אודות - טכניון - החממה החברתית

Vision

החממה החברתית היא יחידה בטכניון, המתמחה במחקר ובחינוך למעורבות טכנולוגית בקהילה. החממה מקדמת סדר יום חברתי המעוגן בתיאוריות וביישום טכנולוגי, על מנת לאפשר לחברה הישראלית להתמודד עם אתגריה החברתיים והכלכליים באופן המיטבי. באופן זה, מקדמת החממה את חזון הטכניון כמוסד מוביל המופקד על פיתוח הון אנושי, מנהיגות ויצירת ידע.

Goals of the Social Hub:

להעמיק את המחויבות החברתית-טכנולוגית בקרב הסטודנטים והסטודנטיות, כסוכני שינוי, מובילי דעה ומנהיגים ומנהיגות לעתיד.
To create interfaces for communication and cooperation for the purpose of facilitating the mutual flow of knowledge between different social arenas and the academic research community.
To develop and to promote technological solutions to problems with which organizations and communities are contending in a manner that facilitates the reduction of social and economic disparities in Israel.

What do we do?

The Social Hub's flagship program: "Dividing up the good: How can advanced technology help reduce social inequality?"

This program deals with the reduction of socioeconomic disparities in Israeli society through technological development aimed at the redistribution of personal and public resources. To implement the program, the students of the Social Hub develop innovative technological systems to record the vast data regarding resources currently in the hands of the public in order to enable the transfer of surplus resources to the people, institutions, and communities that need them. Our aspiration is to ease lack by increasing the accessibility to existing, available resources. The project engages in technological development based on social-ethical thinking that enables students to actualize their purpose as trailblazers.

Academic Activity

Courses involving action:
The Social Hub supports courses in different Technion faculties that combine learning with the development of projects for social change. Also involved in this activity are staff members, lecturers, students, residents from different communities, local authorities, economic and social organizations, educational institutions, and more.

Activity at the Technion

Cooperative undertakings with socially-engaged entities at the Technion, such as the Technion Students Association (TSA), the Sustainability Hub, and Israeli Hope.
Lectures for students on socially-related topics.

A Focus on the Community

Creating platforms for acquiring a deep knowledge of social issues and related challenges while mobilizing the Technion's unique knowledge resources for the benefit of all parts of Israeli society.
Making the Social Hub's cumulative knowledge accessible for the public at large via its internet site, the social media, and events involving the community.

Connections in Israel and the World

Collaborative research with academic institutions in Israel and abroad.
The Social Hub is a member of international networks working to advance similar goals.

History

The Social Hub was established in 2011 by Prof. Rachel Kallus, a member of the academic staff of the Technion's Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. Initially, the Social Hub was known as the "Social Hub for Housing and Community."

Over time, it expanded its realms of activity, and it currently works in conjunction with other faculties in the variety of fields of knowledge that the Technion incorporates.

Today, the Social Hub operates as a project of the Technion as a whole, under the Office of the Senior Vice-President of the Technion. Its activity is supervised by an institutional academic committee.