Generating social innovation
Researcher:
Young Foundation in partnership with NESTA
Description
There is growing interest in the field of social and public innovation, in the UK, Europe and globally. However, there remains uncertainty about which methods the field should use.
This project will survey, synthesise and distil the state of knowledge about methods in the field, drawing on practitioners and researchers in the UK and internationally, to produce a handbook of methods for social innovation.
It will also collect what evidence there is on the effectiveness of various methods.
The project will explore the following areas:
- Setting the conditions for social innovation
- The process of social innovation
- Transformative innovations