Program Overview

Social Innovation Course

Description

This course introduces students to social innovations, including ideas, concepts, and processes that address societal needs. It exposes students to pressing societal needs and introduces them to the concepts and techniques of human-centered design for social innovation. Through a combination of methods and tools, students learn to design robust ideas to address social needs.

Objectives

• Introduce students to the principles and practices of social innovation.
• Adopt a Human Center Design (HCD) approach as a driving force to guide students through the different design process stages.

Sustainable Development Goals

• No poverty
• Zero hunger
• Good health and well-being
• Quality education
• Gender equality
• Clean water and sanitation
• Affordable and clean energy

Teaching Mode

The course is taught in presence.

Learning Methods

Class sessions combine lectures, interactive exercises, group presentations, and discussions. The diversity of approaches seeks to enhance students' technical, decision-making, problem-solving, and practical skills.

Examination Information

• Assignments: 50%
• Final exam: 50%

Bibliography

Compulsory

• Design Thinking for Social Innovation

Deepening

• Brown, Tim, Katz, Barry, Kātz, Barry. Change by design: how design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation. First edition. New York, NY: Harper Business, 2009.
• Terwiesch, Christian, Ulrich, Karl T.. Innovation tournaments: creating and selecting exceptional opportunities. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Press, 2009.

Education

The course is part of the following programs:

• Master of Arts in Economics and Communication in Public Management and Policy, Lecture, Management/Economics package, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication and Economics in Corporate Communication, Lecture, Thematic Area: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Common Good, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication and Economics in Corporate Communication, Lecture, Thematic Area: Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication and Economics in Marketing and Transformative Economy, Lecture, Thematic Area: Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication and Economics in Marketing and Transformative Economy, Lecture, Thematic Area: Corporate Social Responsibility, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication in Media Management, Lecture, Thematic Area: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Common Good, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Communication in Media Management, Lecture, Thematic Area: Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Elective, 2nd year
• Master of Science in Economics in Management, Lecture, Concentration Socially Responsible Management, Elective, 2nd year

Additional Information

• Semester: Fall
• Academic year:
• ECTS: 3.0
• Language: English