From: Mariana Melnykovych
Sent: Dienstag, 2. Juli 2019 13:40

Subject: Special Issue on Social Innovation

 

 

Dear All,

 

As I mentioned during our last team meeting, I have worked last months on assisting in preparation / editing the Special Issue in Forest Policy & Economics on Social innovation to increase the well-being of forest-dependent communities and promote sustainability in remote rural areas.

 

This issue relates to Simra and consists of 13 papers on theory, methodology, policy re social innovations & as well presents different cases in Europe and beyond.

 

The link to the issue - https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/forest-policy-and-economics/special-issue/10H9J184QXV.

 

Here is the list of papers published in the Issue:

 

  1. Can social innovation make a difference to forest-dependent communities?

Link - Can social innovation make a difference to forest-dependent communities?

Maria Nijnik, Laura Secco, David Miller, Mariana Melnykovych

 

  1. Understanding social innovation for the well-being of forest-dependent communities: A preliminary theoretical framework

Link -  Understanding social innovation for the well-being of forest-dependent communities: A preliminary theoretical framework

Tatiana Kluvánková, Stanislava Brnkaľáková, Martin Špaček, Bill Slee, ... Veronika Gežík

 

  1. Towards a method of evaluating social innovation in forest-dependent rural communities: First suggestions from a science-stakeholder collaboration

Link - Towards a method of evaluating social innovation in forest-dependent rural communities: First suggestions from a science-stakeholder collaboration

Laura Secco, Elena Pisani, Riccardo Da Re, Todora Rogelja, ... Maria Nijnjk

 

  1. Mapping European and forest related policies supporting social innovation for rural settings

Link - Mapping European and forest related policies supporting social innovation for rural settings

Alice Ludvig, Gerhard Weiss, Simo Sarkki, Maria Nijnik, Ivana Živojinović

 

  1. Is forest related decision-making in European treeline areas socially innovative? A Q-methodology enquiry into the perspectives of international experts

Link - Is forest related decision-making in European treeline areas socially innovative? A Q-methodology enquiry into the perspectives of international experts

Maria Nijnik, Anatoliy Nijnik, Simo Sarkki, Jose Muñoz-Rojas, ... Serhiy Kopiy

 

  1. Human values as catalysts and consequences of social innovations

Open access

Link - Human values as catalysts and consequences of social innovations

Simo Sarkki, Andrej Ficko, David Miller, Carla Barlagne,  Mariana Melnykovych, …. Maria Nijnik

 

  1. Civil society engaged in wildfires: Mediterranean forest fire volunteer groupings

Link -  Civil society engaged in wildfires: Mediterranean forest fire volunteer groupings

Elena Górriz-Mifsud, Matthew Burns, Valentino Marini Govigli

 

  1. Innovation in the use of wood energy in the Ukrainian Carpathians: Opportunities and threats for rural communities

Link - Innovation in the use of wood energy in the Ukrainian Carpathians: Opportunities and threats for rural communities

Ihor Soloviy, Mariana Melnykovych, Astrid Björnsen Gurung, Richard J. Hewitt, ... Mariia Kaflyk

 

  1. Social innovation in the Welsh Woodlands: Community based forestry as collective third-sector engagement

Link - Social innovation in the Welsh Woodlands: Community based forestry as collective third-sector engagement

Alice Ludvig, Maria Wilding, Adam Thorogood, Gerhard Weiss

 

  1. Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia

Link - Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia

T. Rogelja, A. Ludvig, G. Weiss, L. Secco

 

  1. The role of social innovation in negotiations about recreational infrastructure in forests – A mountain-bike case study in Switzerland

Link - The role of social innovation in negotiations about recreational infrastructure in forests – A mountain-bike case study in Switzerland

Jerylee Wilkes-Allemann, Alice Ludvig

 

  1. Perceptions of forest-dependent communities toward participation in forest conservation: A case study in Bago Yoma, South-Central Myanmar

Link - Perceptions of forest-dependent communities toward participation in forest conservation: A case study in Bago Yoma, South-Central Myanmar

Khaing Thandar Soe, YOUN Yeo-Chang

 

  1. Evaluating participatory techniques for adaptation to climate change: Nepal case study

Link -  Evaluating participatory techniques for adaptation to climate change: Nepal case study

Chiranjeewee Khadka, Keshava Prasad Aryal, Magda Edwards-Jonášová, Anju Upadhyaya, ... Harald Vacik

 

 

If you are interested in some paper(s) from there - let me know . I could communicate with the authors and share the article(s) with you.

 

Best wishes,

Mariana