新作坊 Humanity Innovation and Social Practice

Game-changers and transformative social innovation ( 『改變規則者』與變革的社會創新)

摘要：

This editorial introduces the special feature on the role of game-changers, broadly conceptualized as macro-trends that change the “rules of the game,” in processes of transformative social innovation. First, the key concepts are introduced together with the academic workshop that brought together 25 scholars, from across a wide range of disciplines, to discuss the role of game-changers in transformative social innovation, resulting in the 9 contributions in this special feature. Second, the differing conceptualizations of the role of game-changers in transformative social innovation across the set of articles are discussed. Third, an overview is provided of the different empirical examples of game-changers and transformative social innovations addressed; examples were drawn from different geographical contexts across Europe, North America, South America, Africa, and Asia. Fourth, the differing epistemological approaches used to explain social change are noted, and lessons for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research on social change discussed. Finally, a synthesis is provided of the main insights and contributions to the literature.

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本文乃2014年9月在荷蘭鹿特丹大學的「荷蘭變革研究中心」(Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) )所舉辦的2天學術研討會成果。此研討會主題「改變規則者」(game-changer)的概念化、其在變革性社會創新歷程中所扮演的角色、功能，以及趨勢，有25位來自不同領域的研究者參與。首先簡介紹「改變規則者」的關鍵概念，以及其在變革性社會創新中的角色，得出9點結論。其次討論該研討會一系列文章中，關於改變規則者在變革性社會創新中的作用的不同概念。第三，概述自歐洲，北美，南美，非洲和亞洲的不同背景下，改變規則和變革性社會創新中問題解決的各個實例；第四，解釋社會變革的不同認識論取徑，並討論了跨學科的社會變革與研究中我們學到了什麼。最後，綜述這些文獻的深刻見解與貢獻。