“Grand challenges such as health and ageing and sustainable development are both local and global in nature…these have hitherto been addressed from a technological or medical science ‘fix’ perspective and a linear model of innovation rather than one where societal actors work together in the co-production of knowledge tightly linked to innovation… Much of this can come from collaboration locally.”
– Professor John Goddard, 2015
The modern city presents us with the biggest social and environmental challenges of this century: from rising energy consumption and waste, to growing health inequalities, homelessness and unemployment. So, for the key stakeholders within modern global cities, harnessing the untapped collective creative agency around them will be key to addressing the social and environmental issues arising in their metro areas.
In this masterclass session, we will introduce some key principles that help us to understand issues and constraints, stakeholder mapping and collaboration conditions, and solution generation for future cities.
The session will begin with a short presentation that will include some examples of forms of governance, civic action and social innovation. We will then follow with three 15 minute rounds of breakout groups to work through specific ‘Moonshot scenarios’. The outcome of the exercises will be a template for action, giving attendees a practical application of the framework presented.
