Social Innovation in Higher Education : Landscape, Practices, and Opportunities

This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education.

Introduction: An Overview of the Research.- Facets of Social Innovation in Higher Education.- Pathways towards Enhancing HEI''s Role in the Local Social Innovation Ecosystem.- Digital Transformation in Higher Education Institutions as a Driver of Social Oriented Innovations.- Design of a Social Innovation Competence Framework to Educate Entrepreneurs in Developing on the International Stage.- Higher Education Practices for Social Innovation and Sustainable Development.- The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Development of Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of Tallinn University Social Entrepreneurship Study Program, Estonia.- Fostering Research with Societal Impact in Higher Education Institutions: A Review and Conceptualization.- The Role of Higher Education in Creating Socially Responsible Innovations - A Case Study of the EIT Food RIS Consumer Engagement Labs project.- Defining ''Responsible'' in Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of Quadruple Helix Innovation in the Energy Sector in the Tampere Region.- A Human-Centric Co-Creation Platform for Solving Wicked Social Challenges.- "Thinking Outside the Box": Social Innovations Emerging from Academic Nursing-Community Partnerships.- Social Innovation in Higher Education from a Disability Studies Perspective.- Possibilities of Social Bonds Using to Finance Higher Education Institutions.