Who we are
Background
JCDISI, established in 2012, aims to provide an innovative and human-centred platform to envision a better life in the society, to connect people with passion and nurture doers of all ages to innovate with collective wisdom to enable impactful action.
Vision & Mission
- To become a leading institute to trigger social innovation in all dimensions of the society to improve the well-being of the community and people.
- To provide an innovative and human-centred platform to ENVISION a better life in the society, to CONNECT people with passion and NURTURE doers of all ages to INNOVATE with collective wisdom to ENABLE impactful action.
Objectives
Through trans-disciplinary research and extensive collaboration with stakeholders within and outside this University, JCDISI aims at creating the visible impacts.
- Social Impact:
To facilitate proactive policy advocacy and implementation of workable solutions on social issues.
- Academic Impact:
To facilitate world-class empirical and applied research on unique Hong Kong issues through trans-disciplinary effort and collaboration with entrepreneurs, designers, professionals, technologists, intellectuals, community leaders and stakeholders within and outside PolyU.
- Knowledge Transfer:
To organise seminars, symposia, community engagement projects and publication of case reports on successful JCDISI projects for promoting and nurturing a positive and forward-looking community mindset for collaboration and social innovation.