Open AccessSocial change through place innovation
Author(s) -
Malin Lindberg,
Åsa Ericson,
Jennie Gelter,
Helena Karlberg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
swedish design research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2000-964X
DOI - 10.3384/svid.2000-964x.1519
Subject(s) - attractiveness , social innovation , order (exchange) , perspective (graphical) , sociology , knowledge management , social change , business , political science , public relations , computer science , law , psychology , finance , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis
This article explores how ‘place innovation’ can be used as a new scientific concept and practical tool to understand and shape the social design of the future.
The article’s starting point is a collaborative project between academia, industry and the community in northern Sweden. The project is developing knowledge and methods of place innovation based on a coherent perspective on the innovative design of places. Place innovation weaves together social, cultural, economic and technological aspects in order to increase the attractiveness of a place to existing and potential visitors, residents and investors.