Andrzej Klimczuk
@sgh.waw.pl
Department of Social Policy
SGH Warsaw School of Economics
Andrzej Klimczuk, PhD, a sociologist and public policy expert, assistant professor in the Department of Social Policy of the Collegium of Socio-Economics at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. Editor and correspondent of publications about computer and video games in the years 2002-2009. In 2011-2013, Vice President of the Foundation’s Laboratory Research and Social Action “ External expert of institutions such as the European Commission, URBACT Programme, Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, Fondazione Cariplo, and International Federation on Ageing. Member of various scientific organizations such as the European Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, European School of Social Innovation, International Political Science Association, European Citizen Science Association, and Human Development & Capability Association. Author of many scientific papers in the field of gerontology, labor economics, public management, and social policy.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Geriatrics and Gerontology, Sociology and Political Science, Demography
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Andrzej Klimczuk, Eva Berde, Delali A. Dovie, Magdalena Klimczuk-Kochanska, and Gabriella Spinelli
Frontiers Media SA
© 2022 Klimczuk, Berde, Dovie, Klimczuk-Kochańska and Spinelli. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Editorial: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Socio-economic systems in the post-pandemic world: Design thinking, strategic planning, management, and public policy
Andrzej Klimczuk, Magdalena Klimczuk-Kochańska, and Jorge Felix
Frontiers Media SA
COPYRIGHT © 2022 Klimczuk, Klimczuk-Kochańska and Felix. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Editorial: Social, technological and health innovation: Opportunities and limitations for social policy, health policy, and environmental policy
Andrzej Klimczuk, Egle Butkeviciene, and Minela Kerla
Frontiers Media SA
The presented Research Topic explores the potential of citizen science to contribute to the development of social innovations. It sets the ground for analysis of mutual relations between two strong and embedded in the literature concepts: citizen science and social innovation. Simultaneously, the collection opens a discussion on how these two ideas are intertwined, what are the significant barriers, and the need to use citizen science for social innovation. As described by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Eurostat (2018), social innovation refers to some new idea, new solution, or new design that makes a social impact in terms of conceptual, process, product, or organizational change, which aims to improve the lives of individuals and communities. This conceptual perspective lays a background for this Research Topic. It is possible to consider citizen science as social innovation. As emphasized by Butkeviciene et al. (2021), the relationship between citizen science and social innovation might be two-fold: citizen science as a novel practice might be considered as social innovation in the realm of the traditional research process, and citizen science might be treated as a vehicle to foster social innovation. These two approaches are present in theoretical debates and coherently intertwined in this collection. On the one hand, articles analyze methodological issues and the novelty of such methods as design thinking or action research. On the other hand, papers also investigate the factors such as translation specifics in citizen science, ecosystems of citizen science, or new learning environments that are supporting the development of social innovation. The presented Research Topic includes seven articles prepared in total by 34 authors from the following countries: Australia, Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. Five journals were related to this Research Topic: “Frontiers in Sociology,” “Frontiers in ResearchMetrics and Analytics,” “Frontiers in Communication,” “Frontiers in Environmental Science,” and “Frontiers in Political Science.” This collection contains five types of articles covering: two original research articles (Goi and Tan; Heinisch), one perspective article (Roche et al.), two conceptual analysis articles (Eckhard et al.; Roche et al.), one review article (Scheibner et al.), and one methods article (Coulson et al.). This Research Topic covers papers that critically evaluate the existing social innovations and citizen science initiatives. The articles are organized according to three themes. Edited and reviewed by: Scott Schaffer, Western University, Canada
Vida Česnuitytė, Bori Simonovits, Andrzej Klimczuk, Bálint Balázs, Cristina Miguel, and Gabriela Avram
Springer International Publishing
AbstractThe chapter is the final one in the volume of collected papers aiming to discuss the sharing economy in Europe. The idea of the book emerged within the research network created by the COST Action CA16121 ‘From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy.’ The authors of the chapter sum up theoretical and empirical materials as well as country-specific cases provided in the book. The article critically assesses the current status of the sharing economy in European countries by highlighting major controversial issues related to deregulation, market disruption, or social inequality. The authors conclude that, considering the comprehensive and up-to-date materials collected and analysed in the book, it may become an outstanding source of knowledge and a practical tool in the process of expansion of the sharing economy in Europe and beyond.
Błażej Koczetkow and Andrzej Klimczuk
Springer International Publishing
AbstractThe purpose of this chapter is to analyse approaches to the sharing economy from the perspective of public policy science. In the first part of the text, attention is paid to perceiving the development of the emerging sharing economy not only as phenomenon with positive economic effects but also as a set of public problems (e.g., on the labour market and for existing economic structures) that require intervention at the level of national governments as well as at international level. Subsequent sections identify possible actions for regulating the development of the sharing economy. The role of soft law, stakeholders’ networks, self-regulation and standardisation are discussed in the chapter. The summary includes potential directions for further research.
