Dr Lorraine Boran & Dr Louise Hopper: Embedding Social Innovation & Enterprise in Psychology

In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh and Donnchadh Kindlon talk to Dr Lorraine Boran and Dr Louise Hopper. Lorraine and Louise both work in the School of Psychology at DCU and have collaborated with From Passion to Action to embed social innovation and social enterprise into their teaching.

This conversation explores the relevance of social innovation and entrepreneurship to psychology education, and the experiences that Lorraine and Louise have had working with the From Passion to Action project. Topics covered also include social enterprise and critical thinking skills, risk-taking and self-efficacy, and community engagement and transformative change.