Sean Geobey

Sean Geobey brings applied expertise in social innovation theory, sustainable finance, planning, governance, and decision-theory to his research and teaching. As the Co-Director of the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR) his teaching includes cutting edge work in social entrepreneurship and social innovation, with a pedagogical approach that uses problem-based, community-engaged learning. His research focuses on the governance and design f collective action for social innovation. This research includes the use of evidence in interdisciplinary decision-making, design for participatory decision-making, and social finance. He runs the social innovation lab work for WISIR and is the Principal Investigator of WISIR’s Legacy Leadership Lab (https://uwaterloo.ca/legacy-leadership-lab/), an ecosystem mobilization program funded by the Canadian Social Finance Fund’s Investment Readiness Program to explore the conversion of conventional small businesses into social purpose organizations through social acquisitions.

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