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	1 - The concept of innovation and their types. 2 - Social innovation: conceptualization and fields of social innovation. 3 - Of the contexts of innovation with deficits to stimulate the socio-cultural contexts. 4 - The agents of social innovation and the places where it occurs. 5 - The question of leadership and institutional frameworks that encourage social innovation. 6 - Processes of social innovation and the different perspectives involved. 7 - Evaluation, social learning and diffusion 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.