Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation

Initiated by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation was established in 2012 as the first design institute dedicating to social innovation in Asia. By convening collective and multi-disciplinary expertise and co-experiment spirit, J.C.DISI focuses on articulating creative and alternative solutions to the complex challenges today, from urban sustainability to ageing population, family and youth, public services, social entrepreneurship to empowering technologies for the disadvantaged. Our vision is to become a leading institute to trigger social innovation in all dimensions of society to improve the well-being of the community and people by providing 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.