Collaborative Research, Public Inquiry, and Democratic Experimentalism: Contributions and How to Apply Pragmatism to Social Innovation Studies

This article explores the contributions of a pragmatist approach to social innovation studies. It characterizes epistemological assumptions pragmatism and its implications conceive “science in action.” pragmatisms developing perspective analyze civil society action promote innovation, focusing on key notions “public inquiry” “democratic experimentalism.” The aim is discuss contributions, challenges, limits conducting pragmatic studies—from an analytical methodological perspective—giving way co-operative engaged research that connects co-ordinates teaching knowledge transfer, theory practice, experts ordinary citizens, experiences