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. 2022 Dec 22;20(1):118.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010118.

SHAFE Mapping on Social Innovation Ecosystems

Carina Dantas  1 , Juliana Louceiro  1 , Joana Vieira  1 , Willeke van Staalduinen  2 , Oscar Zanutto  3 , Karolina Mackiewicz  4
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SHAFE Mapping on Social Innovation Ecosystems

Carina Dantas et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

There have been several initiatives aiming to promote innovation and support stakeholders to increase investments in relevant societal areas connected to Smart Healthy Age-Friendly Environments-SHAFE. However, their impact usually runs shorter than desirable in the mid- and long-term due to the difficulty to identify, map, and connect stakeholders in the different European and world countries that are willing to work for the practical implementation of social innovation around SHAFE. This mapping and connection can contribute to increase awareness of innovation actors on social innovation concepts and, if well disseminated, may also leverage the creation of alliances and synergies between different stakeholders within ecosystems and between ecosystems. Understanding what relevant practices exist, how they are funded, and how they involve citizens and organisations is also key to ensure that business actors have access to social innovation and entrepreneurial knowledge, which is key for future sustainable societal change. The present study developed and implemented a survey replied by 61 organisations from 28 different countries. The results showed relevant inputs regarding different cultural and societal perceptions, including diverse end-user organisations, and will, thus, facilitate multistakeholder engagement, public awareness, and the overall upscaling of social innovation on SHAFE.

Keywords: SHAFE; costs benefit and avoided costs; ecosystems; long-term sustainable future; network; social innovation; urban complex ecosystems.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Types of social innovation developed in the respondent ecosystem.
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Areas of social innovation that the respondent ecosystem contributes to.
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