Just One Giant Lab (JOGL) - An open platform for collective intelligence

UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEXITY OF PRESENT-DAY CHALLENGES AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

JUST ONE GIANT LAB (JOGL)

OPEN PLATFORM FOR COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE AND COLLABORATIVE SCIENCE FOR THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Format: Online Languages: French and English

OVERALL THEME/BACKGROUND

Just One Giant Lab (JOGL) is an open online platform developed with the support of AFD, the AXA Foundation for Research, and IRD. Intended for contributors from all walks of life, it aims to train and assist open and contributory research communities in Africa to collaborate in solving challenges related to transitions. Through its methodology of facilitating learning communities, it allows contributors to propose initiatives and collaborate on new solutions to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Becoming a contributor to an open platform for research communities operating in Africa to share solutions in an open source approach. The platform enables contributors to: Suggest, co-build and collaborate on multi-stakeholder and multicountry initiatives to address the challenges of transitions in Africa. Acquire skills in facilitating collective intelligence online. Be part of a community of agents for change.

TEACHING METHODS & ACTIVITIES

The JOGL platform combines collaborative research and solution creation methodologies by organizing hackathons and sprints. The activities offered provide contributors with the know-how and skills needed to meet the challenges of our time.

WHAT DOES JOGL DO FOR YOU?

By getting involved in a JOGL research community, you will develop skills in facilitating sessions and mobilizing collective intelligence. Events like hackathons and sprints help communities of contributors connect and become part of a global open source dynamic. The JOGL open online platform. Local liaisons in Africa.

Contributors from all types of organizations (companies, foundations, NGOs, public institutions, start-ups). Anyone who wishes to invest their time and creativity (professionals, students, amateurs and citizens)

Recurring, all year long.

PARTNERSHIP

Axa Foundation for Research, IRD