Ela Callorda Fossati

• PhD in development economics
• Researcher at Université Libre de Bruxelles

(SPA) El concepto de “Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza” (SbN) ha sido promovido en los últimos años en ámbitos internacionales en relación con las agendas políticas de cambio climático y conservación de la biodiversidad. Se trata de un concepto controversial: sus detractores, tanto en países del Sur como del Norte, denuncian la exacerbación de l...

Avec le concept d’exnovation, les Sustainability Transitions studies (ST) connaissent un changement de paradigme. Leur focale typique sur les niches d’innovation durables se déplace pour éclairer désormais le revers de ces processus d’émergence : les voies de sortie des systèmes sociotechniques qui posent des problèmes de non-durabilité. Cet articl...

With the concept of exnovation, Sustainability Transitions (ST) studies are experiencing a paradigm shift. Their typical focus on sustainable niche innovations has now shifted to shed light on the reverse side of these emergence processes: the exit routes from socio-technical systems which cause problems of unsustainability. This article introduces...

With the concept of exnovation, Sustainability Transitions (ST) studies are experiencing a paradigm shift. Their typical focus on sustainable niche innovations has now shifted to shed light on the reverse side of these emergence processes: the exit routes from socio-technical systems which cause problems of unsustainability. This article introduces...

The “exnovation” concept helps to understand the linkages between a range of developments in business ecosystems and business models that at first sight seem unconnected: the phasing out of coal plants, the decline of traditional retail, the de-materialisation of economic production, the decline of industrial regions, the various policies introduce...

The presentation presents theoretical, methodological and normative consideration regarding research on labour/decarbonization transitions. The associated paper (in progress) takes issue with reductionism in 'twin transition' discourse, and develops advances towards a more refined and empowering discourse.

LAMARTRA addresses the interlinkages between transition processes of decarbonisation and ‘labour market’ - understood more broadly as work and employment. The salience of these interlinkages is increasing as processes of low-carbon transition are progressing beyond their initial stages of pioneering and niche markets. This salience speaks from the...

This research attempts to study the social representations underlying health and care social innovations (HCSI) implemented in Wallonia, Belgium to shift ageing policies and management towards the ageing in place paradigm. A panel of 34 experts was interviewed to understand their representations using a Delphi‐based methodology. The data were proce...

The research report presents a case analysis on the transition towards a circular economy in Brussels from an exnovation perspective. It focuses on the governance of the ways out from the linear economy or 'delinearisation'. The objectives of this research consist in: (1) elucidating the shifting place of exnovation in the strategies and debates on...

Considering insights from socio-economics, work psychology, and occupational health, this study focuses on the job satisfaction and well-being of employees working in nonprofit social enterprises (SE). We question the idea suggested by the recent literature that working for a SE brings employees a high level of job satisfaction and well-being. We a...

How to select cases for multi-case analysis in social innovation research? This article addresses the practical issue of sampling units of analysis for further in-depth study. This is a challenging methodological question since one recognizes the “essentially contested” character of the concept. Noticeably, the concept of social innovation generate...

Dans le cadre de cet article, l’innovation sociale (IS) renvoie à des initiatives associatives qui, en se saisissant de l’aspiration à « vieillir chez soi », brisent les routines et les structures du système de eldercare wallon. Mais concrètement, que signifie innover socialement pour ces initiatives ? Et sur quelles logiques de financement s’appui...

Introduction: L'objectif de ce texte est d’examiner comment la méthode Delphi peut permettre de répondre au problème de délimitation d’un terrain d’enquête qui se pose dans la recherche en innovation sociale, problème qui est lié à l’absence à la fois de définition consensuelle de l’innovation sociale et d’un cadastre des cas d’innovation. Notre éq...

RESUME: Ce texte revisite, au sein du quadriptyque des formes d’intégration économique de Karl Polanyi, celle qui a été la moins étudiée : le partage domestique (householding). Notre contribution s’inscrit dans la continuité de travaux récents en socioéconomie qui appellent à élargir le concept de partage domestique (Hillenkamp 2013), c’est à dire...

In this chapter, the author (Ela Callorda Fossati) first reviews the relevant literature, before introducing gender as a dimension of characterization that is crucial to understanding the functioning of labour and production relations in developing countries. The statistical analysis shows that labour-sector governing institutions are differentiate...

En Wallonie, la question de l’accompagnement à domicile (AD) se pose pleinement pour une population âgée de plus en plus nombreuse qui aspire à rester chez elle mais dont la probabilité est forte de voir cette aspiration entravée par des pathologies, l’isolement social et le manque de ressources financières. Du côté des pouvoirs publics, la volonté...

This article focuses on the dynamics of social innovation in the fields of community support and suitable housing for elderly people in Wallonia. The main hypothesis is about hybridization both as a driving force for and an obstacle to the development of these initiatives. The demonstration underlines the importance of resource hybridization in the...