We are actively pushing Social Innovation on the European agenda. Here we share interesting events and keep you informed about activities and developments of our work. Exciting news and important milestones from our consortium and our pan-European network are awaiting.
Our Global Dialogue Series is an online conversation series that aims to expand social innovation knowledge across borders and sectors. We are connecting not only with global social innovation leaders in Europe but also from other parts of the world. Each conversation features a global thinker and doer who sheds light on thought provoking ideas, useful tools and methods and inspiring examples of social innovation. Hosted by our partners from SIX.
Talk #1 with Geoff Mulgan, Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London. Drawing on the insights from his new book, Another World is Possible, Louise Pulford (CEO at SIX) talks to Geoff about how we can use creative imagination to achieve a better future. What can we learn from the past and what methods can we use now to open up thinking about the future and spark action?
Talk #2 with Ezio Manzini, a leading thinker in design for social innovation and sustainability and the founder of DESIS. Louise Pulford (CEO, SIX) will talk with Ezio about his new book, Livable proximity: Ideas for the City that Cares, and discuss what it means to build a city starting from the life of the citizens and an idea of livable proximity, drawing on examples and commitments from cities such as Milan, Barcelona and Paris.
Talk #3 with Christian Bason, a political scientist and CEO of the DDC – Danish Design Center. Drawing on his recent book, Expand: Stretching the Future By Design, Louise Pulford (CEO, SIX) will explore how expansive thinking across six key areas—time, proximity, value, life, dimensions, and sectors—can provide radical, useful solutions to a whole host of current problems around the globe – from transforming the ways we do business and reimagining health care, to creating planet-restoring housing and humanising our digital lives in an age of AI.How can we expand and go beyond “design thinking”?
ESIA partners from all five consortium countries came together in Copenhagen to share their learnings and experiences over the past two years.
The Danish team welcomed ESIA partners in Copenhagen to give insights to their future practices and show examples of social innovation in Denmark
Our European partners were welcomed in Lublin and Warsaw to explore the Polish social innovation ecosystem.
The Technical University of Dortmund invited European social innovation actors to a workshop with the goal of exchanging experiences and formulating a…
ESIA partners gain exciting insights during their visit to Germany
The mid- term event of the ESIA project aimed at convening colleagues across consortia working on the Social Innovation Competence Centre project and…
Status quo and current trends of social innovation. Results of the Ecosystem Mapping Study of the TU Dortmund University (SFS).
The team of the European Social Innovation Alliance was invited to visit Estonia as part of the European project of establishing national Social…
Social Innovation Connect invited the ESIA consortium members on an insightful tour to experience the social innovation sector in Scotland.
The European Social Innovation Alliance is a joint project of Centre for Social Investment, Danish Design Centre, Danish Social Innovation Academy, Diakonie Schleswig-Holstein, FASE GmbH, Foundation for Civil Society, Glasgow Caledonian University, Institute for Work and Technology, Phineo gAG, Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerk Deutschland e.V., Shipyard Foundation, Social Enterprise Estonia, Social Innovation Exchange, Tallinn University, Technical University Dortmund, Võru County Development Agency with the lead partner Social Impact gGmbH and is funded by the European Commission via the European Social Fund and the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation.
