On this course, you’ll learn what social innovation is, how it can best be supported and where innovation efforts should be concentrated. You’ll specifically focus on the challenges facing rural areas.

You’ll be introduced to a range of approaches for actioning social innovation initiatives as you explore the role of communities and society in innovation development.

Using global case-studies, you’ll analyse new approaches proposed by 26 partners involved in the EU H2020 research project, SIMRA. You’ll explore the findings of the project, led by the project partners themselves.

What topics will you cover?

1 – Introduction to Social Innovation

2 – Characteristics of social innovation in rural areas

3 – Social innovation in rural areas in practice

4 – Good practices and adaptive management in social innovation projects

5 – Methods to evaluate social innovation in rural areas

6 – Policy needs and policies for supporting social innovation in rural areas