Objectives:
Understand the basic concepts of social innovation, social entrepreneurship and social impact
Learn entrepreneurial approaches for addressing social and environmental challenges
Learn methods of problem analysis and understanding stakeholders and target groups
Develop the ability to creatively design solutions with social impact
Understand the design of a feasible operating model for a socially oriented initiative
Learn about key approaches to measuring and evaluating social impact
Develop the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams on solving real challenges
Understand ethical, sustainability and social aspects of entrepreneurial action
Develop competences for engaging communities, stakeholders and users in solution development
Gain experience in developing and presenting one's own project with social impact

Competencies:
Ability to apply entrepreneurial approaches to address social and environmental challenges
Basic proficiency in problem analysis, stakeholder mapping and researching the needs of target groups
Ability to identify and analyse the social and environmental context of challenges
Skill in creative design, prototyping and testing of solutions with social impact
Basic ability to design a feasible operating model for a socially oriented initiative
Ability to use methods for measuring and evaluating social impact (theory of change, indicators)
Experience in interdisciplinary teamwork in developing concrete solutions to real challenges
Ability to reflect ethically and involve stakeholders in project development and implementation

Introduction to social innovation and entrepreneurial approaches: understanding the role of entrepreneurship in addressing social and environmental challenges, examples of good practices of social enterprises and socially responsible initiatives.

Problem analysis and understanding the social context: identifying social and environmental challenges, stakeholder mapping, researching the needs of target groups and defining key levers for change.

Developing the idea and designing a solution with social impact: creative problem-solving, designing and testing proposed solutions, engaging users and communities in the development process.

Designing a feasible operating model: business models for social enterprises and socially responsible initiatives, resources, partnerships, organisational forms and legal aspects of operation.

Measuring social impact: theory of change, impact indicators, methods of monitoring and evaluating the effects of a solution for the target group and wider society.

Case studies and a final project. In interdisciplinary groups students develop a concrete solution to a real challenge in the wider society or local environment and present it to community representatives, stakeholders or potential supporters.