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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.

  1. 11/22/2022

    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. Following her time with WikiLeaks, she created the International Modern Media Institute, of which she became executive director in 2011. She was also involved in two court cases in the United States during her parliamentary term, one of which was the high-profile case Hedges vs Obama. In 2012, close to the end of her term, she co-founded the Icelandic Pirate Party, becoming their first MP. In this episode, Birgitta shares about her unique approach as a poetician working from within the system to change it.

    46 min

  2. 11/15/2022

    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 served as Senior Adviser for Peace Building to the Executive Office of the Basque President. Gorka subsequently held various positions including director of International Affairs at The Young Foundation, Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, Senior Associate to the Centre for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University in New York. In this episode, Gorka talks to us about systems change through social innovation through the lens of conflict resolution. Learn more about conflict resolution: Innovation in Real Places, Deep Listening and Community Data Collection, Platforms that trigger innovation

    29 min

  3. 11/03/2022

    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 Sector. He was the initiator and coordinator of a multi-year systemic project of the Polish Model of Social Economy. Currently, Kuba is the President of the Unit for Social Innovation and Research SHIPYARD. Kuba shares the work of the Shipyard Foundation in Poland, an organisation that works on  multiple levels from working with civic organisations on the ground to supporting incubators to shifting systems in public participation. He talks about the social innovations happening in Poland currently, in response to the recent crisis in Ukraine.

    38 min

  4. 08/04/2022

    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 unpredictable societal problems. In this episode, Minna shares about her work in the Estonian government and the unique socio-historical context of innovation in Estonia – which straddles between both the digital and social, local and national spaces.

    34 min

  5. 08/01/2022

    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 academia, always curious about how the world works and how it can be changed for the better. In this episode, Geoff talks to us about why social innovation matters and how the field has developed in the UK context. He shares his lessons about how to institutionalise social innovation, the importance of learning from other places and what gives him hope for the future.

    31 min

  6. 07/21/2022

    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 outside the social entrepreneurship scene, aiming to improve the general ecosystem for social enterprises in Germany. During her time in SEND, Katrin has led a successful social innovation advocacy campaign with German political leaders which was critical in putting social innovation onto Germany’s national agenda. Katrin shares her insights on working with political leaders across various ideological spectrums and what it takes to create a successful advocacy campaign for fostering a national social innovation ecosystem.

    36 min

  7. 07/06/2022

    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 design, ethnography, open source and "makers" cultures. This episode addresses public innovation and co-creation in the french context. Stéphane discusses creating a new social contract, reframing relationships with the public sector and the ways in which public sectors can innovate and transform. Tune in to hear Stéphane’s insights from decades of working with the public sector in France.

    36 min

  8. 06/20/2022

    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 of 1 million euro from Bloomberg Philanthropies in September 2014. Prior to the Municipality she was working as an independent documentary producer since 1998. She has a B.A. in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics and an M.A. in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research in New York in 1991. In this episode she shares her role as an intermediary and translator in between funders, governments and civic society.

    22 min
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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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