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Social Labs: enabling citizens to co-create and co-design innovations

Innovative cities

Social Labs: enabling citizens to co-create and co-design innovations

As cities grow in size and significance, they can become sites of complex social problems – but also hubs for exploring possible solutions. While…

11 January 2019Ada Wong

For a Fairer, More Inclusive Europe, Sign the #SIDeclaration

For a Fairer, More Inclusive Europe, Sign the #SIDeclaration

EU policymakers are negotiating Europe’s next long-term budget. Sign the #SIDeclaration today to tell them that Europe needs innovation to benefit…

17 October 2018Sophie Reynolds and Madeleine Gabriel (Nesta)

The opportunity for strategic foresight in philanthropy

The opportunity for strategic foresight in philanthropy

Download the full report here. The practice of strategic foresight has been a tool mainly used by corporations, enabling them to steady the…

24 September 2018

The role of philanthropy in using data to address complex challenges: A global scan

Data for social good

The role of philanthropy in using data to address complex challenges: A global scan

Foundations all over the world are grappling with their role in the emerging field of data and artificial intelligence. The field is fraught with po…

31 May 2018Jordan Junge & Kendra Schreiner & Louise Pulford

How Field Catalysts Galvanise Social Change

Field catalysts

How Field Catalysts Galvanise Social Change

Ending malaria. Achieving marriage equality. Dramatically reducing teen smoking. Surmounting these and other daunting social challenges can require…

15 February 2018SSIR

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How can unusual suspects help unlock the politics of everyday?

Citizen Participation

Why public servants need to get out of the office more

Innovative cities

Why public servants need to get out of the office more

As cities grow in size and significance, they can become sites of complex social problems – but also hubs for exploring possible solutions. While…

14 February 2019Louise Pulford

Weekly round-up- The fallacy of philanthropy, Japanese pensioners in jail, Alternative Camden & more!

Reading recommendations

Weekly round-up- The fallacy of philanthropy, Japanese pensioners in jail, Alternative Camden & more!

Each week, the SIX team will be sharing their favourite pieces of reading. The content will be organised thematically, and each piece will tie to wo…

4 February 2019

What happened at the Social Lab Symposium, Hong Kong?

What happened at the Social Lab Symposium, Hong Kong?

SIX was recently in Hong Kong, partnering with the Make a Difference Institute, for the Social Lab Symposium, and event that explored the social lab…

1 February 2019

The city as collective intelligence

Innovative cities

The city as collective intelligence

As cities grow in size and significance, they can become sites of complex social problems – but also hubs for exploring possible solutions. While…

30 January 2019Geoff Mulgan

The state of social innovation in 2019

social innovation in 2019

The state of social innovation in 2019

State of social innovation 2019 - view & download Over the last 10 years, SIX has developed a broad view of what social innovation looks like…

22 January 2019