Johanna Palmstierna has a background in social science and has worked as a development officer within the social field for almost 20 years on a local, regional, national and transnational level with different social issues such as migration, integration, interculturality, gender issues and mental health issues. For this reason, different methods for working innovatively to achieve change and development have been part of her interest, and therefore she is glad to lead the LINK project with a focus on the lab model for social innovation. She has led four EU projects and participated in even more.