and the Mediterranean Region by Road Density

Author(s): McKeen M., Miller D.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Zenodo

Conference proceedings (20)

Potentials of Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas – An overview of the SIMRA project

Author(s): Nijnik M., Barlagne C., Perlik M.
Published in: La montagne, territoire d'innovation, 2017
Publisher: LabEx Item

Enhancing the resilience of European mountain regions through social innovation

Author(s): Nijnik M., Barlagne C., Miller D., McKeen M., Hewitt R.
Published in: Book of Proceedings Regional development conference, Lviv, Ukraine, 25 May 2017, 2017, Page(s) 34-41
Publisher: Organisers of the Regional Development Conference 2017

A role of social innovation in linking ecological sustainability with rural development objectives in marginalised mountain areas.

Author(s): Nijnik M., Miller D., Price M., Sarkki S., Bryce R., Valero D., Barlagne C., Melnykovych M.
Published in: Book of Abstracts International Conference on Natural assets use in regional settings - University of Lviv - 5-7 October, 2018., 2018
Publisher: Organisers of the Conference on Natural assets use in regional settings

Reconfiguring consumer and producer relationships – a case study of Community-supported Agriculture in the H2020 project SIMRA.

Author(s): Niedermayr J., Egartner S., Wagner K.
Published in: Poster presented at the 7th AIEAA Conference Evidence-based Policies to Face New Challenges for Agri-Food Systems, 14-15 June 2018, Conegliano, Italy., 2018
Publisher: Organisers of the 7th AIEAA Conferene

Forest ecosystem services and the well-being of communities: a case of non-wood forest products in remote areas of the highlands in Scotland and the Ukrainian Carpathians.

Author(s): Melnykovych M, Nijnik M, Nijnik A, Soloviy I
Published in: Proceedings of the 4th Forum Carpaticum: Future of the Carpathians: Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive, Bucharest, Romania, 28 – 30 September, 2016, Page(s) 15-17
Publisher: Organisers of the FC 2016

What are the attitudes of local stakeholders towards multifunctional changes in woodlands of the Ukrainian Carpathians?

Author(s): Nijnik A., Kopiy S., Nijnik M., Zahvoyska L., Kopiy L.
Published in: Book of abstracts 5th Forum Carpaticum - Adapting to the environmental and social risk in the Carpathian mountain region - 15-18 October 2018. Eger, Hungary, 2018, Page(s) 80-82, ISBN 978-615-5270-48-2
Publisher: Organisers of the FC 2018

Stakeholders’ attitudes towards green energy innovations as a prerequisite to successful implementation: international experience and lessons learned in the Ukrainian Carpathians.

Author(s): Soloviy I., Björnsen Gurung A., Melnykovych M., Hewitt R., Maksymiv L., Bihun Y.
Published in: Book of Abstracts 5th Forum Carpaticum - Adapting to Environmental and Social Risk in the Carpathian Mountain Region - Eger, Hungary - 15-18 October 2018, 2018, Page(s) 64-66, ISBN 978-615-5270-48-2
Publisher: Organisers of the FC 2018

Understanding social innovation for the well-being of rural communities: a preliminary theoretical framework Forum Carpaticum 2018

Author(s): Kluvankova T., Spacek M., Brnkalakova S., Ninjik M., Miller D., Valero D., Bryce R., Gezik V.
Published in: Book of Abstracts 5th Forum Carpaticum - Adapting to Environmental and Social Risk in the Carpathian Mountain Region - Eger, Hungary - 15-18 October 2018, 2018, Page(s) 78-80, ISBN 978-615-5270-48-2
Publisher: Organisers of the FC 2018

Analysing the role of social innovation in addressing sustainability goals in the Scottish uplands and Ukrainian Carpathians.

Author(s): Nijnik M., Miller D., Barlagne C., Hewitt R., Melnykovych M., McKeen M., Soloviy I., Hryniv L., Msika J.
Published in: Book of Abstracts 5th Forum Carpaticum - Adapting to Environmental and Social Risk in the Carpathian Mountain Region - Eger, Hungary - 15-18 October 2018, 2018, Page(s) 76-78, ISBN 978-615-5270-48-2
Publisher: Organisers of the FC 2018

Carbon-smart forestry for building resilience to global change.

Author(s): Brnkalakova, S., Kluvankova, T., Marek, M.V.
Published in: Urban, Šprtová, Klem: Quo vaditis agriculture, forestry and society under global change? Brno Conference Proceedings, Issue 1, 2017, ISBN 978-80-87902-22-6
Publisher: Global Change Research Institute, The Czech Academy of Sciences

Influence of Socio-economic determinants on the active involvement of agents implementers of Social Innovation : the Case Study of VàZapp

Author(s): 15.14. Baselice, Antonio ; Prosperi, Maurizio ; Stasi, Antonio ; Lombardi, Mariarosaria ; Lopolito, Antonio
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Apulia Region

Social innovation for sustainable rural communities: overcoming institutional challenges in Serbia

Author(s): Zivojinovic I., Hogl K., Weiss G., Ludvig A.
Published in: Brazilian Journal of Forestry Research, Issue 2019, 2019
Publisher: Brazilian Journal of Forestry Research

Policy implications for social innovation in forestry

Author(s): Ludvig A., Weiss G., Zivojinovic I.
Published in: Póvoa de Mattos, P (Ed.), Abstracts, Pesq. flor. bras., Colombo, v. 39, e201902043, Special issue, 2019, ISSN 1809-3647
Publisher: Brazilian Journal of Forestry Research

Policies for Social Innovation: The example of social farming.

