Social Innovation Eurovision
by Social Innovation Eurovision
How diversity, culture and history is shaping the future of social innovation in Europe This podcast will explore the interaction between social innovators and the environment they function in. Political, social and cultural contexts of innovation matter and it is vital we understand them to accelerate learning and exchange across borders and sectors, in order to better prepare for the common societal challenges we face. This podcast is part of The European Social Innovation Alliance (ESIA), funded by the European Commission.
Episodes
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On poetry, politics and the future with Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Birgitta Jónsdóttir is an Icelandic poetician, anarchist and activist. She was first elected as an MP representing the Citizens' Movement in the 2009 election. She became involved with WikiLeaks during Julian Assange's visit to Iceland in 2010, and helped to produce the Collateral Murder video....
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Transforming systems with Gorka Espiau
Gorka Espiau Idoiaga is a social innovation specialist well known for his conflict resolution work in the Basque country. He initiated his professional career in Elkarri, the Movement for Dialogue and Accord in the Basque Country. He was the Head of Social Innovation Programmes at Innovalab, and...
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Crisis response and civic power with Kuba Wygnanski
Jan Jakub (Kuba) Wygnanski is a sociologist by training. He started his public activity as a Solidarity activist in Poland. Kuba started several NGOs including KLON/JAWOR Association and Forum of Nongovernmental Initiatives (FIP) which plays a key role as representative of the Polish Third…
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Sowing the seeds for social innovation in Estonia with Minna Harjo
Minna works as a civil society advisor at the Estonian Ministry of the Interior. Her role includes policy making in the field of social innovation and social economy at a national level and she believes that social innovation plays a key role in finding solutions to very complex and sometimes...
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How Societies Find the Power to Change with Geoff Mulgan
Geoff Mulgan is Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London. Over the years, Geoff has had many roles - as a CEO, social entrepreneur, policy-maker and author, working at different times in civil society, government, technology and...
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The art of political advocacy with Katrin Elsemann
Until recently, Katrin Elsemann was the Managing Director of the German social entrepreneurship network, SEND and the co-founder of two social enterprises. SEND was founded in order to increase communication and collaboration between social entrepreneurs as well as to build bridges with actors...
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Hacking the system with Stéphane Vincent
Stéphane Vincent is the founder and director of "la 27e Région" (Region 27), a French action-tank dedicated to the public sector created in 2008. La 27e Région plays the role of a “public transformation lab” and explores new ways to improve public policies and policy making, inspired by service...
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The spirit of Social Innovation with Amalia Zepou
Amalia was previously elected as a member of the Athens Municipality City Council and vice mayor for civil society and innovation from May 2014 to September 2019. She created the digital platform “synAthina” which was further developed into an idea that won one of the five Mayors Challenge awards...
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Growing a national social innovation ecosystem with Filipe Almeida
Filipe Almeida is the President of Portugal Social Innovation, a visionary government initiative that mobilises European funds to promote social innovation and social entrepreneurship, and develop the social investment market in Portugal. In this episode, Filipe talks about how the Portuguese...
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Learning as you scale with Madeleine Clarke
Madeleine Clarke is the Founding Director of Genio, an Irish NGO that brings government and private/philanthropic funders together, in order to develop better ways to support disadvantaged people to live full lives in their communities. In this episode, Madeleine chats with us about her work with...
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Thriving in the in between spaces with Uffe Elbæk
Uffe Elbæk is a Danish social worker, author, entrepreneur, politician and founder of the political party The Alternative. In 1982, he founded an open platform for cultural and social entrepreneurship called Frontløberne and in 1991, he established The KaosPilots, an alternative business school…
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What's unique about our Social Innovation Eurovision podcast?
Who is this podcast for? Why are we creating this podcast? How is this podcast relevant? Hear from our hosts Louise Pulford and So Jung Rim to learn what to expect in this series! This podcast is produced by Social Innovation Exchange. Learn more about SIX here:...
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Social Innovation Eurovision trailer
How can better collaboration between bees and trees create a better Europe? This podcast will explore the interaction between social innovators and the environment they function in. The bees are the small, nimble organisations and the people with new and creative ideas. The trees are the big,...
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How diversity, culture and history is shaping the future of social innovation in Europe This podcast will explore the interaction between social innovators and the environment they function in. Political, social and cultural contexts of innovation matter and it is vital we understand them to accelerate learning and exchange across borders and sectors, in order to better prepare for the common societal challenges we face. This podcast is part of The European Social Innovation Alliance (ESIA), funded by the European Commission.
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