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Governance and social innovation for social and ecological transition

Abid MehmoodMehmoodA1@cardiff.ac.uk

Tipping Point Conference, Durham2nd July 2012

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outline

1. Classification of views 2. Methodological tools3. Social innovation4. Adaptive governance5. Conclusion

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classification of views

Mechanistic• Disturbance (balance)• Equilibrium • Path-dependent• Slow and steady (Direct

tips)• Within the same variable

Evolutionary• Adaptation (change) • Adaptive resilience• Path- breaking/altering• Minor but continuous

(Contextual tips)• Among different variables

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methodological tools

Periodization• Space and time• Conjunctures • Moments– Structural– Emblematic– Turning

• Transformation and reproduction

Collapse• Place, time, environment• Systems interaction• Gradual shift• Risks and uncertainties• Relationships between

past and future

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social innovation

• Self-conscious collective action to address unsatisfied needs and support alternatives

• In place-based terms (Moulaert et al 2005):– satisfaction of needs– social relations– empowerment

• A factor of change socio-ecological transition

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adaptive governance

• A response to urban growth social impacts ecological stress

• Interface: public policy, civil society, biophysical• Social learning and adaptive management• Adaptive cycles: exploitation, conservation, creative

destruction, and renewal• socio-ecological complexity: variety, adapt, transform

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