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2019

12/06/2019

EU-project "ARTE - The Art of Employability" has started

Scientifically accompanied by the sfs, theatre projects and job trainings support young people on their way into the labour market.
Group photo from above of the "ARTE - the Art of Employability" project
11/27/2019

SIKE Workshop at Impact Hub Ruhr

On 20 November, a workshop on success factors of social innovation labs took place at the Impact Hub Ruhr as part of the SIKE project.
Adrian Götting hält eine Präsentation bei dem SIKE Workshop im Impact Hub Ruhr
11/22/2019

Dortmund welcomes more than 200 Social Innovation researchers, practitioners and policy makers from all around the world

"5th Global Research Conference: Social Innovation and Socio-Digital Transformation. Towards a Comprehensive Innovation Policy" was held in Dortmund.
Audience in the DASA at the event "5thGlobal Research Conference: Social Innovation and Socio-Digital Transformation. Towards a Comprehensive Innovation Policy"
10/16/2019

Kickoff: BMBF project "ella4.0 – Sociodigital Transformation towards Excellent Leadership and Labour”

On 8 and 9 October 2019, all partners involved in the BMBF project "ella4.0" met at the Social Research Centre in Dortmund to launch the project.
Group photo of the project "eLLa4.0 - Sociodigital Transformation towards Excellent Leadership and Labour" at a staircase of the Social Research Centre.
10/09/2019

Social Innovation in Brazil and Germany – A visit to Porto Alegre

Prof. Jürgen Howaldt, Dmitri Domanski and Adrian Götting visited the city of Porto Alegre in Brazil as part of a DAAD exchange project.
Photo of a group of nine with Prof. Jürgen Howaldt in the centre during the Brazilian stay in Porto Alegre
10/02/2019

Release of the “Atlas of Social Innovation - 2nd Volume: A World of New Practices”

This second volume of the Atlas of Social Innovation provides a multi-perspective and international research overview on social innovation.
Book cover of "Atlas of Social Innovation 2nd Volume: A World of New Practices"
10/01/2019

Social Innovation in Latin America – A visit to Montevideo and Buenos Aires

Jürgen Howaldt and Dmitri Domanski presented the new Atlas of Social Innovation and discussed different approaches to foster social innovation.
Jürgen Howaldt and Dmitri Domanski with Judith Sutz and her team
09/12/2019

Keynote speech by Prof. Jürgen Howaldt at ISIRC 2019 in Glasgow

Prof. Jürgen Howaldt illustrates the importance of a comprehensive innovation strategy at the International Social Innovation Research Conference.
Lecture by Prof. Jürgen Howaldt at the ISIRC 2019 in Glasgow. You can see his PowerPoint presentation on the right.
06/14/2019

Four lectures by researchers of TU Dortmund University at Eu-SPRI 2019 in Rome

Four researchers from the Social Research Centre were invited to present their research findings at Eu-SPRI 2019 in Rome.
The scientists Prof. Jürgen Howaldt, Jennifer Eckhardt, Marthe Zirngiebl and Dmitri Domanski
04/16/2019

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship at Latin American universities

From 8 to 10 April, a meeting of the "Students4Change" project took place in Bogotá, attended by Dmitri Domanski and Sabrina Janz from the sfs.
Sabrina Janz and Dmitri Domanski from the Social Research Centre Dortmund stand smiling next to a display during their stay in Bogotá as part of the "Students4Change" project.
03/21/2019

Social Innovation Community (SIC) publishes yearbook

With the project “Social Innovation Community” (SIC) coming to an end, a yearbook was published, which summarises the project and its findings.
Many members of the Social Innovation Community sit up and stand on a stage, laughing and waving towards the camera.
03/20/2019

Social innovation in the Basque Country and Portugal

Between March 11th and March 15th 2019, members of the project SIKE visited their Iberian partners to gain insight into social innovation initiatives.
Group photo of the projekt "Social Innovation through Knowledge Exchange"
02/13/2019

First transnational theatre training from JobAct Europe successfully started in Turin

During the theatre training in Turin that seeks to “Train the Trainers”, the participants learned new methods and trained their competences.
Participants at the international theatre training of the JobAct Europe project in Turin.
02/12/2019

PIKSL as the host of a workshop for the international SIKE-Team in Düsseldorf

On 6 February 2019, staff from the SIKE and PIKSL projects met for a cross-project workshop at the PIKSL laboratory in Düsseldorf.
Group picture with Christoph Kaletka during his presentation at the PIKSL laboratory in Düsseldorf