"In fields as diverse as community land ownership, social care, social housing provision, cultural services and environmental projects, social innovation is driving place-based rural development"

How can social innovation change the face of rural areas in Scotland? What are the most appropriate approaches, methods and tools to assess social innovation? What does policy support of social innovation mean in the Scottish context? These questions along with many others were at the heart of a workshop held at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen and led by researchers of the EU-funded SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas) project.

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