Harnessing the power of social innovation for a new economy
A conversation on social innovation policies and programs across the Asia Pacific region, including the latest insights from Davos.
Explore how social innovation and entrepreneurship can help forge the foundations of a more inclusive and sustainable economy. What lessons can we draw from the policy work being done in other countries in the region and what’s different about Australia’s social economy and the opportunities and challenges it presents?
Professor Danielle Logue , Director of CSI UNSW and Jonathan Wong, Chief of Innovation, Enterprise and Investment for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) discuss:
- Why are we now talking about the ‘social economy’ and how is this shaping public policy?
- What was the reaction at Davos to discussions on the role of social innovation in business?
- Where and how is impact investing working in our region? Are we making progress?
Meet your presenters
- Jonathan Wong is the Chief of Innovation, Enterprise and Investment at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He has spearheaded social innovation and social enterprise in public policy with numerous governments across the Asia-Pacific region. He has also set up a collaboration with the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) to build a stronger evidence base for policy makers with respect to impact investing.
- Professor Danielle Logue is Director of the Centre for Social Impact UNSW (CSI UNSW) and Professor of Innovation & Impact at UNSW Business School. Her research portfolio draws on a broad base of organisation and management theory to examine how enterprises and markets engage in processes of social innovation. Recent projects investigate new forms of organising, governing, and financing to address social and environmental problems including impact investing, civic crowdfunding platforms, social stock exchanges, social impact bonds, and social enterprises.
