BUILD2GETHER

AI, Strategy, and Innovation Research for Social Impact

We are addressing real-world challenges and connecting scholars together to advance AI, strategy, and innovation research while driving social impact.

OUR INDUSTRY SPONSORS

Our academic funders and supporters

What makes us different?

We combine rigorous research with real-world engagement,
advancing management theory while creating tangible social impact.

Build2Gether is a global initiative that advances cutting-edge AI, strategy, and innovation research while democratizing social innovation. Academia and industry are brought together to “Build Together” a better shared future.

We produce top-notch AI, strategy, and innovation research, advancing the frontiers of management.

We focus our strategy and innovation research on human-AI collaboration, search, problem-solving, evaluation.

We run field experiments, partnering with key industry players, to advance research and social impact, particularly in the disability space.

We bring scholars together to share insights and inspire the next generation of talent in AI, strategy, and innovation.

What our academic heads say ⠃⠼⠃⠛

Build2Gether is more than an organization. It is a global movement that brings together scholars, innovators, industry partners, and communities to prove that AI, strategy, and innovation research can do more than generate ideas that stay within the confines of academia. They can solve real problems and create real social impact. At its core, Build2Gether is about building with people, not just for them, especially in areas where too many needs are still overlooked. By connecting rigorous research with hands-on collaboration, Build2Gether helps shape a future where innovation is more inclusive, more open, and more deeply human.

Cyrille Grumbach

Founder and Director, ETH Zurich and Harvard Business School

Build2Gether is the go-to platform for scholars dedicated to designing and conducting rigorous field experiments that advance our theoretical understanding, bring insights about AI applications, and generate meaningful social impact. We enable researchers and practitioners to connect, gather actionable insights, and accelerate positive change in communities worldwide.

Georg von Krogh

Academic Head, ETH Zürich

Build2Gether represents the future of social innovation—a dynamic platform that dissolves the barriers between groundbreaking research, passionate innovators, and the communities they serve. By seamlessly connecting leading scholars with social innovators and directly engaging users throughout the innovation process, we don't just theorize about social change—we catalyze it. We are pioneering a new paradigm where academically rigorous management research meets real-world problem-solving and evaluation, creating solutions that have an immediate impact for individuals with disabilities and beyond.

Jackie Lane

Academic Head, Harvard Business School

Build2Gether challenges prevailing models of innovation driven by companies. Instead, it places users—especially those who are overlooked and marginalized by companies—at the center of the innovation process. Our mission is both practical and scholarly: we aim to continuously study, refine, and apply innovation processes that empower users to develop solutions catered to their needs and pain points.

Chan Park

Academic Head, NTU Singapore

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No matter who you are—a scholar, innovator, user, social worker, or maker—and no matter where you are in the world, join Build2Gether and help shape a better, shared future.

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