V. Česnuitytė, Andrzej Klimczuk, C. Miguel and G. Avram
Springer International Publishing
Cristina Miguel, Gabriela Avram, Andrzej Klimczuk, Bori Simonovits, Bálint Balázs, and Vida Česnuitytė
Springer International Publishing
AbstractThis chapter explains the rationale behind the book. It provides basic definitions of the concept of the sharing economy as well as the primary meanings related to the subject of the analysis undertaken in the subsequent chapters. This Introduction also includes a description of the main benefits of the analysis of the sharing economy from a European perspective. It highlights that the idea of the book emerged from the collaboration of most co-authors in the COST Action CA16121 ‘From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy.’ Finally, the outline of the book is presented, providing a description of the content of each chapter within this academic collection.
Josep Perelló, Andrzej Klimczuk, Anne Land-Zandstra, Katrin Vohland, Katherin Wagenknecht, Claire Narraway, Rob Lemmens, and Marisa Ponti
Springer International Publishing
AbstractThis book is the culmination of the COST Action CA15212 Citizen Science to Promote Creativity, Scientific Literacy, and Innovation throughout Europe. It represents the final stage of a shared journey taken over the last 4 years. During this relatively short period, our citizen science practices and perspectives have rapidly evolved. In this chapter we discuss what we have learnt about the recent past of citizen science and what we expect and hope for the future.
Willeke van Staalduinen, Carina Dantas, Joost van Hoof, and Andrzej Klimczuk
Springer International Publishing
Andrzej Klimczuk and Łukasz Tomczyk
Frontiers Media SA
Andrzej Klimczuk
Informa UK Limited
The Social Capital Development Strategy 2020 (SCDS) is the main document of cultural policy in Poland. The work on the strategy was carried out in 2009–2012, and it was adopted by the Council of Ministers in 2013. The scope of the strategy was defined in the 2009 amendments to the Act of 6 December 2006 on the Principles of Development Policy that underlies the creation of a new strategic order in Poland. These principles were also alluded to in the report Poland 2030 (Boni, 2009) that was produced by the Board of Strategic Advisors to the Prime Minister of Poland. This report described 10 challenges for the development of the country including economic growth, demographic changes, and social and regional solidarity. In addition, it also defined the so-called “polarisation and diffusion model of development”. This model is intended to support the most competitive sectors of the economy and urban centres in Poland (polarisation) as well as ensuring the diffusion of benefits (e.g. to rural areas and people in poverty). This diffusion requires strategic interventions in regional policy and involves the introduction of instruments and structures that will allow different configurations of institutions (stakeholders) involved in policy-making and co-ordination. Moreover, Poland 2030 highlighted that the building of social capital is crucial to the delivery of the plan. This assumption is based on the observations from the European Social Survey and Polish panel research entitled Social Diagnosis (Czapiński & Panek, 2014) that identified Poland to have one of the lowest levels of generalised trust and other indicators of civil society amongst all of the European countries. According to Putnam et al.’s (1993) theory of social capital, these sorts of trusts, norms, and relationships are crucial to the cooperation and effective implementation of the complex tasks of groups and organisations. As such, the assertion of the Poland 2030 report is that the cultural characteristics of contemporary Polish society are not supporting the socioeconomic development and the SCDS is intended to contribute towards changing this situation. The SCDS was created as a part of the “integrated approach to development in Poland” (Ministry of Regional Development, 2011). This approach aims to (1) integrate the social, economic, and spatial dimension of development and (2) to facilitate the implementation of multi-level governance through the strategic use of the European Structural Funds in Poland that are related to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy (European
Andrzej Klimczuk and Ł. Tomczyk
Institution of Engineering and Technology
The chapter aims to introduce an integrated approach to concepts of (1) smart cities and (2) age-friendly cities and communities. Although these ideas are widely promoted by the European Union and the World Health Organisation, they are perceived as separate. Meanwhile, these concepts are closely intermingled in theory and practise concerning the promotion of healthy and active ageing, a universal design, usability and accessibility of age-friendly environments, reducing of the digital divide and robotic divide, and reducing of older adults' social isolation. The conclusion underlines the need for participatory creation of ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies and applications with older adults and the need for advocacy to promote AAL in the context of the silver economy especially in the Central and Eastern Europe.
Andrzej Klimczuk
Palgrave Macmillan US
Andrzej Klimczuk
Linkoping University Electronic Press
The approach to analysing population ageing and its impacts on the economy has evolved in recent years. There is increasing interest in the development and use of products and services related to gerontechnology as well as other social innovations that may be considered as central parts of the ‘‘silver economy.’’ However, the concept of silver economy is still being formed and requires detailed research. This article proposes a typology of models of the silver economy in the European Union (EU) at the national and regional levels. This typology was created by comparing the Active Ageing Index to the typology of varieties and cultures of capitalism and typology of the welfare states. Practical recommendations for institutions of the EU and directions for further research are discussed.
Andrzej Klimczuk
Palgrave Macmillan
Andrzej Klimczuk
Elsevier
Andrzej Klimczuk
Palgrave Macmillan