Pandemic, Fear and Social Innovation

authored by: Federica Scaffidi
Abstract: Cities and regions are challenged by the impacts of the pandemic. Fear and loss of freedom are now spread, creating social conflicts. The only hope is that there will be a Post-pandemic Future. What about the period during the pandemic? This paper addresses the topic of how to face the current pandemic and create inclusive, open and innovative places. Social innovation can play a key role in mitigating the effects of this situation. It satisfies human needs and develops social benefits. Nevertheless, the “social innovation places” such as urban labs, cultural centres, social enterprises have been strongly affected by the pandemic. The paper therefore aims to discuss the importance of social innovation for cities during the pandemic and how this can reduce fears and loss of hope. Considering this purpose, the research examines specific examples of social enterprises in Europe through interviews and surveys, and how they are responding to the pandemic.
Organisation(s): Institute of Urban Design and Planning
Type: Conference contribution
Pages: 494-500
No. of pages: 7
Publication date: 2022
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Control and Systems Engineering, Signal Processing, Computer Networks and Communications
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06825-6_46 (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{ee57e19d46654b1f9ddda77c7e556b6d,
title = "Pandemic, Fear and Social Innovation",
abstract = "Cities and regions are challenged by the impacts of the pandemic. Fear and loss of freedom are now spread, creating social conflicts. The only hope is that there will be a Post-pandemic Future. What about the period during the pandemic? This paper addresses the topic of how to face the current pandemic and create inclusive, open and innovative places. Social innovation can play a key role in mitigating the effects of this situation. It satisfies human needs and develops social benefits. Nevertheless, the “social innovation places” such as urban labs, cultural centres, social enterprises have been strongly affected by the pandemic. The paper therefore aims to discuss the importance of social innovation for cities during the pandemic and how this can reduce fears and loss of hope. Considering this purpose, the research examines specific examples of social enterprises in Europe through interviews and surveys, and how they are responding to the pandemic.",
keywords = "Cities, Pandemic, Social innovation",
author = "Federica Scaffidi",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments. The author of this article acknowledges the support provided by the research incentive program Aulet 13 of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape of the Leibniz University Hannover. The author would also like to thank Alberto Plata Montero, Paloma Pastor Rey de Vi{\~n}as, Carlo Roccafiorita, Juan Ignacio Lasagabaster, Eduardo Lomo Vadillo, Valentin Angulo, Macarena Ruiz Redondo, Pablo de Ora{\'a}, and many other actors and citizens for providing relevant information for the research. ; 5th International Symposium on New Metropolitan Perspectives, NMP 2022 ; Conference date: 25-05-2022 Through 27-05-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-06825-6_46",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031068249",
series = "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "494--500",
editor = "Francesco Calabr{\`o} and {Della Spina}, Lucia and {Pi{\~n}eira Manti{\~n}{\'a}n}, {Mar{\'i}a Jos{\'e}}",
booktitle = "New Metropolitan Perspectives",
address = "Germany",
}