Critical social innovation in the smart city era for a city-regional European Horizon 2020

Journal article

In 2020, in the new EU strategic horizon that is opening at present, the place should matter more than ever when it refers to territories that are envisaged from the Social Innovation paradigm (Moulaert, Mulgan and Morgan). Nevertheless, how will the suggested H2020 strategy based on Smart City and Communities, contribute and implement the so‐called Social Innovation; facing realistic, economic and politic‐driven issues in an increasingly territorially heterogeneous EU current context? This article aims to shed some light on the Critical Social Innovation (CSI) challenges from a constructive position.

Authors: Calzada, I

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Innovació i Consultoria en Polítiques Públiques
• Journal: P3T, Public Policies and Territory
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1‐20
• Publication date: 2013-12-12
• ISSN: 2014-5381
• Language: English
• Keywords: European Union; smart cities; critical social innovation; EU; city‐regions; territorial development strategies and Penta Helix; RIS3; H2020; urban experimental governance