RURACTION
Social Enterpreneurship in Structurally Weak Rural Regions: Analysing Innovative Troubleshooters in Action
Description

The proposed RURACTION research and training network focuses on problems in structurally weak rural regions in Europe and on the impact of social entrepreneurship regarding the development of innovative solutions to problems in rural regions.

Internal Partners
Research Centre Research Group Role in Project Begin Date End Date
DINAMIA'CET-Iscte -- Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
External Partners
Institution Country Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Otelo Egen (OTELO EGEN) Austria Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Uniwersytet Im. Adama Mickiewicza W Poznaniu (AMU) Poland Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Ballyhoura Development Ltd (BALLYHOURA) Ireland Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Panepistimio Aigaiou (UAEGEAN) Greece Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Roskilde Universitet (RUC) Denmark Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Leibniz-institut Fur Landerkunde Ev (IfL EV) Germany Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
University College Cork - National University Of Ireland, Cork (UCC) Ireland Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Leibniz-institut Fur Raumbezogene Sozialforschung (irs) Ev (IRS EV) Germany Partner 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Project Team
Name Affiliation Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Maria de Fátima Ferreiro Vice-Reitor; Professora Catedrática (DEP); Integrated Researcher (CEI-Iscte); Local Coordinator 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Cristina Sousa Professora Associada (DEP); Integrated Researcher (CEI-Iscte); Researcher 2020-01-01 2021-01-31
José Manuel Henriques Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); Researcher 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Marina Novikova -- Researcher 2017-06-01 2021-01-31
Project Fundings
Reference/Code Funding DOI Funding Type Funding Program Funding Amount (Global) Funding Amount (Local) Begin Date End Date
721999 -- Contract European Commission - H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016 2529894 229356.36 2016-12-01 2021-01-31
Publication Outputs
Year Publication Type Full Reference
2023 Scientific journal paper Ferreiro, M. F., Sousa, C., Sheikh, F. & Novikova, M. (2023). Social innovation and rural territories: Exploring invisible contexts and actors in Portugal and India. Journal of Rural Studies. 99, 204-212
2020 Scientific journal paper Novikova, M., Ferreiro, M. F. & Stryjakiewicz, T. (2020). Local development initiatives as promoters of social innovation: evidence from two European rural regions. Quaestiones Geographicae. 39 (2), 43-53
2020 Scientific journal paper Ferreiro, M. F., Salavisa, I. & Bizarro, S. (2020). O sistema alimentar em Portugal: transições para a sustentabilidade e políticas públicas. CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios. 41, 177-195
2020 Book chapter Salavisa, I. & Ferreiro, M. F. (2020). Business model innovation and transition to a sustainable food system: A case study in the Lisbon metropolitan area. In Florinda Matos, Valter Vairinhos, Isabel Salavisa, Leif Edvinsson and Maurizio Massaro (Ed.), Knowledge, people, and digital transformation: Approaches for a sustainable future. (pp. 119-134). Cham: Springer Nature.
2020 Publication in conference proceedings Ferreiro, M. de F., Salavisa, I. & Bizarro, S. (2020). Transições na geografia alimentar: circuitos de abastecimento alternativos na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (AML). In Associação Portuguesa de Geógrafos e Departamento de Geografia da Universidade do Minho (Ed.), Livro de Actas do XII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa: "Geografias de Transição para a Sustentabilidade". (pp. 15-20). Guimarães: Universidade do Minho.
2020 Publication in conference proceedings Sousa, C. & Ferreiro, M. de F. (2020). Innovation and development: The role of social innovation. In De Nisco A. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE2020). (pp. 623-631). Rome, Virtual: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited.
2020 Talk Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima, Salavisa, I. & Bizarro, S. (2020). Transições para a sustentabilidade do sistema alimentar: nexos, escalas e temporalidades . 5º Workshop - Dinâmicas Socioeconómicas e Territoriais Contemporâneas.
