Current agendas

The Academy's work is based on what concerns our members and what is important to society.

We create change there,

where it is most needed

No one can solve complex societal challenges alone. But when we pool our knowledge, experience, and drive, we can move both each other and society forward.

At the Academy, we work with social agendas where social innovation and community make a real difference. We work across disciplines and industries, and it is our members who set the direction. We achieve results together; in working groups, through strong member relationships, and via partnerships across sectors.

Green transition

The green transition is also a social transition. We need to rethink the way we work, live, travel, and live together. This requires action across all sectors and levels of society, not least at the local level. The Academy works to expand and strengthen local involvement and agency in the transformation of our landscapes, including in the Green Tripartite. We are also investigating the interaction between nature, climate, and welfare. Through cross-sector partnerships, knowledge sharing, and experimental approaches, we are working to broaden the conversation about our shared green future.

Our Landscapes

Our Landscapes is a collaboration between Danish Social Innovation Academy, Reos Partners, System Shift, and Human by Nature, which aims to ensure local action in the green transition of Denmark. Right now, crucial decisions are being made about climate adaptation, nature conservation, coastal protection, and energy production that will shape Denmark for many years to come. We want to help ensure that the people who live in a given landscape also help set the direction for its future.

Nature is also welfare

We believe that human and natural well-being are inextricably linked – and that the welfare society of the future must be based on respect for planetary boundaries. In the publication "The welfare society we want to pass on" , we present a new understanding of welfare with concrete guidelines and inspiring examples of how nature and well-being can go hand in hand.

The welfare of the future

Our welfare society is under pressure. There is a shortage of labor in key welfare areas, and the social contract is being challenged when welfare services do not meet the expectations of the population. At the same time, we are seeing accelerating ecological crises, which are exacerbated by the way our society is structured. The Academy works to promote a new understanding of welfare, where well-being, nature, and community go hand in hand.

Mobilizing for welfare

The Academy has examined what the welfare society would look like if nature, climate, and welfare went hand in hand. And if we let the communities and nature we want to thrive form the basis for our actions. In the publication "The welfare society we want to pass on" you will find new perspectives, cases, and benchmarks for the development of a more sustainable welfare society.

Partnership with KL

KL has joined forces with the Academy to seek answers to the fundamental question: How do we shape the welfare of the future? Where should it come from, and who are the driving forces? We are doing this in a change community under the auspices of Forandringskraft, where we are working with eight municipalities to solve specific welfare challenges with communities and places as our starting point. The community workshop will run until 2027. Read more about Forandringskraft

Young people's well-being and education

Young people outside society's fundamental communities are a social problem we have been struggling with for decades, with major human and social consequences. Many young people experience stress, loneliness, and mental health challenges that can have lasting effects well into adulthood. It is crucial to understand and support young people's opportunities to find a way into communities, both for their own development and for the future of our welfare society.

En Vej til Alle (Paths for Everyone)

The Coalition for Change Paths for Everyone brings together key players from civil society, the business community, and the public sector to help the 42,000 young people in Denmark who are not in employment or education. Paths for Everyone as an idea in the Academy in 2021, when the then chair of The Danish Reform Commission Smith, gave a presentation on the Commission's work. A number of members of the Academy then joined forces to ensure that young people's own experiences became part of the Commission's work on how we as a society can solve the challenge of young people outside of work and education. Today, Paths for Everyone exists Paths for Everyone organisation independent organisation over 40 different actors. The Academy has made recommendations to The Danish Reform Commission the experiences of young people, and in 2025, Paths for Everyone signed Paths for Everyone Youth Pledge. Together, we highlight what works and find new ways forward in close collaboration with young people themselves.

Find more information about the Academy's agendas

Publication

The welfare of the future

Green transition

Current agendas

The welfare society we want to pass on

New collaboration on future landscapes

Green transition requires collective action

We can no longer ignore nature and climate in the conversation about welfare

Paths for Everyone A community with unfulfilled potential