The Australian Centre for Social Innovation was founded in 2009, born out of the work of Adelaide Thinker in Residence, Geoff Mulgan, Director of The Young Foundation.
South Australia was the first state in the world to allow women to stand for parliament, it led the way in addressing disadvantage in housing with the establishment of the South Australian Housing Trust and introduced the Prohibition of Discrimination Act in 1966.
In making his recommendation for the establishment of a centre of excellence in social innovation in Australia, Mulgan noted that South Australia would make a natural base for this kind of work due to its history of 'punching above its weight' in social innovation. He also believed South Australia was the right size to experiment, test and take to scale innovative social ventures.
Premier Mike Rann and the Government of South Australia agreed with Geoff Mulgan's vision and provided seed funding for the creation of TACSI, a national centre of excellence in social innovation.
The full report on Geoff Mulgan’s work in while in residence can be found here.
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