About Nesta

Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

Timeline

Launch of www.digitalsocial.eu

Autumn 2013

Report launch: Growing a digital social innovation ecosystem for Europe

Winter 2014

Report launch: Digital social innovation: what it is and what we are doing

Spring 2015

Report launch: What next for digital social innovation?

Spring 2017

Launch of the European Digital Social Innovation Index

Summer 2019

Launch of Futures work: 'Our Tech, Our Future' and 'People's Press'

Summer 2019

Final event and end of project

Summer 2019

We're supporting digital social innovation to grow and scale across Europe through crowdmapping, networking, research and policy work

Team

Matt Stokes

Matt Stokes

Matt Stokes

Senior Researcher, Government Innovation

Matt was a senior researcher working on the collaborative economy and digital social innovation.

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Peter Baeck

Peter Baeck

Peter Baeck

Director of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Peter leads work that explores how combining human and machine intelligence can develop innovative solutions to social challenges.

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Jonathan Bone

Jonathan Bone

Jonathan Bone

Mission Manager, healthy life mission

Jonathan works within Nesta Cymru (Wales), focusing on working across public, private and non-profit sectors to deliver innovative solutions that tackle obesity and loneliness in Wales.

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Codrina Cretu

Codrina Cretu

Codrina Cretu

Mission Manager, sustainable future mission

Codrina is mission manager for the sustainable future mission.

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Tom Symons

Tom Symons

Tom Symons

Deputy Director, fairer start mission

Tom is the deputy mission director for the fairer start mission at Nesta.

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