Public lecture “Social Innovation and the Art of Practice-based Research”

On 4 April, from 16:15 to 17:45, Jean Pierre Wilken, Professor of Social Innovation at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands, will give a public lecture „Social Innovation and the Art of Practice-based Research“ in room 215 at Lossi 36 and in Zoom.

Social innovation has become a much-discussed buzzword in recent decades. The term breathes progress and promising improvements, but often remains at a rather programmatic level without providing concrete indications about how social innovation can take place, or what the actual meaning is for people and communities. In this lecture, Jean Pierre Wilken will describe how practice-based research can contribute to real social innovation in the field of social and health services. He will provide examples of local multi-stakeholder innovation projects using action and design research methods.

Jean Pierre Wilken is Professor of Social Innovation at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, visiting professor at Tartu University (Community Development and Well-being) and at the Catholic University of Milan (Relational Social Work). At Utrecht University he is leading a research group that develops innovations in the field of health care and community care, with a focus on social inclusion of people in vulnerable positions.

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Kindly be advised that broadcast of the lecture in Zoom will be recorded exclusively for educational purposes. Identities of the online participants will be safeguarded, and the recording will not be made publicly accessible.