...Istvan Rado; Prapin Nuchpiam Purpose This paper aims to provide a nuanced understanding of philosophies underpinning social innovation based on the action research strategies applied in the field. Design/methodology/approach Literature review was conducted to identify action research...

.../approach The paper builds on a longitudinal and qualitative action research study of a WISE and its work in organising a course for labour market integration, in the context of the Swedish establishment programme. The authors were actively involved in the study as embedded researchers. Findings...

... facilitated to generate socially innovative solutions in villages, using co-design technique. Following an action research approach, qualitative data was collected to produce case studies. Findings This study found that SI was appropriate for addressing development challenges in rural India. Facilitated...

... innovative role in and around their regions. Design/methodology/approach The authors used an action research approach to shape university-led interventions for creative mSMEs in a predominantly rural/semi-rural deprived area in the North East of England. A series of additional interviews were conducted...

...Janne Gleerup; Lars Hulgaard; Simon Teasdale Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the Nordic tradition of Critical Utopian Action Research (CUAR) and to demonstrate how CUAR might reinvigorate participatory democracy as an intrinsic characteristic of social enterprise...