News and insights

The Academy is an active and important player in the public debate on societal change and systemic transformation. We regularly communicate knowledge, insights, and opinions through opinion pieces, articles, and reports.

What is
Social Innovation?

Social Innovation means that the social element is embedded in both the development of new ideas, solutions, and in the outcome itself. This means that the process itself should create new relationships and provide participants and stakeholders with increased resources, such as knowledge and power.
In the context of Social Innovation, changes in power dynamics and relationships are seen as crucial for creating sustainable systemic change. Therefore, there is an ethical dimension to social innovation, as equality, emancipation, and sustainability are at the core of it.

Written media and audio

Aug 27, 2024

Open Academy 2024: New paths for the future of democracy

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Nov 13, 2023

Academy: Sweden and Germany have a national strategy for social innovation. It's time we follow suit

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Oct 30, 2023

Forandringskraft- The Academy Podcast

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Feb 20, 2023

Article: Can we extend our empathy to future generations?

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Jan 11th, 2023

More than buzzwords and bullshit bingo

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Nov 21st, 2022

The climate crisis is a social problem

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Aug 15th, 2022

Article: A choice for a better future

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Mar 28th, 2022

Article: Social innovation IS process

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Sep 6th, 2021

Denmark must be world champions in social innovation

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Apr 10th, 2021

Social innovation can be an export success, but it requires (a different view on) money

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Oct 19th, 2020

Academy: Prime Minister's 'wicked idea' to pave the way for social innovation

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Jun 20th, 2020

Thunberg became the spark that ignited the fight against climate change and global warming. Maybe Covid-19 can be the factor, that can change social policy

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Jon Alexander: Humans must rediscover our role as a species

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Publications

Nov 9, 2023

Diary stories from Open Academy 2023

Aug 31, 2023

Open Academy 2023, Longterm-thinking

May 24th, 2023

Board of Directors' report to the Annual Assembly 2023

Nov 2nd, 2020

A society with untapped potential

Nov 2nd, 2020

Social entrepreneur

Literature and inspiration

We have compiled our own 'inspiration canon' of books, articles, podcasts and presentations, all of which help to give us a creative and solid foundation for our work with social innovation.

Jayne Engle: Sacred Civics

Jon Kvist & Jesper Brask Fischer: Freedom, equality and private welfare

The Long Time Academy Podcast

Feb 3rd, 2021

Prophets at a Tangent

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