Sophie Reynolds Email & Phone Number

County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Helping to deliver CIRCULÉIRE - a €4.5m innovation network with a mission is to accelerate the net-zero carbon circular economy for manufacturers in Ireland.CIRCULÉIRE was co- created by Irish Manufacturing Research (Secretariat), and three Strategic Partners; the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and EIT Climate-KIC and 25 Founding Industry Members.

Dublin, Ireland

Working as a senior consultant on a range of projects for think tanks, charities and public sector organisations across Europe.Examples of clients/partners include: Rethink Ireland (formerly Social Innovation Fund Ireland); Young Foundation; Connect The Dots; Nesta Italia; Scale Ireland; AEIDL (Association Européenne pour l’Information sur le Développement Local); Dublin City Council.

Ongoing research and policy support on a range of innovation projects and research topics (including emerging trends in the management and support of innovation; Smart Cities; Collective Intelligence; Inclusive Innovation; Preparing and/or reviewing EU bids)

Dublin, Ireland

Work closely with the Executive Director to support policy development and advocacy for Scale Ireland, in particular:- Communications - strategic advice on brand positioning, communications tactics, public affairswork, oversee development of brand voice & messaging pack- Governance - support the Executive Director with strategic governance support, strategic planning and day-to-day management of certain tasks-Strategic events - support with design and delivery of key events-Thought Leadership - write thought leadership articles, blogs

County Dublin, Ireland

Working to develop a community-led Social Impact Plan on behalf of the North East Inner City Programme Office.

London

Highlights include: -Developing, designing and rolling out a series of participatory social innovation policy interventions (workshops, hackathons, master classes) aimed at encouraging public-social collaboration around identified challenges in 10 EU countries, reaching over 500 community, public sector and civil society representatives- Lead author of multiple reports, and published articles - including the Lisbon Declaration of Social Innovation: Social Innovation as a Path to Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Europe - a policy document which was co-developed with input from over 350 people from 19 EU countries. The Declaration was endorsed by former EC Commissioner Moedas on-stage at the Web Summit in 2018.

London, United Kingdom

•Conducting qualitative and desk-based research to a high standard (including case studies, briefings, reports and interviews) •Producing case studies for Nesta research report investigating digital social innovation as part of research commissioned by the European Union•Liaising with a number of external stakeholders to keep them abreast of important project developments•Managing workload while working on a wide range of research projects related to topics such as public service innovation, digital social innovation, digital education, etc.•Copy editing research reports for the policy and research team•Assisted in the organisation and co-ordination of an international social innovation conference, Social Frontiers, in partnership with The Young Foundation•Working independently on tasks set down by line manager

Strategic Design

Design For Social Innovation, A

My live project brief focused on designing a participative workshop intervention to enable open dialogue and collaboration between public.

Master Of Laws (Llm) Law And Social Justice, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Law and Social Justice Class Rep 2012-2013; Awarded full scholarship; Awarded Best Dissertation Prize.

Ba (Hons), English. Media And Cultural Studies, First Class Honours

Academic Awards: Award of Excellence for Final Year Dissertation