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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Location & approach
A2:
Exit 13 (Kreuz Dortmund Nord-Ost), direction Derne/Schwerte (B236), 1st exit direction Dortmund-Eving, next traffic lights turn right (Kemminghauser Str.), after 2.7km turn left (Evinger Str./B 54), after 1.1km traffic lights turn left (Deutsche Straße), after 500m on the left is the Evinger Platz.
A40/B1/A44:
From the Bundesstraße 1 (extension A40 or A44) to the intersection B1/B236 direction Lünen, 3rd exit direction Dortmund-Eving.
A45:
Exit Dortmund Hafen, turn left until the intersection Münsterstraße (B54), direction Eving, after about three kilometers turn into Deutsche Straße.
You can download an enlarged general map here
From Dortmund Airport, it takes just about 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station by AirportExpress and from there to the university by subway (U-Bahn) 41. The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station. From there, you can get directly to Dortmund Central Station.
From Dortmund Central Station, take the U 41 light rail (direction Brambauer / Brechten). The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". The Minister Stein Center is located on the right in the direction of travel of the streetcar.
You can find an overview map here.