Chapter 05 of the book "Social Innovation Projects for Climate Neutral Cities" edited by Sabrina Bresciani (see full book here https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-87726-1_1 )

Ten Social Innovation Case Studies to Address Cities’ Challenges: Citizens Engagement, Energy and Behavioral Change

Sabrina Bresciani, Rohit Mondal, Kaisa Schmidt-Thome, & Francesco Michele Noera

Link to book chapter: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-87726-1_5#Abs1 

How are cities implementing social innovation for climate neutrality in practice? In this chapter, 10 case studies are summarized according to three main categories: citizen engagement, energy (communities), and behavioral change. These categories correspond to the NZC curated collections of social innovation case studies, which are available on the NZC platform. The breadth of cities’ experiences covered by the cases reflect Europe’s dynamic experimental environment, with diverse levels of readiness and understanding of social innovation for sustainability. Cases outline cities’ experiences from Spain, Greece, Croatia, Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, U.K. and U.S. Topics range from gamified approaches to co-creation and from community building and to civic design labs.

Citation: Bresciani, S., Mondal, R., Schmidt-Thome, K., Noera, F.M. (2025). Ten Social Innovation Case Studies to Address Cities’ Challenges: Citizens Engagement, Energy and Behavioral Change. In: Bresciani, S. (eds) Social Innovation Projects for Climate Neutral Cities. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-87726-1_5