Articles about social innovation

Universities enable social innovation

Meeting place Social Innovation, MSI is scaled up and established throughout the country. Luleå University of Technology, Jönköping University, Malmö University, Stockholm University, Umeå University and Örebro University are the main parties for the establishment, which is carried out with the support of Vinnova, Sweden's innovation authority. The platform will increase knowledge and create meeting venues to promote social innovation, social entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.

Awards to alumni and innovators

– Studying space engineering at Luleå University of Technology is the best thing I have done. Dare to follow your dreams and your heart!, said a proud Ella Carlsson Sjöberg when she accepted the award Alumni of the year at Luleå University of Technology, a title she shares with Jonas Gustavsson.

Collaborate to strengthen the social innovation system

Luleå University of Technology is one of five Swedish universities in a new collaboration for creating a national knowledge platform for social innovation.

Social innovations that address societal challenges

Malin Lindberg, Professor at Industrial design conducts research on innovations of a different kind, namely social innovations.

Place-innovative City Centers

The project "Attractive city center through place-innovative synergies" aims to develop new knowledge and concepts about existing and potential synergies between place-based components, processes and stakeholders.

Place Innovation in Swedish Lapland

The project aims to explore and develop place innovation as a theoretical and practical concept to further develop Swedish Lapland tourism industry in close collaboration between researchers, industry and society.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
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