Social Science Impact Accelerator: Co-constructing a performance measurement system for resilience through Sustainability

This project aims at bolstering sustainability and resilience in organisations. More specifically, the project focuses on developing innovative tools and fostering collaboration to address complex social, environmental and economic challenges. The project aims to provide organisations with the accounting and accountability tools and insights to monitor multiple impacts, navigate uncertainties and thrive in a rapidly changing world. The aim will be achieved by elaborating a conceptual infrastructure for a performance measurement system. This system will enable the case study organisation to set up a control system capable of incorporating complexity, multidimensionality, and scenario analysis necessary to address sustainability impacts.

The academic and project lead will contribute relevant information and expertise to this construction process. Activities to achieve this aim will include collaborative meetings to identify key sustainability metrics, research sessions to explore best practices in performance measurement for resilience and ongoing knowledge-sharing sessions to ensure alignment and progress toward the project's goals.

The resident will attend the meetings and sessions regularly. The regular days when the resident is based in the host team will typically coincide with the team's working schedule, ensuring consistent presence for seamless interaction and knowledge sharing. Offline arrangements will include a dedicated workspace within the host organization's premises to facilitate face-to-face interaction, access to resources and foster a sense of belonging.

This project is all about helping organizations become more sustainable and resilient. In simple terms, it focuses on creating new tools and encouraging teamwork to tackle big social, environmental, and economic problems. The goal is to give organizations better ways to track their impacts, deal with uncertainties, and succeed in a fast-changing world.

To achieve this, the project will develop a system that helps organizations measure their performance in a way that considers different factors and possible future scenarios. This system will help the organization manage complex sustainability challenges more effectively. Experts will share their knowledge to build this system.