Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #socialinnovation, aggregated by home.social.
How Singapore's government-run dating service works
https://www.singapore-samizdat.com/p/how-singapores-government-run-dating-service-firstdate-works
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49929113
#HackerNews #Singapore #Dating #Government #Service #DatingApp #LoveInTheCity #SocialInnovation
In Sachsen-Anhalt leisten Frauen Pionierarbeit. Beispiel: Die Hanffaser Geiseltal eG zeigt eindrucksvoll, wie eine Genossenschaft die Transformation der Bauindustrie aktiv gestaltet. 🌱💪
Das Projekt „INNOVATORIN“ der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg möchte genau diese Vorreiterinnen sichtbar machen und ihre Geschichten teilen.
https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=qxpxaK4ieJ4
#hanf #innovatorinnen #socialinnovation #nachhaltigkeit #sachsenanhalt #ovgu #bau
https://www.europesays.com/africa/411388/ Call for Applications: Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Fund (Up to #agriculture #ClimateAction #DevelopmentInnovation #DevelopmentInnovationVentures #DIVFund #education #Ethiopia #FinancialInclusion #GlobalDevelopment #GrantFunding #HealthInnovation #InnovationFunding #PovertyReduction #SocialInnovation #StartupFunding #Technology
https://www.europesays.com/africa/323091/ Call For Applications: AGFUND Development Programme 2026 for Diana Award #AfricaLeadershipProgramme #AfricaOpportunities #AfricanYouth #AGFUNDDevelopmentProgramme #CapacityBuilding #CommunityDevelopment #DevelopmentProgramme #Ethiopia #fellowship #LeadershipTraining #NonprofitLeaders #SocialImpact #SocialInnovation #TheDianaAward #YoungChangemakers #YouthLeadership
Call For Applications: Reckitt Catalyst Global Accelerator Program
The President of Dangote Industries Limited has called for greater i…
#NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #acceleratorprogram #AfricaStartups #Business #businessaccelerator #CA #Canada #ClimateInnovation #grantopportunities #healthinnovation #healthtech #ImpactEntrepreneurship #NigeriaEntrepreneurs #ReckittAccelerator #ReckittCatalyst #socialenterprise #SocialInnovation #wash #womenentrepreneurs
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/782815/
Call For Applications: Reckitt Catalyst Global Accelerator Program
The President of Dangote Industries Limited has called for greate…
#NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #acceleratorprogram #AfricaStartups #AU #Australia #Business #businessaccelerator #ClimateInnovation #grantopportunities #healthinnovation #healthtech #ImpactEntrepreneurship #NigeriaEntrepreneurs #ReckittAccelerator #ReckittCatalyst #socialenterprise #SocialInnovation #WASH #womenentrepreneurs
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/781473/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/570640/ Call For Applications: Reckitt Catalyst Global Accelerator Program #AcceleratorProgram #AfricaStartups #Business #BusinessAccelerator #ClimateInnovation #Éire #Entrepreneurship #GrantOpportunities #HealthInnovation #healthtech #IE #ImpactEntrepreneurship #Ireland #NigeriaEntrepreneurs #ReckittAccelerator #ReckittCatalyst #SocialEnterprise #SocialInnovation #WASH #WomenEntrepreneurs
Kakao Wraps Up ‘Tech for Impact Campus’ Program With 182 Students
A photo from the Kakao Tech for Impact Campus achievement-sharing event held at Hanyang University on the 15th.…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Kakao #AIeducation #KAIST #KakaoImpactFoundation #socialinnovation #socialproblemsolving #TechforImpactCampus #universityprogram
https://www.europesays.com/korea/61303/
Too often, young people are invited to participate only after the system has already been built.
Real youth-led change begins when they can reshape the rules, not just comment on them.
Peace is not something we ask the next generation to inherit.
It is something they should be allowed to redesign.
#PeaceEducation #YouthLedChange #CivicEducation #SystemsThinking #DemocracyEducation #CivicIntelligence #YouthParticipation #EmpathyInAction #SocialInnovation #REDefine
So often, women’s safety is framed as personal responsibility: be careful, stay alert, don’t go alone.
But CindyUp asks a better question: why do we keep asking women to adapt to unsafe environments instead of redesigning the environments themselves?
Innovation can be care. Sometimes, it glows under UV light.
#CivicInnovation #WomenSafety #DesignJustice #Youth #SocialInnovation #STEM #CivicIntelligence #Women #Womenempowerment
Do the places where we live and work have enough infrastructure for sustainable entrepreneurship — not just funding and desks, but trust, mentorship, belonging, and room to prototype?
