[Prosocial](https:\/\/www.prosocial.world\/) is “a change method based on evolutionary science to enhance cooperation and collaboration for groups of all types and sizes that\u2019s effective at a global scale.”<\/p>\n
It combines [Elinor Ostrom’s insights about the behaviors of effective groups](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elinor_Ostrom#Design_principles_for_Common_Pool_Resource_(CPR)_institution) with evolutionary science and [theories of change](https:\/\/contextualscience.org\/act)–moving toward or away from goals, with visible and internal reactions–that can make existing groups more effective.<\/p>\n
Prosocial was used to [fight Ebola in Sierra Leone](https:\/\/www.prosocial.world\/post\/combating-the-ebola-epidemic-in-sierra-leone-with-prosocial), where the facilitators worked with local people to create a new way of honoring the dead that didn’t cause more infections; and to [design a new community park in Detroit](https:\/\/www.prosocial.world\/post\/prosocial-gives-a-boost-to-detroits-viola-liuzzo-park-project).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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