May 15, 2014 · The Social Labs Revolution reports and builds on a decade of practical experiments in addressing social challenges that are complex in nature. These range from the sustainability of global food systems and child malnutrition to state collapse and climate change.

Mar 16, 2018 · Organized in 2004, the lab is a platform for corporations, governments, farmers’ associations, and NGOs to work together to accelerate the incorporation of environmental, economic, and social sustainability into the world’s food production systems.

A Social Lab is a container of social experiments for addressing complex ground-breaking social challenges on a systemic level. In the NewHoRRIzon project these are social challenges related to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) within the frame of Horizon 2020 (H2020) and beyond (Framework Programme 9 and national R&I funding programmes).

Oct 12, 2022 · A Social Lab approach brings together intentionally diverse teams of stakeholders and gives them time to experiment and to iterate solutions. The teams do not meet around a project but a shared problem (see below Social Lab methodology).

Oct 9, 2013 · Social labs are platforms for addressing complex social challenges that have three core characteristics. 1. They are social. Social labs start by bringing together diverse participants to work in a team that acts collectively. They are ideally drawn from different sectors of society, such as government, civil society, and the business community.

Apr 16, 2015 · The working definition of a Social Lab used by Hassan is: Bringing together a diverse, committed team and taking an experimental, prototyping-based approach to addressing challenges systemically, that is, at root cause level. Keep going as long as necessary to …

Nov 12, 2014 · Social labs focus on innovating practical actions to address complex social challenges. They have three characteristics: Social labs involve diverse stakeholders, including the people impacted. By contrast, a planning approach would bring together a small group of experts and develop a top-down, command-and-control solution.

Social labs are platforms for addressing complex social challenges that have three core characteristics. 1. They are social. Social labs start by bringing together diverse participants to work in a team that acts collectively. They are ideally drawn from diferent sectors of society, such as government, civil society, and the business community.

The Social Lab methodology and toolkit use a systemic design approach. With the rise of wealth inequality, climate change, emerging technologies and globalised economies, the challenges we’re facing are becoming increasingly complex and interconnected.

We’re delighted to have you join us, and to have your wisdom and energy to help build the community into what you need it to be. This community has formed out of a need for people working in and around social labs around the world, to go deeper, together.