📢 New Paper Alert | Joining Decision-Making, Moral Thinking, and Collective Action
This paper proposes a phenomenological view of grand challenges, linking organizational decision-making, moral reasoning, and collective action.
🔗 https://bit.ly/46BU4Wg
#JMS #GrandChallenges
🔗 Link to article: doi.org/10.1080/0895... #OpenAccess @mtnorn.bsky.social
#4GU #InnovationEcosystems #GrandChallenges
Civic education can’t be an afterthought.
Robert Medrano spotlights the stark funding gap, $50 for STEM to just 5¢ for civics and what it means for our democracy.
Watch the full conversation: https://bit.ly/4cEGapS
#GrandChallenges #CivicEducation #SustainableDemocracies #USCRossier
Join USC Rossier’s Grand Challenges & Opportunities Series (Part 3):
“Building Otherwise—Schools as Sites of Collective Life.”
Feb 26, 4–5:30 PM | In-person & Online
Register by Feb 19: https://bit.ly/4c0qi0V
#USCRossier #GrandChallenges #HigherEducation #EducationEvent
Faculty and staff involved in the TransformED initiative sit around table.
The #TransformED team met Feb. 4 to share updates and strengthen collaboration. Key efforts in the @UNLincoln initiative include Connections for Kids PD, new undergraduate coursework (Fall 2026), Nurture Nebraska and the Thriving Children assessment tool.
🔗 transformed-ne.org
#GrandChallenges #UNL
🚨 Call for Papers: „Organisationen und existenzielle Probleme“ 🚨
Sektionsveranstaltung Organisationssoziologie | #dgs2026
Mainz
Wie machen Organisationen das?
#Soziologie #Organisations #GrandChallenges #KI #Klima
Alles Wissenswerte 👇
kongress2026.soziologie.de/fileadmin/us...
I love that ants are chosen to visualize the conference topic #GrandChallenges 😍🐜 #AntsForFuture
⏳ Just under 60 days to go until the #GrandChallenges Conference begins — and we’re excited to announce that registration is now open. Secure your spot and register via our website today! We look forward to seeing you at the conference. 👉 Register here: gc-conference-bua.de/
Nurture Nebraska vinyl art installation at the Lincoln airport raises awareness of the importance of children’s social and emotional development. Two girls stand near signage.
Small moments matter. 💙🌱 Learn how #NurtureNebraska is helping families, educators and communities support children's social and emotional development — and why it matters for the state's future. ›› cyfs.unl.edu/news/?p=7875
#JachtAgency #TransformED #UNL #GrandChallenges @unlcojmc.bsky.social
Andrew Prescott’s ‘The Grand Challenges of Digital Humanities’ compels us to think through what it is that humanists are equipped to bring to the world in the digital age.
jamescosullivan.substack.com/p/grand-chal...
#DigitalHumanities #GrandChallenges
I'm deep-diving into the #GrandChallenges ahead for #STEMed. The first, maybe the thorniest --> public perception. "STEM executives and practitioners...would do America a seismic favor by picking and sticking to a main goal." Full article here: ¯\_(ツ)_/ stemmagazine.com/gNOV25/viewe...
The Grand Challenge of Transformative Technology Impact Report celebrates nearly a decade of pioneering research and collaboration at @ucl.ac.uk, including exciting projects from Geography academics.
#UCL #GrandChallenges #Geography #ResearchImpact #Innovation
Lisa Knoche presentation at the Nebraska Union Oct. 23, 2025.
Lisa Knoche presentation at the Nebraska Union Oct. 23, 2025.
CYFS was proud to be part of the first-ever Research & Innovation Showcase Oct. 23! Lisa Knoche joined fellow #UNL research leaders to highlight impactful work happening across campus, including Connections for Kids! ›› transformed-ne.org
#NurtureNebraska #GrandChallenges
Partner Q&A with two speech bubbles.
@unlincoln.bsky.social's TransformED initiative brings together university, state & community partners to promote children’s social and emotional development. 💬 In a new Q&A blog, Sami Bradley, NE Children & Families Foundation, shares insights on the partnership.
🔗 bit.ly/4pKlUaJ #GrandChallenges
Grand Challenges: Reimagining Sustainable Democracies
Part 1: Knowing Otherwise — Systems, Info & Power
How AI & systems-thinking reshape knowledge + trust.
