Laliberte Rudman, DeborahPollard, NickCraig, ClaireKantartzis, SarahPiškur, BarbaraAlgado Simó, SalvadorVan Bruggen, HannekeSchiller, Sandra2018-11-072018-11-072018-10-30Laliberte Rudman, D., Pollard, N., Craig, C., Kantartzis, S., Piškur, B., Algado Simó, S., Van Bruggen, H. & Schiller, S. (2018) Contributing to social transformation through occupation: Experiences from a think tank. Journal of Occupational Science, 26(2), pp. 316-322.2158-1576https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/9198https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2018.1538898Item also deposited on 10 October 2018 in Sheffield Hallam University, (SHURA) repository, available at: http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22838This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Occupational Science on 30 October 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2018.1538898Sarah Kantartzis - orcid: 0000-0001-5191-015X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5191-015XOccupational therapy is underpinned by the premise that engagement in occupation is fundamental to health and well-being. Through occupations, people are able to orchestrate their lives in ways that enable them not only to survive, but also to experience human flourishing. Through occupation, people can develop and maintain their families, neighbourhoods and communities as sources of belonging, opportunities and common action. Occupation, therefore, is not only important to each individual, but also, through collective occupation, people develop the kind of lives that they live together. Occupation is an essential factor in life quality, the experience of being human and the social transformation of individuals and of the societies of which people are a part. This article describes the formation of an International Think Tank for Occupation based social transformation. It begins with a brief overview of the conditions and context that underpinned the development of the group, and the milestones achieved to date in the establishment of a global network.316-322en© 2018 The Journal of Occupational Science IncorporatedOccupational ScienceFuture SearchEducationPracticeSocial ChangeArticle