Fundació Bosch i Gimpera is committed to social innovation and the resolution of social challenges through the multidisciplinary group OpenSystems that focuses on arts and public participation as core elements of the way of doing science and innovation.

We work together with many actors and build tailored-made research collectives to address concerns and social issues. Our methodology is based on community processes and we are committed to an horizontal research through innovation and public engagement.

We co-design collective and pop-up experiments and actions to raise evidences to respond societal challenges and to publicly discuss the results in a way which is valid for a wide range of actors. Our experimental setup is placed in the wild with situated, public and participatory experiments involving citizens at different levels.

OpenSystems is fully committed with the emerging Citizen Science which includes amateurs and concerned citizens in research processes. The group is one of the founders of the European Citizen Science Association. We have also created and we are currently coordinating the Barcelona Citizen Science, an initiative with Institute of Culture of Barcelona (City Council).

We also incorporate artists and designers into scientific groups, in a stable and fruitful way, so that they are essential contributors in the knowledge generation process. OpenSystems has a long experience collaborating with cultural institutions through the organization of activities and by curating exhibitions. In all cases, we aim to transform research into a full cultural experience able to drive social changes.