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Instructors: Dr. Fabian Hattke; Janne Kalucza
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
Soc. Inn. Process
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
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Comments/contents:
Social innovations are an opportunity to improve social needs through entrepreneurial action. Their explicit goal is to extend and strengthen civil society through a social purpose. Social innovations include both the social processes of innovation and the innovative outputs with a social purpose.
This seminar will provide a transfer between theory and practice as the goal of the course is to tackle a real-world problem with an elaborated idea that is feasible and has a positive impact on people, planet, and prosperity. In small groups, students will use methods of design thinking to identify problems, ideate solutions, and develop concrete project ideas.
In addition to knowledge on topics such as social innovation and entrepreneurship, the course also includes interactive workshops, e.g. on the topic of design thinking or idea pitching.
Together, we will address the following questions:
- What is special about social innovation and entrepreneurship?
- What is the start of the process of building a real world social start-up?
- How are theory and practice on social innovation connected and what can both sides learn from each other?
Learning objectives:
Students in this seminar will learn
- the theoretical basics of social innovation and social entrepreneurship
- skills in project management & design thinking
- approaches to idea development
- and how to put this knowledge into practice
- to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of transfer activities for research and praxis
Didactic concept:
In the weekly seminars students will receive input on relevant topics, be asked to contribute in workshops, and to develop ideas to tackle real life social and environmental issues.
Literature:
The literature will be announced at the start of the course. Examples of articles discussed in the seminar include:
Phillips, W., Lee, H., Ghobadian, A., O’regan, N., & James, P. (2015). Social innovation and social entrepreneurship: A systematic review. Group & Organization Management, 40(3), 428-461.
Shaw, E., & Carter, S. (2007). Social entrepreneurship: Theoretical antecedents and empirical anal-ysis of entrepreneurial processes and outcomes. Journal of small business and enterprise devel-opment.
Lettice, F., & Parekh, M. (2010). The social innovation process: themes, challenges and implica-tions for practice. International Journal of Technology Management, 51(1), 139-158.
Additional examination information:
In order to pass the course, each student must deliver a seminar paper (10-12 pages) and an oral presentation (8-10 minutes). The seminar paper constitutes 2/3 and the oral presentation 1/3 of the final grade. Students will work together in teams of 2 or 3 to deliver the final project idea, but will be graded individually. The seminar will be held in English.
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