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Nesta Challenges

Nesta Challenges

Nesta Challenges was founded in 2012 as a dedicated unit within Nesta to design and run challenge prizes that help solve pressing problems that lack solutions, by shining a spotlight where it matters and incentivising people to solve these issues.

For a decade, Nesta Challenges established itself as a global leader in the design and delivery of high-impact challenge prizes that incentivise cutting-edge innovation for social good. Between 2012-2022, Nesta Challenges ran more than 80 prizes, distributed £84 million in funding and engaged with 12,000 innovators.

In 2022 Nesta Challenges became Challenge Works, a social enterprise founded by Nesta. View the full team.

Want to solve a problem or sponsor a prize? Innovators, funders and clients, alike, visit challengeworks.org

Team

Tris Dyson

Tris Dyson

Tris Dyson

Managing Director of Challenge Works

Tris has led Challenge Works from its origins as a Nesta experiment to being a global hub for expertise and insight on challenge prizes.

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Holly Jamieson

Holly Jamieson

Holly Jamieson

Director, Challenge Works

Holly helps organisations bring great ideas to life to build a better world.

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Daniel Berman

Daniel Berman

Daniel Berman

Director of Global Health and Disability, Challenge Works

Daniel leads the Global Health Team, including the Longitude Prize, at Challenge Works.

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Chris Gorst

Chris Gorst

Chris Gorst

Director, Challenges Works

At Challenges Works, Chris's experience spans the public, commercial and social impact sectors and interactions between the three.

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Constance Agyeman

Constance Agyeman

Constance Agyeman

Director of International Development, Challenge Works

At Challenges Works, Constance brought over 20 years experience in the voluntary sector to develop national and international programs which engage communities.

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Kathy Nothstine

Kathy Nothstine

Kathy Nothstine

Head of Future Cities, Challenge Works

At Challenge Works, Kathy is the Head of Future Cities, where she focuses on place-based innovation and empowering cities to shape their destiny.

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Olivier Usher

Olivier Usher

Olivier Usher

Head of Research, Challenge Works

Oli leads Challenge Works research team. He helps to identify promising areas for innovation and choose the most impactful focus for new prizes.

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Carly Wickham

Carly Wickham

Carly Wickham

Head of Operations, Challenge Works

Carly is the Head of Operations at Challenge Works.

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