Research that impacts the real world

The ERA Chair in Social Innovation at Nova School of Business and Economics is a research center funded by the European Research Agency. 

Our three pillars are:

  • Research – producing high level academic knowledge and applied knowledge;
  • Education – through formal and informal teaching;
  • Community Engagement – with the Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Lab.

Be a part of our community!

  • Qualitative Methods Workshop

    June 29-July 2nd, 2022 – A 4-day workshop for PhD students, post-docs and early-career faculty led by international experts in qualitative methods.

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  • Design Jam for Impact

    April 9th, 2022 – One-day design jam to co-create to tackle social and sustainability issues. Led by the DESIS Lab @ Nova SBE and the Faculty of Architecture at Lisbon University.

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  • Climate corps for equity and resiliency in cities with Lisbeth Shepherd

    March 24, 2022 – Fireside Chat between Lisbeth Shepherd, co-founder of Green City Force, and Manuel Nina, co-founder of GoParity, about climate corps

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Projects

During the year we work on a diversity of projects. Explore some of them.


Podcast

We have our own podcast ‘The Design Thinking Roundtable’.


Stories

Check out some of our recent articles and news!

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