ContentsForewordxxiiAcknowledgementsxxiv1 Introduction: social innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1DavidLittlewood,IreneGarnelo-Gomez,GiacomoCiambotti,andLaurelSteinfieldPART I SOCIAL INNOVATION AND THE BIOSPHERE (SDGs 6, 13, 14, 15)2 Social innovation in climate finance 41AbrarChaudhuryandSeoyoungLee3 Renewable energy as a social innovation 55ZanaCranmer4 Community-based circular practices and social innovation: evidence from Uganda 73VittorioCapitani,MarcoMinciullo,andGiacomoCiambottiPART II SOCIAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETY (SGDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 16)5 Systems approaches to UN Sustainable Development Goals: managing paradox in agri-food through partnerships with sustainable business model organizations 97NataliaLumby,JullieKellershohn,andLyndaMcDonald6 Ending hunger requires local food: a case study of the Hunger Task Force Farm 120MelissaG.BublitzandJonathanHansen7 Microfranchises for war victims and victimizers'' social and economic (re)integration 136AndresBarriosandAdrianoCano8 Navigating the path to SDG3: unveiling the tensions within healthcare organizations 156MariaCristinaZaccone,GiacomoCiambotti,andMatteoPedrini9 Thriving through technology: social innovations in mental health 181JaneMachinandAusraRutelione10 Reaching SDG #3 - Good Health and Well-being: evidence from healthcare initiatives in South Africa 203ConstanceDumalanède11 Social innovations in addressing menstrual poverty in Africa: the menstrual cup intervention for girls in rural Ghana 223Kofi Kyeremateng Nyanteng and Christine Garde Denning12 Gender paradoxes and social innovation in the context of refugee entrepreneurship 248Farah Al Taji and Deema RefaiPART III SOCIAL INNOVATION AND THE ECONOMY (SDGs 8, 9, 10, 12)13 Harnessing synergies between sustainability, decent work, and the social solidarity economy: an introduction to the SDS toolkit 272Jürgen Schwettmann, Mike Bull, and Helen Wadham14 Mobile money, M-Pesa, and the Sustainable Development Goals 296Francesca Giliberto and Diane Holt15 An evaluation of microfinance contribution to youth entrepreneurship and access to funding: a case of sub-Saharan Africa 314Juliana Siwale and Ugbede Umoru16 Social innovators as sponsors of institutional change: the case of intermediary organizations and SMEs in Pakistan''s textile manufacturing sector 330Raees Aslam, Aqueel Wahga, and Richard BlundelPART IV UNIVERSITIES AND PEDAGOGIES OF SOCIAL INNOVATION AND THE SDGs17 The inclusion of challenges associated with the SDGs agenda in the training of creative profiles 354Paula Fernández Gago and Rodrigo Martínez Rodríguez18 From beekeeping to habitat stewardship: teaching social innovation for biodiversity thinking in business schools 374Rafael Ziegler, Nadia Ponce Morales, and Mathieu Bouchard19 Promoting social innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals: the role of higher education institutions in Africa 394Annika Surmeier, David Littlewood, Addisu A. Lashitew, Gideon Nomdo, Bongi Bangeni, Kasturi Behari-Leak, Vanessa Ramanjam, Katusha de Villiers, and Phyllis Awor20 Measuring the impact of university-led social innovation: Sustainable Development Goal focused social impact within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) 416Richard Hazenberg, Claire Paterson-Young, and Michael Maher21 Utilizing digital technology in social innovation education: the power of inspirational videos for transformative learning 437Amal AhmadiPART V ORGANIZING FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION AND THE SDGs22 A social innovation approach to SDGs: role of small and local third sector organizations 455Nadeen Purna and Lauren Tuckerman23 The role and importance of empathy in understanding stakeholder interests and fostering multi-dimensional social innovations aligned with the UN SDGs 471Furkan A. Gau24 Designing for equity and justice: integrating intersectionality theory into social innovation processes 489Azure Cook and Laurel Steinfield.