Sustainable through Digital – A Research Agenda for Digital Social Innovation
本研究通过文献综述整合数字创新与社会创新，提出数字社会创新的研究议程，包含12条研究路径，为学者和实践者应对可持续挑战提供指导。
Abstract To address the detrimental sustainability challenges of our time, the synthesis of two currently isolated innovation research streams is promising: 1) Digital innovation leveraging digital technologies to create novel solutions, and 2) social innovation creating social value and thus accelerating sustainable development. Bringing together both research streams, this study aims to build a knowledge foundation on so-called digital social innovation (DSI). First, by identifying 135 studies in the DSI realm through a structured literature review, we analyse and synthesise their contribution via a theory-based multidimensional framework spanning digital technology, digital innovation, and social innovation. Next, to get a comprehensive overview of existing DSI research, this study provides a research agenda validated by expert scholars comprising 12 clear-cut research pathways for DSI. Our findings guide the advancement of DSI research and enable practitioners to leverage DSI in light of the current societal challenges.