Author(s): Ludvig A., Weiss G., Zivojinovic I.
Published in: 2019, Issue 2019, 2019, Page(s) 148
Publisher: European Society for Rural Sociology Congress 2019

Social innovation in forests

Author(s): Sfeir P., Marini Govigli V., Da Re R., Kantar B
Published in: 2019, Page(s) 370–372
Publisher: Forêt Méditerranéenne

Exploring challenges to sustainability in the provision of ecosystems services by upland forests in Scotland and Ukraine

Author(s): Nijnik M., Melnykovych M.
Published in: In Sekot W, Toscani P, Ungerböck E. (eds.): International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) Proceedings: Advances and Challenges in Managerial Economics and Accounting. Pp.: 85-86. 9-11 May 2016, Vienna (Austria), Issue 1, 2016, Page(s) 85-86
Publisher: IUFRO

Les montagnes européennes : caractérisation, politiques et acteurs

Author(s): Price, Martin
Published in: La montagne, territoire d'innovation, Issue 1, 2017
Publisher: LabEx Item

H2020 Project SIMRA – Social Innovations in Marginalised Rural Areas

Author(s): Klaus Wagner
Published in: 14th European Rural Development Network Conference - Knowledge sharing and innovation in agriculture and rural areas, Issue 1, 2016, Page(s) 112
Publisher: European Rural Development Network and the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Spectrum of Social Innovation Activities in Austrian Rural Areas

Author(s): Egartner S., Niedermayr J., Pfusterschmid J., Wagner K.
Published in: Poster, Book of Abstracts, p58f, 15th European Rural Development Network Conference, Eisenstadt, Austria, Issue 1, 2017, Page(s) 58
Publisher: Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Austria

A self-evaluation exercise of impact of a social innovation initiative in a rural area of southern Italy

Author(s): Baselice A., Prosperi M., Marini Govigli V., Lopolito A.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: 9th AIEAA Conference“Mediterranean agriculture facing climate change: Challenges and policies”

Book chapters (9)

Social and Technological Innovations in Forestry

Author(s): Secco L., Pisani E. , Masiero M., Pettenella D.
Published in: Farcy, C., Rojas-Briales, E., Martinez de Arano, I., (eds.) (2019) /Forestry in the midst of global changes., Issue 1, 2018, Page(s) 317-346, ISBN 9781138197084
Publisher: CRC press – Taylor & Francis Group

Social Capital, Network Governance and Social Innovation: Towards a New Paradigm?

Author(s): Secco L., Burlando C.
Published in: Social Capital and Local Development. From Theory to Empirics, Issue 1, 2017, Page(s) 83-108, ISBN 978-3-319-54276-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Springer Nature

What future for LEADER as a Catalyst of Social Innovation?

Author(s): Secco L., Pisani E., Burlando C., Christoforou A.
Published in: Social Capital and Local Development: From Theory to Empirics, Issue 1, 2017, Page(s) 417-438, ISBN 978-3-319-54276-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Springer Nature

Crossing the Rubicon: The 2015 Renewable Electricity Reforms and Implications for Scotland

Author(s): Anna L. Berka, Jelte Harnmeijer, Bill Slee
Published in: A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Policy, Issue 1, 2017, Page(s) 153-177, ISBN 978-3-319-56897-3
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56898-0_8

Community Renewables: Balancing Optimism with Reality

Author(s): Bill Slee, Jelte Harnmeijer
Published in: A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Policy, Issue 1, 2017, Page(s) 35-64, ISBN 978-3-319-56897-3
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56898-0_3

Social Innovation: An Instrument to Achieve the Sustainable Development of Communities

Author(s): Elisa Ravazzoli, Diana E. Valero
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Communities, 2019, Page(s) 1-10, ISBN 978-3-319-71061-7
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_108-1

Public Policies for Social Innovation in Rural Areas

Author(s): Nico Polman
Published in: EU Bioeconomy Economics and Policies: Volume II, 2019, Page(s) 177-193, ISBN 978-3-030-28641-5
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28642-2_10

L'agricoltura sociale in Alto Adige: un esempio di innovazione sociale nelle aree montane italiane. In P. Lattarulo, A. Omizzolo, F. Palermo, C. Rossignoli & T. Streifeneder (a cura di), Le regioni d'Europa tra identità locali, nuove comunità e disparità territoriali.

Author(s): Dalla Torre C., Gramm V., Ravazzoli E.
Published in: 2019, Page(s) 295-318, ISBN 9788891795526
Publisher: Franco Angeli

La donna e l’agricoltura sociale come motori dell’innovazione nei Bauernhof altoatesini

Author(s): Dalla Torre C., Gramm V.
Published in: Prospettive dell'Agricoltura Sociale con particolare riferimento agli sviluppi in Italia-Perspektiven der Sozialen Landwirtschaft unter besonderer Berucksichtigung, Issue 18/07/2020, 2020, Page(s) 243-264, ISBN 9788860461742
Publisher: Bozen Bolzano University Press

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Towards a system of indicators for measuring socio-ecological and economic development of the Carpathian mountain region.

Author(s): Melnykovych M.
Published in: 2019
Publisher: Ukrainian National Forestry University, Ukraine & The James Hutton Institute, UK