{"id":1440,"date":"2026-05-26T10:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cssboost-project.eu\/?page_id=1440"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:56:26","slug":"social-innovation-summer-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cssboost-project.eu\/?page_id=1440","title":{"rendered":"Social Innovation and Co-Creation Summer School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Social Innovation and Co-Creation Summer School<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

September 28 to October 02, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chania, Crete (Greece)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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The social Summer School at a glance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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International participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate students from any discipline<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Study Social Innovation, Design Thinking, Game Design, and Circular Economy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Language: English<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Learn How to Apply Social Innovation for Boosting the Circular Economy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In this Summer School, we teach you to design participatory solutions that respond to environmental and social challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gain practical experience in game design and community engagement. Gain access to insights from the EU Horizon project CSSBoost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants will examine the key challenges and requirements of building circular value chains and discover how social innovation methods can improve them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gain practical experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Explore social innovation and gain a practical toolkit for applying it to diverse stakeholder needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Learn about digital tools to create, engage, and administer communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Design games for circular value chains to be used within an educational or professional context.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Develop engagement tools for connecting with stakeholders in and outside of a value chain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Investigate the role of Maker Spaces in the exploration of circular value chains.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Turn your ideas into prototypes through hands-on practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Workshop Agenda<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Each day includes a full program of lectures and practical activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    28 SEP 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    Circular Economy, Circular Value Chains, Field Trip<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    29 SEP 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    Social Innovation, Community Building, Social CRM<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    30 SEP 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    Human Centered Design, Game design <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    01 OCT 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    Ideation and prototyping in a creative space<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    02 OCT 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    Presentations and learning discussion<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Venue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Technical University of Crete, TUC Transformable Intelligent Environments Lab and TUC Innovation Lab, Chania, Crete<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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