Global Social Innovation

Questions to guide innovation funding
Funders Node

Questions to guide innovation funding

Funding is essential for social innovation to grow and thrive. This is why SIX has an entire programme dedicated to philanthropy. The SIX Funders No…
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21 January 2019Jordan Junge
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Philanthropy and data: How to better use, work with and fund data and emerging technologies
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Philanthropy and data: How to better use, work with and fund data and emerging technologies

Introduction Foundations all over the world are grappling with their role in the emerging field of data and artificial intelligence. The field is…
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21 January 2019
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How can a city empower its youth to create their own global future?
Innovative Cities

How can a city empower its youth to create their own global future?

As cities grow in size and significance, they can become sites of complex social problems – but also hubs for exploring possible solutions. While…
21 January 2019Sunit Shrestha
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Weekly round-up- 2019 as the year of green solutions, a human chain for gender equality, bill of rights of nudging & more
Reading recommendations

Weekly round-up- 2019 as the year of green solutions, a human chain for gender equality, bill of rights of nudging & 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…
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21 January 2019
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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
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What does it take to be an active researcher?
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What does it take to be an active researcher?

Pilot sandpit workshop facilitated by SIX​ The unique 1-day pilot workshop will bring together social innovators, early career researchers,…
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9 January 2019
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Strategic foresight and philanthropy
Funders Node

Strategic foresight and philanthropy

Highlights and questions from on a dinner with foundations on the opportunity for philanthropy to engage with strategic foresight.
27 November 2018Jordan Junge
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What is the power of networks in philanthropy? Reflections from SIX
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What is the power of networks in philanthropy? Reflections from SIX

Having worked for an international exchange for almost 5 years, I can attest firsthand to the power of networks. Networks help us to navigate our da…
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27 November 2018Jordan Junge
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Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives
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Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives

Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives investigates socioeconomic impact. Since it is hard to establish causality and to measure social propert…
27 November 2018Helmut K. Anheier, Gorgi Krlev & Georg Mildenberger
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Taking risks and achieving greater impact: A view from global foundations
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Taking risks and achieving greater impact: A view from global foundations

Download the full report here. Philanthropic foundations play a critical role in the landscape of social change. They leverage largely private m…
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26 November 2018SIX
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Weekly round-up- the politics of emotion, asking what Google has really done for us & more!
Reading recommendations

Weekly round-up- the politics of emotion, asking what Google has really done for us & 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…
SIX
26 November 2018
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Carlos Moedas: The EU will fund more social innovation because it’s the future of innovation
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Carlos Moedas: The EU will fund more social innovation because it’s the future of innovation

Socially focused innovators across Europe have called on the European Union to put innovation at the heart of its strategy to achieve a ‘social tr…
8 November 2018Joanna Roberts
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