Vision & Mission
To become a leading institute to trigger social innovation in all dimensions of the society to improve the well-being of the community and people.
To provide an innovative and human-centred platform to ENVISION a better life in the society, to CONNECT people with passion and NURTURE doers of all ages to INNOVATE with collective wisdom to ENABLE impactful action.
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Objectives
Through trans-disciplinary research and extensive collaboration with stakeholders within and outside this University, JCDISI aims at creating the visible impacts.
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1. Social Impact
To facilitate proactive policy advocacy and implementation of workable solutions on social issues.
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2. Academic Impact
To facilitate world-class empirical and applied research on unique Hong Kong issues through trans-disciplinary effort and collaboration with entrepreneurs, designers, professionals, technologists, intellectuals, community leaders and stakeholders within and outside PolyU.
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3. Knowledge Transfer
To organize seminars, symposia, community engagement projects and publication of case reports on successful JCDISI projects for promoting and nurturing a positive and forward-looking community mindset for collaboration and social innovation.
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