Higher Education Institutions as Strategic Centers for Promoting Social Innovation in Gerontology: Insights from the Senior Innovation Lab Training Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social innovation and gerontology develop a wide range of actions aimed at supporting and improving the needs of long-lived populations. Higher education institutions (HEIs) are drivers of change, and their potential to develop solutions through teaching students' social innovation skills should be considered in the field of longevity. This article reports the results obtained by the Senior Innovation Lab (SIL) training initiative.

Methods

Challenge-based learning, design thinking, and lean startup approaches were implemented in training 26 participants with the final aim of developing innovative solutions to previously identified long-lived population needs.

Results

Final products were innovative ideas developed through collaboration between students, acad

SUBMITTER: Feijoo-Quintas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11202931 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature