Social innovation is an emerging theme within innovation theory, and so is the concept of public service innovation networks for social innovation (PSINSIs). The purpose of this article is to explore how social innovation in Danish public services is conceptualised and enacted through the lenses of public service innovation networks for social innovation. To do this, a thorough integrative review of the literature dealing with the Danish context is conducted. The Danish context is interesting in order to investigate these network arrangements, firstly because they are not well understood in the context of the Nordic welfare states, which Denmark is part of, and then because municipalities and civil society have historically had a mutually dependent relationship in Denmark. The article highlights that social innovation is framed in several ways in the Danish public sector. In particular, the results show that the literature can be grouped according to four themes: (1) samskabelse (co-creation), (2) collaboration with civil society, (3) social entrepreneurs and social innovation and (4) public–private innovation partnerships. Moreover, the article presents and discusses a number of Danish empirical projects that may be understood through the lens of the PSINSI framework. Hence, the paper contributes with new theoretical perspectives, in addition to contributing to practice.

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丹麦公共部门对社会创新的理解：文献综述

社会创新是创新理论中的一个新兴主题，社会创新的公共服务创新网络（PSINSIs）概念也是如此。本文旨在探讨如何通过用于社会创新的公共服务创新网络来概念化和实施丹麦公共服务中的社会创新。为此，对涉及丹麦语境的文献进行了全面的综合审查。为了研究这些网络安排，丹麦的背景很有趣，首先是因为它们在丹麦所属的北欧福利国家的背景下并未得到很好的理解，其次是因为市政当局和民间社会在历史上有着相互依赖的关系。丹麦。文章强调指出，丹麦公共部门以多种方式来构筑社会创新。尤其是，结果表明，文献可以根据四个主题进行分组：（1）samskabelse（共同创造），（2）与民间社会的合作，（3）社会企业家和社会创新，以及（4）公私创新伙伴关系。此外，本文介绍并讨论了许多丹麦的经验项目，这些经验项目可以通过PSINSI框架的角度来理解。因此，除了对实践做出贡献之外，本文还为新的理论观点做出了贡献。