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Justice and community: The rationality of learning by doing

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A blue and white drawing of a cityscape with a river running through the middle of tall built-up areas. Professor Gregory Robson researches political philosophy and ethics, investigating the questions of social progress and justice

Professor Robson addresses fundamental questions of social progress and how societies can experiment with different political and social systems without unduly disregarding tradition. This experimentation enables individuals and groups to learn how to better secure justice and improve society more generally. However, it also requires overcoming constraints associated with rationality, which prevent people and communities from taking the necessary risks […]

Nesta: Collective intelligence, people-powered results and experimentation

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People are participating in the 100 Day Challenge.

The world is changing faster than ever, and solutions to the challenges faced by governments, the health and public sectors and educational institutions need to be innovative and inventive to match. At the Nesta foundation, experts are using research-based evidence to come up with frameworks and programmes to support those people trying to solve some of Europe’s trickiest public conundrums. […]