ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses social innovation in the context of COVID-19 and its potential to resolve complex problems, particularly how innovation emerges through shared values and collaborative relationships. Different kinds of innovations are explored with particular attention to case studies from India and Kenya. The Indian case study presents socially and culturally relevant innovations to build health infrastructure and technologically intensive innovations. In Kenya, training innovations to strengthen the child protection workforce are explored in the context of the pandemic highlighting the creative use of technology to overcome barriers and the benefits of inclusive collaboration.