Casa do Impacto made that question feel urgent.
Democracy needs places where better futures can be rehearsed.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/casa-do-impacto-where-change-has?r=6l8ed8
#CivicIntelligence #SocialInnovation #SustainableEntrepreneurship #Democracy #CivicInnovation #Youth4Peace #Lisbon #ImpactEntrepreneurship
They are five young women who refused to accept that safety is a privilege.
CindyUp began as a school project about drink spiking.
But the deeper story is about young people turning fear into design, silence into public language, and “be careful” into “why is this still acceptable?”
#CindyUp #YouthInnovation #DrinkSpikingAwareness #GenderSafety #YouthAgency #SocialInnovation #WomenInSTEM #EntrepreneurshipEducation #SafetyByDesign
You start noticing it once you see it.
Not just in kitchens, but everywhere: the gap between contribution and recognition. Between what sustains a system, and what gets named as valuable.
And once you see it, it becomes harder to ignore how much of the world still runs on invisible hands.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/more-than-food-how-we-cheffes-is-696?r=6l8ed8
#InvisibleLabour
#WomensWork
#SocialInnovation
#MigrationStories
#CareEconomy
#InclusionMatters
#SystemicChange
#Recognition
#EverydayPower
Some places make belonging feel effortless.
Everything is structured in a way that leaves no friction: paths are clear, rhythms are shared, nothing pushes you to the edges.
It looks natural from the outside.
But it’s not accidental.
It’s the result of systems designed well enough that people don’t have to fight to be part of them.
#Education #Belonging #PublicSystems #SocialInnovation #LearningBeyondSchool #CivicDesign #Democracy #YouthEngagement #SystemsThinking
Manchester’s ‘dress rehearsal’ for life is getting homeless men back to work
Under certain conditions, communities don’t just participate in change — they generate it.
But that raises a harder question:
What are those conditions?
Because “co-owning solutions” sounds simple.
In reality, it depends on trust, time, and resources many places don’t have.
Maybe the real divide isn’t people.
It’s systems that make collective action possible…or quietly block it.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/casa-do-impacto-where-change-has?r=6l8ed8
#Democracy #SocialInnovation #CollectiveAction #Community #CivicEngagement #PublicGood
There’s a lot being said right now about inclusion.
But inclusion is often understood as access, not recognition.
And those are not the same thing.
For many women, especially those moving across borders, this line is lived every day.
Not as absence of ability, but as absence of recognition.
This piece is about what happens when that line is redrawn.
#GenderEquality #SocialInnovation
#Inclusion #MigrationStories #EUValues #SocialImpact #Community #HumanStories
Thank you Nicole Joseph-Chin for allowing me to be part of this project highlighting a VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC and having my name on the poster. #MastectomyCare
Date: Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM EST
Location: Vital Voices Headquarters, Washington DC
RSVP: [email protected]
#BeyondTheScar #WomensHealth #Recovery #PeopleCentered #Storytelling #VitalVoices #SocialInnovation #BreastCare #CaribbeanVoices #GlobalSouth
Democracy isn’t sustained only in parliaments or constitutions. It lives in the spaces where people meet, build ideas, test solutions, and learn to collaborate.
Civic life needs more than principles. It needs rooms, networks, mentors, and ecosystems where those principles can be practiced.
Sometimes the future of democracy looks less like a debate chamber… and more like a courtyard full of prototypes.
#Democracy #CivicInnovation #SocialInnovation #ImpactHub #CivicSpaces #DemocracyInPractice
🚀 New #ActionResearch published update!
My article on #AIEconomics, #Web3 & #SocialInnovation in the #GlobalSouth has passed 1,000 views in <1 month 🎉
Reframing #AI beyond tech—toward justice, participation & inclusion
📖 #OpenAccess: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-2688/6/12/309#metrics
#DataSovereignty
Hello, I’m Eckhard Lohse – Thoughtsmith.
Author of 60+ nonfiction books, resonance architect, and active in ME/CFS and Long COVID advocacy.
My posts are resonance fragments: clear, concise, and crafted to spark social innovation and orientation.
🌐 Author page at epubli
Hashtags for reach & discoverability:
#MEcfs #LongCovid #ChronicIllness #Resonance #Thoughtsmith #SocialInnovation #Author #Nonfiction #BookCommunity #HealthAdvocac
Hallo, ich bin Eckhard Lohse – Durchdenker.
Autor von über 60 Sachbüchern, Resonanzarchitekt und aktiv in der ME/CFS‑ und Long COVID‑Advocacy.
