Please distribute to others who may be interested... You are hereby invited to a seminar in our tenth interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> (ECCO 2013-2014)
Time: Friday June 13, 14h-16h Place: *room D.1.07 * ------------------------------ Theories and Practice in an Emerging Physical/Virtual Environment for Social Innovation and Education for Life Alfonso Molina <http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/about/people/74/Alfonso/Molina#_staffprofile-1> (University of Edinburgh) Abstract: The presentation will look at the vision and major elements of an emerging “phyrtual” (physical + virtual) environment for social innovation and education-for-life. This environment is the result of long-term work involving theoretical, instrumental and organizational development and is seen as a fundamental contribution to the long-term resolution of systemic societal challenges (including poverty, the environment, school abandonment, etc.). The first part of the talk concentrates on relevant themes and theories starting with a discussion on a processual approach to the understanding of innovation. This is the sociotechnical constituencies / sociotechnical alignment approach developed by the presenter and used to understand the evolution of both intra- and inter-organizational innovation processes. This discussion includes the recent academic emergence of social innovation and the theoretical implications of this evolution. The argument is completed with the reasons and challenge for the latest evolution towards the importance of education for life. The second part concentrates on the organizational and instrumental development of the emerging “phyrtual” environment for social innovation and education for life. This includes a discussion on knowledge-oriented nonprofit organizations and the emergence of the Phyrtual InnovationGym, a physical-virtual environment to foster a diffused culture of innovation (technological, social, civic), starting form the school world. ------------------------------ Upcoming Seminars *June 20 * Piet Holbrouck (ECCO) *Problem Solving and Paradigm Shifts* *June 27* Viktoras Veitas & David R. Weinbaum (Weaver) (ECCO,GBI) *A World of Views: society and social governance on the brink of the Singularity * See also the ECCO/GBI calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=azMyN252aWluM2JoMnU3MXY5OGt2ZzliOGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ> . You can add this calendar to your calendar application through here <https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/k327nviin3bh2u71v98kvg9b8g%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics> More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 -- Evo Evo Busseniers - Seminar Coordinator ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: http://vub.academia.edu/EvoBusseniers <http://be.linkedin.com/in/weaver9/>
