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2016 INSS Meeting, Call for Papers

The Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) annual meeting will take place from June 8 – 10 this year, and the organizers have published a call for papers. The call closes on 10 February. As readers may recall, the Bassetti Foundation participates in the INSS through the membership of Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins, who will ... 2016 INSS Meeting, Call for Papers

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Volume 2, Journal of Responsible Innovation, a review

The close of the year saw the publication of the third and final issue of Volume 2 of the Journal of Responsible Innovation. In this article we review the volume. Early in 2015, Volume 2 opened with the publication of issue 1. Articles included 4 research articles and a special perspectives section: responsible research and ... Volume 2, Journal of Responsible Innovation, a review

Jonathan Hankins

CORES LAB on Consumption, Networks and Practices of Sustainable Economies

Late in 2015 the CORES Laboratory launched their new Youtube channel. Videos available include an interview with Foundation Collaborator Cristina Grasseni during the recent Food, Sustainability and Territory Conference (see also below), an interview with Daniel Tarozzi from “Italia che cambia” (in Italian) and an interview and Key Note Speech from Prof. Colin Sage. Readers ... CORES LAB on Consumption, Networks and Practices of Sustainable Economies

Cristina Grasseni
Jonathan Hankins

Wave. How collective ingenuity is changing the world

Foreword At a time when the entire planet is facing tremendous economic, social and environmental challenges, a multitude of initiatives from around the world prove that solutions exist for doing more with less. The common ingredient in all this creative ferment? Collective ingenuity. Being flexible, keeping it simple, seizing opportunities, thinking differently: in an unstable ... Wave. How collective ingenuity is changing the world

Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 2, Issue 1 Reviewed

The current and first issue of the second volume of the Journal of Responsible Innovation opens with an editorial by Editor in Chief David Guston. Responsible innovation: who could be against that? opens with an interesting issue, with Guston arguing that although the goals of RI are easy to understand and accept, some members of ... Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol 2, Issue 1 Reviewed

Jonathan Hankins

Wave – How collective ingenuity is changing the world.

After Paris, Marseille and Lille, Wave – How collective ingenuity is changing the world, a project of the BNP Paribas group, comes to Milan. The Italian event is directed by Trivioquadrivio with the collaboration of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation. The protagonists of innovation, selected from within five “currents” – co-creation, sharing, inclusion, circularity and the ... Wave – How collective ingenuity is changing the world.

Piero Bassetti

INSS Annual Conference Report

The INSS Third Annual Conference took place this year between April 9th and 10th, with Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins attending the London site. This year’s conference was held over 5 sites, in an attempt to make the event as sustainable as possible by cutting down on travel for the participants. Several seminars and ... INSS Annual Conference Report

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Prof. Claus Offe at Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative

On May 14th Jonathan Hankins will attend a colloquium at the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) in Boston Massachusetts on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation. The SCORAI Colloquium on Consumption and Social Change is a regular gathering of academics and policy professionals concerned with social change. It aims to build a knowledge base ... Prof. Claus Offe at Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative

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A Review of the INSS meeting

As many readers will know, last weekend I attended the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was fortunate enough to have been selected to present a poster as part of the Saturday afternoon poster session. The poster can be seen here via the Bassetti Foundation Flikr account, alongside many ... A Review of the INSS meeting

Jonathan Hankins

Bassetti Foundation at the INSS International Meeting

The Second Annual Meeting of the Integrated Network for Social Sustainability takes place in Charlotte North Carolina between the 4th and 6th of April, and Jonathan Hankins will be there to represent the Bassetti Foundation and present during the poster session. Prepared together with long term Foundation Collaborator Cristina Grasseni, Hankins will present a poster ... Bassetti Foundation at the INSS International Meeting

Cristina Grasseni
Jonathan Hankins
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Integrated Network for Social Sustainability

Jonathan Hankins is pleased to have received and accepted the offer to participate in the National Science Foundation funded Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) as a representative of the Bassetti Foundation. The overall goal of the network is to produce a clearer, more applicable definition of social sustainability, and to create opportunities for engaging ... Integrated Network for Social Sustainability

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Safeguarding Venice, the Mose Project

On March 20th 2012 MIT hosted an event entitled ‘The Safeguarding of Venice and its Lagoon: The Mose System’ and Jonathan Hankins was present as representative of the Bassetti Foundation. The widely reported Mose system aims to bring an end to the flooding of Venice caused by a combination of high tides and storms and ... Safeguarding Venice, the Mose Project

Jonathan Hankins
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