Diffusion, understood as ‘the act of spreading something more widely’ is fundamentally about processes of change. It is unsurprising therefore that it is the subject of intense interest...
Its official name is ‘Laboratorium Ratownictwa Medycznego i Procedur Medycznych’ (Emergency Medicine and Medical Procedures Laboratory). Such ‘hospital simulator’ is the fir...
Nesta, Tepsie and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) are hosting Social Frontiers, a research conference on social innovation at GCU's London campus in East London on 14th and 15th November 20...
The study "Social engagement of Poles" carried out by the research institute TNS for Groupon Poland clearly shows that Poles appreciate the potential for joint action. The majority (61%) ...
Measuring what matters?! – Blueprint for Social Innovation Metrics presented at EMES 2013 conference This year’s EMES conference lent its headline from Dennis Young’s seminal book...
How does a not-for-profit organisation or NGO go about working innovatively, and find new solutions to complex social problems? Although cases of innovative projects are all around us, these anecdo...
In a new collection of essays published by LGiU, the Local Government Information Unit, Jonathan Carr-West argues that English local government is at a crossroads. Funding has been cut and challeng...
Social Innovation Camp (http://sicamp.org/) is an institution allowing for cooperation of ‘software developers and those with an understanding of a social problem to help them start and grow ...
The second Eastern Europe Initiatives Congress (EEIC) will be held in Lublin (Poland), 1-6 October 2013. EEIC is a meeting of the representatives of local governments, central governments, non-gove...
The need for more sustainability and responsible conduct in the finance and banking sector has moved into the focus of attention only in the last few years – not just in the aftermath of the ...
