IÑIGO BLANCO
Twitter – @InigoFunky
[foto de Blanca Galindo www.blancagalindo.eu]
BIO:
Environmental Scientist. Working as Innovation strategist and as a researcher on open innovation and entrepreneurship.
An enthusiastic Environmental Sciences graduate and Design Thinking expert with work experience in Spain, England Iceland and Germany in social innovation and environmental management. His experience at HUB Berlin helped him become more aware about social issues and wanted to explore innovative processes and environments. This life changing experience led him to move to service design and strategic creativity consultancy with Funky Projects back in Bilbao, thus being involved in projects to: empower youth participation with local governments, create experiences for new meeting points for multicultural coexistence in cities, social research to create new services, among others.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND AND PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION:
Lecturer on service design and Researcher on Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the University of Mondragon (Spain) within the innovative educational model of Mondragon Team Academy. Completing an International Master on Intrapreneurship and Open Innovation where he is exploring how to design people centered projects creating social positive impact while having a global mindset due to the multiple learning journeys he does abroad. Also the team leader of the Hub Gipuzkoa, an initiative to create a center of social innovation in the Basque Country. Member of Ashoka Iberia Jóvenes Changemakers and responsible for leading the launch of the program in the Basque Country.
