Local Innovation Group

To confront the challenges of the 21st century and beyond, individuals, groups, and communities need to be able to innovate—to develop and bring into use new and more effective ways of doing things compared to existing practices.

The Local Innovation Group conducts interdisciplinary social science research on processes of local innovation and local systems change in communities facing development challenges around the world. Our research produces actionable findings, methodological advances, and analytical tools that enable global development actors to deepen their understanding of how local innovation and sociotechnical change processes work, how they contribute to sustainable and equitable development, and how they can be effectively catalyzed, facilitated, and evaluated.