Bottom-up initiatives, be it in the form of social entrepreneurship or otherwise, are increasingly taking on societal challenges. Through the joining of forces of involved citizens and developing alternate solutions, bottom-up initiatives contribute to a more open and resilient society.

The Platform Bottom-Up Initiatives for Societal Change performs interdisciplinary research on issues as:

  • Which types of bottom-up initiatives exist?
  • Which effect do bottom-up initiatives have on existing institutions and do these initiatives contribute to institutional change?
  • How can bottom-up initiatives inspire the decision-making processes in a representative democracy, while at the same time preventing preference treatment of specific groups?

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Open, resilient societies

The Bottom-up Initiatives for Societal Change platform forms part of the Institutions for Open Societies, the unique research expertise of Utrecht University. Institution for Open Societies is the central hub of all our research on open, resilient societies.