SOCIAL INNOVATION INTERVIEWS

The survcoin is a dedicated climate action coin which rewards users for their carbon footprint reduction efforts. Check it out at Social Innovation Academy!

Clothing brand Progoti introduced a new model of social innovation to the garment industry by connecting customers to workers’ futures in a unique way.

Rethink2gether supports event organizers, food businesses & public authorities to reduce food waste. Check out its story at Social Innovation Academy!

There are many ways to understand social impact, social innovation, social entrepreneurship and scaling systemic change. Are you with us?

An insight into a new way of looking at the way communities can make a difference through innovation and creativity. How to build a social network?

LAAAB is a Trojan device that enables open government innovation from within. Civic participation, new technologies & public sector and social innovation.

How does the social innovation ecosystem look like in Mexico? At the Academy we interview Dr. Victor Guadarrama, who provides us with valuable insights!

Kobi, a member of the British Dyslexia Association, is a mobile app for dyslexia that supports children who struggle with learning to read.

The Green Sprint makes use of design thinking to develop solutions that safeguard our environment. Check out our interview with Minou Schillings!

Lessons learned from exploring digital social innovation through Open Badges to enable greater visibility of community participation opportunities.

HeritageLab project was a 2018 Winner of the European Social Innovation Competition. Below you can watch a very inspiring video interview with Matevž Straus.

Social innovation for impact citizenship – learn more from Afonso Mendonça Reis featured at the Social Innovation Academy

This week, at Social Innovation Academy, we focus on BioAgriDeaf and Associazione Ergon that provide job opportunities for young d/Deaf people.

Transformative resilience is about using our challenges, stresses, and losses as a spring board to propel us forward, says Ama Marston, co-author of “Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World”.

Learn more about the Story of “ColorADD – Color is for all” and get inspirational insights, by its creator, Miguel Neiva.

At Social Innovation Academy we showcase an inspiring interview with an academic and social entrepreneur, co-founder of SOFFA – Social Fashion Factory.

Yolanda Rueda, founder and president of the Cibervoluntarios Foundation, speaks to the Social Innovation Academy about fighting digital exlusion in Spain.

Learn more about the Story of ‘EKUI – For a world without communication barriers’, from its creator, Celmira Macedo. Let’s get started!

Upside Down is a start-up aiming to help the environment and persuade consumers/customers to make responsible decisions. Read an interview to get inspired.

Nefiks is a project that has been promoting the values of volunteering and non-formal education. Read an interview with Alenka Blazinšek to get inspired.

Smetumet design solutions and products that turn waste into high-quality and well-designed usable products. Read an inspiring interview with its founders.

Meet the remarkable Peter Fruhmann from Reading Stars of Gaza, an English literacy scheme for children in Gaza to become fluent and proficient readers

Anton Håkanson, founder of DayCape, speaks to Social Innovation Academy about his social innovation for facilitating the lives of children with autism.

An interview with Fundación Maimona’s CEO, speaking about rural social innovation and what it takes to really make it happen.

C3 is a UAE-based social enterprise helping entrepreneurs in the Middle East unlock their growth potential & maximise their positive impact on the community

How do you turn unusable socks into toys & create social innovation in the process? A mind-blowing interview with the founder of AVANTUS Employment Center.

Feelif focuses on information systems for the blind and visually impaired. Read an interview with its founder, Željko Khermayer, to get inspired.

An interview with Jose Antonio Morales on Lincoln Island Initiatives, which supports people and their businesses to achieve greatness.

An interview with the co-founder and CEO of Reload Greece that enables a new generation of entrepreneurs aiming for a social and economic impact.

Social innovation in healthcare with personalised information and support services to cancer patients via interactive, private and secure digital platforms.

Creating social impact is not an easy task. Check out how progressive careers is trying to create lasting long change by tackling unemployment.

This time we interview Stathis Haikalis from Human Grid. Human Grid is a project focusing on groups of people that ‘weave’ the social fabric of their city.

An interview with a co-founder of a knowledge ecosystem offering innovative collaborative healthcare services to the global healthcare community.

An interview with Tech Talent Pool: an online tool aiming to match tech talent with the labour market, and a great example of tech social innovation

BUNA’s social innovation aims for the shortest possible trade chain between the grower, the producer and the consumer. Let’s have a look.

Wayfindr social innovation wants to empower vision impaired people to overcome isolation, through audio based navigation. Let’s have a look.

Social sciences for social innovation: popular and easy-to-grasp university-level social science lectures given by speakers from all over the world.

QUID social innovation employs disadvantaged and marginalized people through the creation of fashion products. Let’s have a look.

Alex Bond talking about Fresh Check: a tool that makes bacterial contamination in foods visible with a simple colour change.

At Social Innovation Academy we provide an inspiring interview with the Co-founder and Executive Director of Hopefield Network, Adetunji Adeniran.

Backed by FabLab, the initiative aims to raise young children’s awareness of the need to reduce plastic waste.Currently expanding to the teachers’ community