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03.01.2023

Involving citizens and public sector is key for social innovation, say Johanna Mair, Thomas Gegenhuber and co-authors

New study shows how to promote collective action and drive social impact.
News
17.10.2022

Researchers win Horizon Europe grant to explore companies’ influence on democracy

Johanna Mair and Sébastien Mena lead the Hertie School team for the REBALANCE international research consortium.
Press release
25.01.2022

More than a hackathon: Open Social Innovation offers leaps in innovation for public administration

Researchers from Hertie School and Leuphana University present findings from collaborative experiment.
Research
14.12.2021

In the journal Organization Theory, Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos explore system change

They provide a framework to study and understand the approach of changing systems in order to tackle problems at scale.
Research
14.08.2021

Johanna Mair and co-researcher Thomas Gegenhuber on how to get Open Social Innovation right

Professor of Organization, Strategy and Leadership co-writes essay in Stanford Social Innovation Review, summarising lessons from German hackathons.
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25.05.2021

Sébastien Mena focuses on the role of business in "wicked" social problems

He says corporate responsibility starts with understanding how we collectively remember and forget our past mistakes.
News
21.05.2021

Workshops give Central Asia think tank execs tools to sharpen their advocacy work

Executive Education project for the Eurasia Foundation and USAID aims to cultivate vibrant, responsive civil society.
Research
08.04.2021

Could online platforms help shift informal workers to formal work?

A new paper in the Socio-Economic Review, co-authored by Johanna Mair, evaluates shifts in emerging market economies.
Press release
19.03.2021

New report from the Hertie School and the Vodafone Germany Foundation finds that Open Social Innovation initiatives can spark ideas, but need long-term support to realise their potential

One year after the #WirvsVirus hackathon, Johanna Mair and Thomas Gegenhuber present a learning report on their accompanying research, offering key lessons for future projects.
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17.03.2021

Alum-spiration: “We are all obligated to commit ourselves to good governance”

Bidjan Nashat, among the first batch of MPP students, still draws on the lessons he learned during his time at the Hertie School.
Research
10.03.2021

New policy brief evaluates how Open Social Innovation can expedite solutions to urgent public policy problems

Johanna Mair and Thomas Gegenhuber draw lessons from the German government’s #WirvsVirus hackathon.
Research
11.01.2021

How social enterprises in Germany tackled the COVID-19 crisis

Research project SEFORÏS shows that social entrepreneurship has gained more attention on German political agenda.