2020 Talk Salavisa, I., Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima & Bizarro, S. (2020). Food system transition in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area: the role of bottom-up experiments. 3º Encontro da Associação de Economia Política Portuguesa - Space, Time and Political Economy.
2020 Talk Bizarro, S., Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima & Salavisa, I. (2020). Emergência de redes alimentares alternativas na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa: práticas, barreiras e oportunidades. Comunidades e Redes para a Inovação Territorial .
2020 Talk Novikova, M. & Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima (2020). SOCIAL INNOVATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL REGIONS: EXPERIENCE OF THE AUSTRIAN REGION OF MUEHLVIERTEL. 25th APDR Workshop "Social Innovation Towards Sustainability: Embracing Contemporary Challenges for Regional Development.
2020 Talk Sousa, C. & Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima (2020). Innovation and Development: The Role of Social Innovation. 15th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
2020 Talk Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima (2020). Frugal innovations and Covid 19 - chief discussant. Introductory webinars on innovation and entrepreneurship.
2019 Scientific journal paper Ferreiro, M. F. & Sousa, C. (2019). Governance, institutions and innovation in rural territories: the case of Coruche innovation network. Regional Science Policy and Practice. 11 (2), 627-642
2019 Scientific journal paper Ferreiro, M. F., Sheikh, F, Reidolf, M., Sousa, C. & Bhaduri, S. (2019). Tradition and innovation: between dynamics and tensions. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. 11 (5), 533-542
2019 Book editor Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima, Ramos, Isabel, Colaço, Conceição, Silva, Jorge & Ferreira, José Antunes (2019). Territórios Periurbanos. Lisboa. Direcção Geral do Território.
2019 Book chapter Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima, Ramos, Isabel, Colaço, Conceição, Silva, Jorge & Ferreira, José Antunes (2019). Introdução: periurbano, espaço de interfaces. In Territórios Periurbanos. Lisboa: Direcção Geral do Território.
2019 Book chapter Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima, Colaço, Conceição & Ramos, Isabel (2019). Na interface do conhecimento. In Maria de Fátima Ferreiro, isabel Loupa Ramos, Conceição colaço, Jorge Baptista e Silva e José Antunes Ferreira (Ed.), Territórios Periurbanos. Lisboa: Direcção Geral do Território.
2019 Book chapter Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima, Costa, Pedro & Condessa, Beatriz (2019). Governança e integração de políticas na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa. In Maria de Fátima Ferreiro, isabel Loupa Ramos, Conceição colaço, Jorge Baptista e Silva e José Antunes Ferreira (Ed.), Territórios Periurbanos. Lisboa: Direcção Geral do Território.
2019 Book chapter Pinto, T.C., Costa, Pedro, Bernardo, Fátima, Coelho, Rosa & Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima (2019). Actividades do Periurbano. In Maria de Fátima Ferreiro, isabel Loupa Ramos, Conceição colaço, Jorge Baptista e Silva e José Antunes Ferreira (Ed.), Territórios Periurbanos. Lisboa: Direcção Geral do Território.
2019 Publication in conference proceedings Salavisa, I. & Ferreiro, M. F. (2019). Combining new and old: Emergent business models in the food system transition. In Matos, F. (Ed.), GFIC 2019: Proceedings of the 2nd Global Forum of Intellectual Capital. (pp. 33). Lisboa: ISCTE – Instituto Universitário Lisboa.
2019 Publication in conference proceedings Santos, M. J. P. L. dos., Mota, M., Ferreiro, M. F., Ahmad, N., Ahmed, R. R., Santos, C. M....Silva, E. (2019). Assessing the sustainability of crowdfunding in social media and Google trends. In Kantola, J. I., and Nazir, S. (Ed.), Advances in human factors, business management and leadership. Avances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. (pp. 189-196). Washington D.C.: Springer, Cham.
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Social Enterpreneurship in Structurally Weak Rural Regions: Analysing Innovative Troubleshooters in Action
2016-12-01
2021-01-31