Researchers can now apply to present at the twelfth annual International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC). Heralded as "the world’s leading interdisciplinary social innovation research conference,” ISIRC 2020 will be…
On November 1, the Taylor Center hosted its first Silent Scholars’ Writing Retreat of Fall 2019 semester at the Taylor Center’s Warehouse District location. Thirteen scholars, including Tulane faculty, Tulane…
On October 21, 2019, three recipients of the Taylor Changemaker Catalyst Award gathered in the Taylor Center classroom to share findings, insights about research methodology, and musings about how social…
What happens when philosophers, social scientists, designers, and social entrepreneurs start talking? New ideas for change, I hope. In early September 2019, I traveled to Glasgow, Scotland to attend the…
By Abigail Bean and Alexandra Greengrass. Christopher Oliver, PhD, never expected to work with an academic center focused on social innovation. "I was a little taken aback because when I…
Photo: Anjali Prasertong Video: Jennifer Scarnato Miller Check out this video to learn more about a collaboration. The Design Krewe was a project with Liberty’s Kitchen (LK) and Top Box…
Photo: Paula Burch-Celentano. By: Mary Johns. When a GE designer learned pediatric patients were often frightened by MRI scans, he transformed the experience into an adventure. With a touch of…
NEWDAY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES: Theaster Gates (b. 1973, Chicago, USA) lives and works in Chicago. Gates creates work that focuses on space theory and land development, sculpture and performance. Drawing…
Healthy Corner Store Collaborative grand opening event on Sept. 15, 2017. Photo courtesy Top Box Foods – New Orleans. Top Box Foods – New Orleans is co-coordinating a pilot project…
Photo: Paula Burch-Celentano By: Barri Bronston Note: Jordan Karubian is a Taylor Center Social Entrepreneurship Professor. Could mockingbirds, known for mimicking the sounds of other birds, also be mirroring the effects…