Corresponding Manager: Jasna Pocek (jasna.pocek@santannapisa.it)
Track Manager(s): Jasna Pocek, Milena Vainieri , Eva Lövstål, Mojtaba Hosseini, Alessandro Vinci, Andrea Vandelli
Description
Digitalisation and artificial intelligence are reshaping the dynamics of social innovation and social entrepreneurship ecosystems. They may pose implications for the interactions of actors in the ecosystem, determine the boundaries of the organizations participating in these interactions, as well as the value, the type of resource to be delivered to the innovators, in different stages of innovation development. In this regard, digital technologies and AI, can enable opportunities, by for example fostering new forms of collaboration among ecosystem actors and fostering inclusive growth and social well-being. Yet, these same technologies may also constrain innovation by reinforcing institutional gaps, inclusivity with for example digital divides, and governance asymmetries. This track explores the dual function that digital technologies and AI can have for social innovation and social entrepreneurship ecosystem dynamics, and the modalities through which innovators, support organizations, communities and other ecosystem members engage in the creation processes. Particularly relevant are contexts where social needs are most urgent to address, such as in the health, socio-health, and cultural sectors, where digital transformation can both drive and hinder sustainable, people-centred innovation within an ecosystem framework.
Keywords
Digital transformation; Artificial intelligence; Social innovation ecosystems; Social entrepreneurship ecosystem; Inclusive and sustainable innovation
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