Pratices of Social Innovation

Code	16574
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Sociology
Entry requirements	N/A
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Learning outcomes	Provide students with conceptual frameworks of theoretical and practical help to be innovators or creators of social conditions for innovation. The main goal of this course unit is to provide and develop analytical competences around the concept of social innovation different contexts and agents. Analise the question of lidership, the social innovation process and the diffusion and evaluation.
Syllabus	I - The concept of Social Innovation: 1 - The concept of innovation and its types; 2 - Social innovation: the context and the concept. II - Europe, institutional frameworks and incentives for social innovation: 3 - The EU and the challenge of social innovation; 4 - Initiatives in Portugal. III - Fields and initiatives: 5 - Social innovation in a rural context; 6 - Social incubators and community development; 7 - Mechanisms and instruments for developing social innovation. IV - Social impact and replicability: 8 - Social utility and social impact; 9 - Challenges of replicability and the ecosystem favourable to the development of social innovation.
Main Bibliography	- André, Isabel e Abreu, Alexandre (2006), “Dimensões e espaços da inovação social”. Finisterra, XLI, 81, pp. 121-141. - Bacon, Nicola (2008), Transformers: how local areas innovate to address changing social needs, London NESTA. - Comissão Europeia (2011), Empowering people, driving change. Social Innovation in the European Union, Luxembourg. - FEA (2013), Inovação Social no Terceiro Setor – O distrito de Évora, Évora, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida. Monteiro, Alcides A. (2019a), “O que é a Inovação Social? Maleabilidade Conceitual e Implicações Práticas”, Dados – Revista de Ciências Sociais, vol.62(3):e20170009 (online), 1-34. - Parente, Cristina, Marcos, Vanessa e Diogo, Vera (2014), “Sobre inovação e empreendedorismo social” in Cristina Parente (Ed), Empreendedorismo Social em Portugal, Porto, Faculdade de Letras da UP [ebook], pp. 242-259. - Silva, Ana Alves da, & Almeida, Joana (2015), “Palcos de inovação social: atores em movimento(s)”, Sociologia, 30, pp. 35-54.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Teaching-Learning Activities and Pedagogical Methodologies: Theoretical-practical classes, tutorials; simulation exercises; case studies; presentations. Audiovisual and discussion classes; individual presentation of case studies with collective debate Assessment methods: individual presentation of a case study; group preparation of an analytical test; debates in class; final exam.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.