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2022

Social innovations in Europe

„Encouraging social innovation in Europe“: Web Conference with a European View on SI Research

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The web conference "Encouraging social innovation in Europe", organized by the French Impact Tank as part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will bring together participants from academia, social enterprises and institutions on March 11, 2022. Prof. Jürgen Howaldt, Director of the Social Research Center Dortmund, will speak on the topic "How to develop social innovation at the European level?". The conference will be held in English via Zoom from 9.30 to 12.00 and is open to all. To attend, registration is required.

Put action-research on social innovation at the heart of the European agenda! This is the declared goal of the conference "Encouraging social innovation in Europe", which will take place on March 11, 2022 from 10:30 - 13:00.

"Encouraging social innovation in Europe, from research to action", a webconference organised by Impact Tank in the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

During two round tables, academics, social entrepreneurs and institutional representatives from all over Europe will:

  • Make an assessment of research perspectives on social innovation development in Europe;
  • Share the lessons taught by action-research projects and discuss the concrete ways of promoting social innovation, from higher education to entrepreneurship;
  • Put action-research on social innovation at the heart of the European agenda.

The conference will be held in English via Zoom. To attend, registration is required via this eventbrite link. 

About the organizer

Impact Tank is a think-and-do tank dedicated to the promotion and upgrading of positive impact social innovations, by combining academic research and empirical support. The event is sponsored by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation ("Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation", MESRI).

Social innovation in the European Union – from research to action (Jürgen Howaldt)

Programme

  • Welcoming speech
    Agnès Audier
    President, IMPACT TANK
     
  • How to develop social innovation at the European level?
    Jürgen Howaldt
    Professor, TU Dortmund University | Director, Social Research Center
     
  • How to scale-up social innovations and make them inspire public policies?
    Amélie de Montchalin
    Ministre de la Transformation et de la Fonction publique
    Risto Raivio
    Senior Expert, European Commission’s Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
     
  • To what extent measuring the impact of social innovation is necessary and how to generalize its pratice?
    Lisa Hehenberger
    Associate Professor, Esade | Director, Esade Center for Social Impact | Social Impact Expert and Advisor
    Gorgi Krlev
    Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Investment (CSI) of Heidelberg University | Visiting Professor, Politecnico di Milano | Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford
     
  • How to promote social innovation on the field, from higher education to entrepreneurship?
    Carmen Paunescu
    Professor, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
     
  • Key learnings with French perspective
    Thierry Sibieude
    Professeur titulaire de la chaire Entrepreneuriat et Innovation à Impact, ESSEC Business School
     
  • Discussion on action-research projects
    Frank Moulaert
    Economist | Professor, KU Leuven
    Anna Seravalli
    Design Researcher | Assistant Professor, Malmö University
    Yuna Chiffoleau
    Directrice de Recherche, INRAE

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