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OPEN ONLINE COURSE
This course will give an overview of social innovation as a practice field, on the social innovation terminology and furthermore, will provide the understanding what social innovation is or is not. It will also provide an introduction to social innovation with practical examples, including developing understanding for contextual regional dimension (challenges, opportunities) in which social innovation occurs and develops. Additionally, it will give an overview of commonly used social innovation processes and methodologies; and introduce participants to the design thinking approach in solving social challenges. As the last step, it will examine relevant roles of social innovation and the value of co-creation in defining new activities and practices that can lead to sustainability, scalability and social impact. Through a mix of exercises, practical tasks, literature and case studies this module as a whole builds your creative capacities and soft skills needed to understand and develop social innovation! For more information visit https://cppt.cuni.cz/CPPTN-523.html