ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sociol.
Sec. Urban Sociology
Rethinking local welfare: a network analysis of an Italian case study
Provisionally accepted
- University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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The hypothesis underlying this research is that a participatory research/co-design experience, within a specific territorial context, can foster interaction between the social actors involved, enabling interesting mechanisms of transformation of the infrastructure network. We applied the methodology of social network analysis. We evaluated two interaction systems and observed how actors connect and how behaviour is influenced, impacting the network infrastructure. Our results show that a participatory research/co-design experience can create an engagement strategy and network infrastructure capable of implementing local welfare.
Keywords: Infrastructural network, local welfare, Networks analysis, social network analysis, social policies
Received: 21 Aug 2025; Accepted: 04 Dec 2025.
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* Correspondence: Silvia Carbone
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