Meine Beiträge sind Resonanzsplitter: klar, kurz, durchdacht – für soziale Innovation und Orientierung.
🌐 Autorenseite bei epubli
#MEcfs #LongCovid #ChronicIllness #Resonance #Durchdenken #SocialInnovation #Author #Nonfiction #BookCommunity #HealthAdvocac
Wie Social Entrepreneurs und Change Agents – in Start-ups wie auch in etablierten Organisationen – demokratische Teilhabe stärken und gesellschaftliche Transformation vorantreiben, diskutieren wir in unserer kommenden Session an der RPTU in Landau.
Sei dabei und setze mit uns Impulse für eine zukunftsfähige Demokratie.
18–20 Uhr · Audimax (E1), RPTU Campus Landau
#odpfalz #innovativehochschule #SocialEntrepreneurship #SocialInnovation #DemokratieStärken #Transformation
How Lithuania More Than Halved Its Suicide Rate https://www.byteseu.com/1540757/ #AlcoholRegulation #CommunityPrograms #ElderlyCare #EUSocialPolicy #Lithuania #loneliness #MentalHealth #MentalHealthStigma #PublicHealth #RefugeeSupport #SilverLine #SocialInnovation #SuicidePrevention
(2/2) Am 8.11.2023 fand übrigens der erste Global Social Innovation Day statt! Ein Tag, der darauf aufmerksam machen sollte, wie wichtig #Sozialunternehmen und soziale Innovationen im Lösen gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen sind. Seitdem gibt es immer mehr Events, die sich mit neuen Formen des Wirtschaftens und mit der Wirkung von Organisationen auseinandersetzen. Wenn dich das Thema also interessiert, schau doch mal nach Tagungen und Konferenzen rund um das Schlagwort #SocialInnovation.
For reference, related to Rosalyn Metz's keynote at #ipres2025 :
"Resilience shows up when relationships do." - Wheatley & Frieze
USING EMERGENCE TO TAKE SOCIAL INNOVATIONS TO SCALE
* Stage One: Networks - discovering shared meaning and purpose
* Stage Two: Communities of Practice - developing new practices together
* Stage Three: Systems of Influence - new practices become the norm
Your support isn't charity—it's an investment in a new model where those experiencing homelessness design the solutions.
https://adontai.substack.com/p/facing-uncertainty-and-embracing?r=sdvi
#HomelessnessSolutions #SocialInnovation #CommunityEmpowerment
At the Youth4Peace conference in Lisbon, inclusion began in the kitchen.
🍲 We Cheffes — fifteen women from across continents — turned catering into a living manifesto of care, courage, and design.
Their story isn’t about food alone. It’s about rebuilding dignity, community, and belonging — one meal at a time.
Read the full story →
🔗 https://redefine.pt/2025/10/we-cheffes-empowerment-through-the-taste-of-home/
#Youth4Peace #SocialInnovation #CivicIntelligence #Intersectionality #WomensEmpowerment #Lisbon
Five teenage girls in Lisbon refused to accept fear as normal.
Their school project — a biodegradable strip that glows when a drink’s been spiked — became one of Europe’s most inspiring youth innovations.
CindyUp is what happens when courage meets design, and safety becomes a civic invention.
Read the full story:
🔗https://redefine.pt/2025/10/13/designing-safety-five-students-civic-invention/
#Youth4Peace #SocialInnovation #WomensSafety #STEM #GenderEquality #Europe
Some classrooms teach facts. Others teach citizenship.
In Portugal, Ginásio do Empreendedor is reimagining education as civic rehearsal — where failure is data, teamwork is progress, and creativity is a democratic act.
🟣 Read → https://redefine.pt/2025/10/08/the-gym-for-future-citizens-ginasio-do-empreendedor/
#education #Youth4Peace #CivicIntelligence #SocialInnovation #democracy #Europe
Some buildings hold history.
Casa do Impacto, in Lisbon, holds possibility.
Inside this former convent, educators, entrepreneurs, and youth innovators are turning imagination into infrastructure.
A living example of how social enterprise can rehearse democracy.
https://redefine.pt/2025/10/07/casa-do-impacto-where-change-has-an-address/
#Youth4Peace #RehearsingDemocracy #Lisbon #democracy
#SocialInnovation #CommunityEconomy #SocialEntrepreneurship
Democracy isn’t inherited — it’s rehearsed.
At Casa do Impacto in Lisbon, Youth4Peace showed what civic imagination looks like in practice: education, innovation, and empathy in motion.
