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There is a need for democratic participation in designing and implementing social innovations for climate adaptation.
Whether it’s gaining new perspectives, discovering fresh ideas, or even finding a mentor, networking has the potential to impact both your professional and personal growth in meaningful ways.
Responding to societal challenges and promoting sustainable development is an especially pressing concern for African universities.
Fostering emotional intelligence in entrepreneurs could help Canada meet its sustainable development goals.
Canada’s innovation problem stems from an outdated research and development model. It is time to redesign the research department to include more social scientists and fewer technocrats.
Ghanaian urban and development planners need to move away from looking up to examples of innovations from the global north.
If post-secondary institutions want to continue to play a key role in innovation and entrepreneurship, they must transform for the better.
Coronavirus has disproportionately impacted the most vulnerable seniors. We need socially innovative solutions to redesign long-term care and help seniors age safely and with dignity.
Two social impact bonds that have concluded in South Africa showed that they got innovation going where it was desperately needed.
Melbourne’s Innovation Districts were launched a few years ago, but the impacts of COVID-19 have added urgency to having places to trial new ways of urban living.
Cutting carbon use depends on changing social norms and behaviour as much as technology.
Although Black, Indigenous and people of colour have been shown to do more with less resources, government funding to bolster social and economic innovation doesn’t tend to reach these communities.
Necessity and desperation are portrayed as the prime motivators of innovative behaviour, but in reality, stability and holistic incentives go a long way to freeing up creative energy.
To become a successful innovator, follow Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi and today’s female social entrepreneurs – focus on ideas and social value, not money.
Civic intelligence describes what happens when people work together to address problems efficiently and equitably. It could help address many societal challenges.
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Adjunct assistant professor, Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Osaka, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor, Business Design and Innovation, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary
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Founder of the DISE Collective & Associate Professor, Global Development & Political Economy, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
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Lecturer in Public Health, Makerere University
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Postdoctoral Reserach Fellow at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP); University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Social Entrepreneurship, University of Pretoria
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Professor, Department of International Business, Marketing, Strategy & Law, MacEwan University
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Ghana
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Director of Social Innovation Institute, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MacEwan University