WiP: Thriving social R&D ecosystems
Channel: States of Change
Date: 2021-11-16

We’re used to breakthroughs in science. You’re watching this on one. But what if we invested in social R&D as much as we did in technology? Imagine a thriving scene, developing new ideas for the way we live and govern. What would it look and feel like, and what would allow it to thrive and make an impact on the critical social issues facing us.

Chris Vanstone of TACSI and Jason Pearman from the Canadian Government have both been working to nurture and encourage burgeoning scenes of social R&D, they tell us how that’s been going, what's been working, and what's hit a wall.