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Evaluating social innovations: How creative evaluation can help articulate their values and impacts

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Evaluating social innovations: How creative evaluation can help articulate their values and impacts. / Owen, Violet; Ceyhan, Pinar; Cruickshank, Leon et al.
DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022. ed. / D Lockton; S Lenzi; P Hekkert; A Sádaba; P Lloyd. Bilbao: Design Research Society, 2022. 206 (DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022).

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Owen, V, Ceyhan, P, Cruickshank, L & Christou, E 2022, Evaluating social innovations: How creative evaluation can help articulate their values and impacts. in D Lockton, S Lenzi, P Hekkert, A Sádaba & P Lloyd (eds), DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022., 206, DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022, Design Research Society, Bilbao, DRS 2022 Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain, 25/06/22. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.607

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Owen, V., Ceyhan, P., Cruickshank, L., & Christou, E. (2022). Evaluating social innovations: How creative evaluation can help articulate their values and impacts. In D. Lockton, S. Lenzi, P. Hekkert, A. Sádaba, & P. Lloyd (Eds.), DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022 Article 206 (DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022). Design Research Society. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.607

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Owen V, Ceyhan P, Cruickshank L, Christou E. Evaluating social innovations: How creative evaluation can help articulate their values and impacts. In Lockton D, Lenzi S, Hekkert P, Sádaba A, Lloyd P, editors, DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022. Bilbao: Design Research Society. 2022. 206. (DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022). Epub 2022 Jun 20. doi: 10.21606/drs.2022.607

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Owen, Violet ; Ceyhan, Pinar ; Cruickshank, Leon et al. / Evaluating social innovations : How creative evaluation can help articulate their values and impacts. DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022. editor / D Lockton ; S Lenzi ; P Hekkert ; A Sádaba ; P Lloyd. Bilbao : Design Research Society, 2022. (DRS2022 Bilbao: Design Research Society Conference 2022).

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