To successfully navigate the challenges of the 21st century and beyond, communities of all sizes need to be able to innovate—to develop and bring into use new and more effective ways of doing things compared to existing practices.

The Local Innovation Group conducts interdisciplinary social science research on processes of local innovation and local systems change in communities facing development challenges around the world.

Our research produces actionable findings, methodological advances, and analytical tools that enable global development actors to deepen their  understanding of  how local innovation and sociotechnical change processes work, how they contribute to  sustainable  and equitable  development, and how they can be effectively catalyzed, facilitated, and evaluated.

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