Oct 7 | 4–5:30pm + Reception
USC + Online
Register by Sept 29
#USCRossier #GrandChallenges #SustainableDemocracies
🌱 Turning research into action! @ucl.ac.uk’s Living Labs use our campus as a testbed for sustainability, bridging insight and implementation.
🔗 Explore the blog: shorturl.at/CBRwc
#Sustainability #ClimateAction #LivingLabs #UCLResearch #GrandChallenges
Early childhood professionals visited ESU 13 to train coaches who will help implement the Connections for Kids approach in Nebraska's Panhandle. From left: Tammi Hechtner-Galvin (CYFS), Lisa Knoche (CYFS), Christen Million (Rooted in Relationships), Katie Zabel (CYFS) and Nici Johnson (ESU 13).
Early childhood professionals at the Connections for Kids training for ESU 13 coaches.
Chimney Rock National Historic Site in Nebraska.
CYFS’ Lisa Knoche, Tammi Hechtner-Galvin and Katie Zabel, with Christen Million of Rooted in Relationships, joined ESU 13's Nici Johnson to host a Connections for Kids Coach Kick-Off in the #Nebraska Panhandle.
Learn about CFK: bit.ly/3HoFgAW
#TransformED #NurtureNebraska #ECE #GrandChallenges
Preschool teacher plays with blocks on the floor with smiling student.
✨ What is TransformED? ✨
TransformED is a collaborative research initiative at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that focuses on promoting children’s social and emotional development.
Learn more: bit.ly/3V5zvuZ
#NurtureNebraska #UNL #UNLCEHS #GrandChallenges
New article out! Outcome of a collaborative effort with Jane Bjørn Vedel, Susana Borrás, Alan Irwin and Vera Simoneit, funded by a local strategic initiative at Copenhagen Business School. #innovation #innovationpolicy #organization #grandchallenges
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
9/18 An intelligence explosion brings "grand challenges" - developments that significantly affect the value of present and future life.
These are "forks in the road of human progress" that can't all be delegated to future AI systems.
#GrandChallenges
🔁 The Digital Twin & Grand Challenges workshop brought together 42 experts from 5 Mason colleges + 13 orgs to shape the future of digital twin tech 🌐🤝 Focus: innovation, AI, climate, health & more!
#DigitalTwin #MasonResearch #Cyberinfrastructure #GrandChallenges #AI4Good
🎧 Hear our full convo: visionaryleadership.com/marla-weston...
#GrandChallenges #Leadership #Communication #NarrativePower #SocialImpact #VisionaryLeadership
A close-up photo of a stick insect Bacillus atticus ssp. atticus nymph. (c) Panagiotis Dalagiorgos
This year, #InsectWeek focuses on addressing #InsectDecline.
Celebrating the essential research we publish through our journals to support the #GrandChallenges, we've created a #VirtualIssue on insect decline & #conservation.
Read the Virtual Issue 🔽
buff.ly/FG0L9RE
📸 Panagiotis Dalagiorgos
(4/4) 🎧 visionaryleadership.com/grand-challe...
#Healthcare #Ultrasound2030 #GlobalHealth #AI #Inteleos #TechForGood #MoonshotHealth #GrandChallenges
🌍 Gesundheit geht uns alle an – lokal wie global. In den kommenden Wochen stellen wir hier zentrale gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen vor, denen sich die Berlin University Alliance widmet. Den Anfang macht Global Health! 💡 Hier mehr erfahren ➡️ https://titinyurl.com/k99ebpvu...llenges
💡 Die #GrandChallenges Initiativen der BUA arbeiten an Lösungsansätzen für das Gelingen der großen Transformationen unserer Zeit. 🔹 In den nächsten Wochen nehmen wir Sie mit auf eine Reise in unsere fünf Themen! 👉 tinyurl.com/38j85wpn #DasOffeneWissenslabor
The paper presents an ethnographic study of the UK #GrandChallenges programme, executed by the brilliant Ilias Krystallis @ucl.ac.uk
💥 I help CEOs launch Grand Challenges—bold goals that tackle real-world problems and catapult their orgs into leadership.
Worked w/ World Bank, Peace Corps, 70+ nonprofits.
If you're building big, purposeful change—we should connect.
#GrandChallenges #Leadership #SocialImpact
this isn’t about planning meetings.
it’s about igniting momentum,
laying down tracks for real change
—together.
#grandchallenges #movementbuilding #leadership #collectiveaction #designthinking
