CONTRIBUTION
Engineering Schools have been enabling students to develop the skills needed to identify technology-based business opportunities and implement them within new and established organisations. Many of these technologies bring new ideas that meet social needs, create social relationships and form new collaborations (Social innovations) addressing important societal challenges, such as climate change, ageing or poverty. However, these specific social challenges are still not being explicitly included at the core of many engineering courses curricula and, in general, on educational strategies at engineering schools globally.
Mission
Vision
The Social Innovation Lab vows to become a world-wide connected grid of students, researchers, professors, universities, companies and social enterprises, which will promote solutions towards the well-being of the population in the world. We actively promote the cooperation between stakeholders, a socially responsible mindset, the empowerment of local communities, and business models that truly target world changes.
Contribution
The SILab involves makers, researchers and students from different courses who develop their projects under supervision of professors and specialists, and it encompasses:
OUR TEAM
Our team comprises professors, researchers, and other faculty members from different backgrounds, enabling interdisciplinary discussions of innovative ideas and projects.
Ana Carvalho
Founder
Miguel Amaral
Founder
Luis Reis
Member
Beatriz Silva
Member
Adelino Galvão
Member
Henrique Matos
Member
Teresa Carvalho
Member
Ana Clara Marques
Member
Ana Margarida Azevedo
Member
Rita Nunes
Member
Hugo Nicolau
Member
Carla Boura
Member
