Our research projects

Our research projects in the field of social innovation move in two dimensions: theoretical and conceptual on the one hand, internationally linked and locally anchored on the other. In recent years, we have successfully carried out international projects such as SI-DRIVE, focussing on a theoretical foundation of the concept, and local projects such as KoSI-LAB: Municipal Laboratories of Social Innovation, establishing and evaluating local laboratories of social innovation in Dortmund and Wuppertal.

Blue square set on the top. To the right of it in blue capital letters "Essa". Below it, written in English, "European steel skills agenda".

In gray letters "Sike". The K without a vertical line in orange. Below it in English "social Innovation through knowledge exchange". The word "knowledge" written in orange.