Webinar: Social Innovation and Inequality
Austria Krems - http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/department/imb/veranstaltungen/id/23368/index.phpThis webinar will discuss the work in the UK of Tara Anderson and Andrew Curtis to reduce inequality in partnership with other charities and social enterprises. Anderson and Curtis are Co-Founders of The Dragonfly Collective, a social business working with others to fight inequality,
Tara Anderson and Andrew Curtis are the Co-Founders of The Dragonfly Collective, a social business working with others to fight inequality. Tara is a graduate of the first MASI programme. The webinar will discuss their work in the UK to reduce inequality in partnership with other charities and social enterprises and how MASI has influenced their thinking. They will also discuss their work in Australia, specifically using social innovation to develop housing and support for asylum seekers.
The study programme “Master of Arts in Social Innovation” at Danube University Krems (Austria), which will start its new course on February 22nd, 2016 offers a one of a kind professional master's programme for individuals who want to develop sustainable and peer-to-peer media based social innovations in politics, economy and society. Graduates of this study programme will be able to work in the development, planning and realisation of social transformation processes in organisations as well as in consulting and supervision industry. The “MA in Social Innovation” puts special emphasis on the potential of social determined innovations in digital and interactive media, in which the latter not only serve as a by-product but as major driver for social change processes.
If you would like to get a first insight on this topic, you are invited to join our online webinar on January 18th, 2016 at 9:30am (CET).
The webinar will be held in English and is free of charge. All you need to join us is internet access, a flashplayer, and a headset.
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