Samhällsnytta turns service research into practical activity. The idea is to help the government and Swedish authorities tackle major societal challenges.
Samhällsnytta AB was founded in 2021 and has developed into a national meeting place for actors at various levels in community building.
- What was once just an idea has become a reality, says Johan Quist, CEO of Samhällsnytta, researcher and deputy director of the Center for Service Research (CTF). Authorities and government commissions turn to us to jointly tackle the increasingly complex challenges of modern society. We help with new perspectives, working methods, knowledge and solutions. And by we, I mean researchers at CTF and expertise from other collaboration partners.
The business is run in collaboration with Experio Lab. Matilda Legeby is a senior policy designer and reflects on the fact that Samhällsnytta has no employees.
- The organisation of Samhällsnytta can be said to be an innovation in itself. The provision of resources and expertise has been arranged through cooperation agreements with, for example, Karlstad University and Region Värmland. In this way, it is possible to combine resources from different stakeholders according to what is required to take on a certain societal challenge.
Matilda Legeby is currently in charge of the project “Nu börjar vi med barnen”.
- What we are doing is testing an arena for learning and policy development in cooperation with the national coordinator for the 2030 Agenda. By involving citizens and employees, we will find a new infrastructure for dialogue and development between the state, the regions and the municipalities.
Kajsa Westling is a senior policy designer at Experio Lab and wants to highlight a report on system design and open policy that was written within the framework of Nära vård and the work with Hälsolabb.
- The report describes the model that Samhällsnytta applies in three stages. It is about research results that have been refined in collaboration with the government commissions that we work with. It is a way of working that is really a lot about common sense, testing, refining and letting the reforms meet reality before they are rolled out.
The website of Samhällsnytta links to more reports and the most recent one is a report from the commission on children and young people in foster care and placements.
- The report has an appendix that focuses on children's and young people’s experiences of placements and what is missing in terms of governance, working methods and conditions in relation to creating value according to the children’s needs, says Kajsa Westling.
During the first two years of operation, Samhällsnytta was involved in six government commissions, and 2024 has new interesting projects in store.
- Many of the projects continue, of course, and dialogues about future collaborations are ongoing. I’m also hoping for a positive response to our application to Vinnova’s call on Impact Innovation, where we are part of the project SustainGov. With such a massive investment, the public sector could become the powerful enabler of health, well-being and sustainability that it should be.
