Social innovation: making a case for participatory approaches

Increasing poverty and inequality, alongside technology, are indicative that technological innovation only benefits an elite few. We need to start disrupting traditional structures around what society needs and drive social innovation with the same vigour as technological innovation.

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Human Science Research Council SA
Published
2026-05-23
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https://doi.org/10.14749/32381001
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Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
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Social innovation: making a case for participatory approaches

Human Sciences Research Council
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Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
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Social innovation: making a case for participatory approaches

Human Sciences Research Council
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Abstract

Increasing poverty and inequality, alongside technology, are indicative that technological innovation only benefits an elite few. We need to start disrupting traditional structures around what society needs and drive social innovation with the same vigour as technological innovation.

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