Just Lab It?

How do we ‘lab’ social challenges? Does labs' pursuit of systemic impact miss the point? And how could we better prompt social change? 


14 May 2014

Social innovation labs are ‘hallelujah-ed’ as the latest vehicles for transforming the way our cities, our schools, our welfare programs, and even our economic systems run. Yet we, lab practitioners, encounter a lack of critical literature and struggle to find learning spaces to improve our practices and deepen our knowledge.

The paper “Lab Matters: Challenging the practice of social innovation laboratories” aims to move beyond the current lab hype and deepen our discussions by asking ourselves tough questions. How do we ‘lab’ social challenges? Does labs’ pursuit of systemic impact miss the point? And how could we better prompt social change? Learn about 4 fundamental challenges and check our 10 ideas to move social lab practices forward. Let us know what you think!

“Lab Matters” is written by Kennisland, with support of Hivos.

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