Sophie Reynolds is an independent social innovation policy consultant and former Senior Researcher with Nesta – the UK’s innovation foundation. Sophie has over five years’ experience leading action research and practical interventions in the field of public and social innovation. She regularly presents to, advises and provides training to different government and international agencies on the benefits of incorporating citizen-led and social innovation approaches as a way to tackle public challenges. Sophie led Social Innovation Community’s policy work and is a lead author of the Lisbon Declaration of Social Innovation – a policy document which was co-produced with inputs from over 350 representatives of Europe’s social innovation community.