🔗https://redefine.pt/2025/10/06/rehearsing-democracy-youth4peace-lisbon/
#Youth4Peace #RehearsingDemocracy #CivicIntelligence #SocialInnovation #democracy #Lisbon #erasmusplus #YouthLeadership #CivicTech #EdTech #EuropeanUnion #CivicEngagement
Anoox Social launches revolutionary Community feature, prioritizing human connections over AI-driven isolation. Empowering people to connect, collaborate, and create meaningful relationships globally. #HumanConnection #SocialInnovation
Tomorrow we go live from Lisbon: Youth4Peace Final Conference. Rehearsing Democracy starts at 10:00 👉 youtube.com/live/dPa4GSs...
#RehearsingDemocracy #LisbonEvents
#democracy #CasaDoImpacto #CivicEngagement #CivicTech #EdTech
#SocialInnovation #YouthLeadership
#activecitizenship #europeanunion
🚨 ALERT: College students invent groundbreaking new technology called "Group Chat" to coordinate weekly movie night. 🙄 But wait, there's more! 🤡 Spoiler: It's just #texting, folks. Welcome to the future of social innovation, where RSVPs are now digital and "word of mouth" is officially dead. 🎉🔔
https://brennenputh.me/blog/the-social-binary/ #CollegeStudents #GroupChat #SocialInnovation #MovieNight #HackerNews #ngated
My Junior Research Group #KoReGio100 will officially start on November 1st, and we currently have three very attractive #PhD positions open (100%, 5 years, all based in Germany). One with me, at ZALF in Müncheberg, on land and resource use conflicts, one with my co-head Dr. Katrin Martens at HU Berlin on social innovations, and one at MLU Halle on geoecology and GIS. See the links below for more information. I'd be very happy if you could forward this to potentially interested candidates!
https://jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/00f5839bfc91637c24a08103f6d944d8c830c4310
https://haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/stellenausschreibungen/dr18825
https://www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Ausschr/25_5_9107_25_D.pdf
@ZALF_leibniz @HumboldtUni @sociology @politicalscience @geography
#FediHire #PhDPosition #ResearchAssociate #LandUseConflict #SocialInnovation #Geoecology
(4) This editorial is the direct result of the #SummerSchool on #DigitalInclusion & #GenAI (Donostia, July 2025). Thanks to all municipal leaders, civic groups & migrant organisations that co-created the debate!
#UrbanAI #SocialInnovation #Supercomputing
(3) Algorithmic accountability must become public infrastructure, just like water or electricity — essential for trust in #UrbanAI.
#AI #UrbanFutures #TerritorialInnovation #HumanAIGovernance #DigitalInclusion #InnovationSystems #SocialInnovation #SupercomputingPower
(2) Inspired by Richard Nelson’s classic “ #MoonAndTheGhetto” paradox, we ask:
Can #UrbanAI bridge the gap between innovation & inequality?
#AI #UrbanFutures #TerritorialInnovation #HumanAIGovernance #DigitalInclusion #InnovationSystems #SocialInnovation #SupercomputingPower
The world, along with many of its tech solutions, is based on open-source software. Encouraging your team to contribute to the community, whether through code, user reports, documentation, or providing internships, is a great way to be part of something bigger.
Join 19 experts and me at the Forbes Tech Council to discover the various ways that you can give back.
#TechForGood #CommunityImpact #SocialInnovation #ForbesTechCouncil #GivingBack #opensource
👋🏽 Hello People at Mastodon 🖐️
🚀 I’m passionate about:
– Youth empowerment & sustainable development
– Research-driven innovation for social transformation
– Building ethical businesses that create real local impact
🎯 Starting this journey solo, grounded in community and curiosity.
If you care about social impact, innovation, Nepal—let’s connect!
📢 Open to global collaboration, ideas, and opportunities.
#Introduction #Entrepreneurship #Nepal #SocialInnovation #Youth #MastodonIntroductions
#DigitalCommons #GlobalCitizenship #FutureOfDemocracy #PostNationState #CivicTech #ParticipatoryDemocracy #DecentralizedGovernance #DigitalCitizenship #FutureThinking #SystemChange #DesignTheFuture #RadicalImagination #FuturesDesign #UtopiaNow #SocialInnovation #TechForGood #EthicalTech #ClimateJustice #FreedomOfMovement #EquityMatters #GlobalJustice #ReclaimDemocracy #ActivismWorks #DemocracyNow #PowerToThePeople #VoicesUnite #TakeAction #ManifestoInMotion #OpenSociety #Web3ForAll