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Pratices of Social Innovation

Pratices of Social Innovation

Code	7841
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Sociology
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	Bornstein, David (2004), How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, EUA: Oxford University Press. Letts, Christine et al (1998), Hight Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact, EUA: Wiley. Mulgan, Geoff (2006), “The process of Social Innovation” Innovations, Primavera 2006, pp.145-162. Phills Jr., James (2005), Integrating Mission and strategy for Nonprofit Organizations, EUA: Oxford University Press. Young Foundation (2006) Social Silicon Valleys a manifesto for social innovation: what it is, why it matters,how it can be accelerated, Londres: Young Foundation.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.