Community and civic innovation
Social innovation often relies on different incentives from traditional commercial forms of innovation. While our understanding of commercial innovation has developed considerably over the past 30 years, the evidence base on social innovation remains weak.
The mechanisms for stimulating social innovation – and especially how to support scaling it in ways that enable local ownership – need to be investigated in a systematic way through a programme of practice-based research.
Big Green Challenge
The Big Green Challenge is a £1 million prize fund to encourage and reward people working together to find new and better ways to tackle climate change.
Lowestoft Energy Challenge
What role can young people play in coming up with ideas around the pressing issue of climate change? Judging by the response of students taking part in the Lowestoft Energy Challenge, then the answer is quite a lot. Gerard Darby investigates.