“Realizing social innovation in Turkey”
A “Collaboration Development Workshop” was held within SSUA within the scope of the cooperation protocol signed between the Social Innovation Application and Research Center (SSUA-SIC) within the Social Sciences University of Ankara (SSUA) and the Defense Technologies and Engineering Inc. - Technology Thinking Center (STM ThinkTech). The workshop, which was held with the participation of SSUA Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Barca, the STM-ThinkTech team, private sector representatives and SSUA Faculty Members, aimed to realize the cooperation between the two parties. The event, where the “Interactive Research Infrastructure in the Field of Social Sciences” project proposals were developed especially within the scope of the EU Horizon 2020 Program, was quite productive with the exchange of ideas from different disciplines. STM, which is also among the founders of SSUA Sosyokent, the first Technology Development Zone specialized in the field of social sciences in our country, will actively use its experience and capacity in the field of engineering in the processes of solving social problems and meeting social expectations within the SSUA-Sociocity. In the workshop, which started with the presentation of the institutions, business development ideas for the following topics were discussed within the framework of the cooperation protocol and opinions were exchanged regarding interdisciplinary work opportunities regarding some specific project proposals:
Promoting regional development
Strengthening the cooperation of Public-Private Sector-University-NGO
Providing innovative solutions to social problems
Developing an Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure in the field of Social Sciences
SSUA Sociocity
With the idea that the implementation of ideas by projecting them is a small but important step towards the realization of social innovation in Turkey, it was decided to conduct a systematic study on the valuable opinions presented in the workshop and to investigate the project potential together with the opinion owner.
