Innovation clubs: Mobilizing local creativity for sustainable development and pedagogy

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dc.contributor.authorBurlotos, Christianos A.G.
dc.contributor.authorKijewski-Corre, Tracy L.
dc.contributor.authorPresuma, Lamarre
dc.contributor.authorTaflanidis, Alexandros A.
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, William L.
dc.contributor.funderUniversity of Notre Dameen
dc.contributor.funderKellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dameen
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-10T14:42:59Z
dc.date.available2021-06-10T14:42:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-14
dc.description.abstractTwo months after the 2010 Haiti earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, a reconnaissance team of structural engineering researchers from the University of Notre Dame travelled to Léogâne to assess the damage. As their research revealed the underlying problems plaguing the residential construction industry in Léogâne, they realized that recommending externally-devised engineering solutions alone would not bring about significant change. In order to discover more holistic and implementable solutions, they turned to the affected community. By hosting open innovation challenges throughout Léogâne, the research team identified local innovators who demonstrated leadership, problem-solving skills, and creativity. These local innovators, forty-two men and women of various professions representing each of the six zones of Léogâne, were then trained and certified in the Pwosesis pou Innovasyon (Innovation Process) - a Creole-adapted form of Human-Centered Design. These individuals subsequently engaged their neighbors to form six Innovation Clubs. For seven years, undergraduate and graduate engineering students have worked with these Innovation Clubs to facilitate sustainable development research initiatives. This paper describes the framework used to establish these Innovation Clubs, case studies of cooperative projects, the observed benefits of this collaboration, and recommendations for future implementation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Notre Dame, Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Grand Challenges Scholars Program in the College of Engineering, and the Paula A. Connors fund in the College of Engineering)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationBurlotos, C. A. G., Kijewski-Correa, T. L., Presuma, L., Taflanidis, A. A. and Cunningham, W. L. (2021) ‘Innovation clubs: Mobilizing local creativity for sustainable development and pedagogy’, EESD2021: Proceedings of the 10th Engineering Education for Sustainable Development Conference, 'Building Flourishing Communities', University College Cork, Ireland, 14-16 June.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11466
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.relation.urihttps://www.eesd2020.org/
dc.relation.urihttps://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/11459
dc.rights© 2021, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licenseen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectEngineering educationen
dc.subjectHaiti earthquakeen
dc.subjectLéogâneen
dc.subjectHuman-centred designen
dc.subjectInnovation clubsen
dc.subjectPwosesis pou Innovasyonen
dc.titleInnovation clubs: Mobilizing local creativity for sustainable development and pedagogyen
dc.typeConference itemen
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