The Center for Social Innovation

The Center for Social innovation is a research center at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. SI@UVA identifies difficult social problems, designs and evaluates creative ways to solve them, and diffuses information about innovative solutions to policymakers and other stakeholders.

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Read our most recent annual report to see what the Center has accomplished in the past year, and support our work.

RECENT NEWS

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Center research featured in VoxDev

Recently, research led by the Center for Social Innovation was featured in the VoxDev article: How lumpy investments determine the effect of expanding financial services: Evidence from Uganda. Read the full article on VoxDev or our website

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Report 2022 — The Center for Social Innovation
Report 2022 — The Center for Social Innovation

The Center for Social Innovation recently released its 2022 annual report, detailing all of the interesting work being done at the center and the exciting projects coming down the pipeline in the coming months.

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Letter from the Director — 2022
Letter from the Director — 2022

It has been a very exciting year for the Center as we continue many of the popular programs that have taken place in past years and add on new projects. I have enormous shoes to fill in taking over Directorship of the Center from Christine Mahoney—the Founder and Director of the Center for its first 10 years. I hope you all will join me in thinking about and participating in new and exciting opportunities for the Center.

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Learn more about Social Entrepreneurship at UVA

Learn more about Social Entrepreneurship classes at Batten and the Social Entrepreneurship Minor

Recent Events
The Center for Social Innovation Welcomes Kristin Lambert
Nov 15
The Center for Social Innovation Welcomes Kristin Lambert
The Center for Social Innovation Welcomes Jonathan Walters
Nov 1
The Center for Social Innovation Welcomes Jonathan Walters
Conference on Sanitation and Development

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