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2. News: 9/12/2019
Keynote speech by Prof. Jürgen Howaldt at ISIRC 2019 in Glasgow

Under the title “Social Innovation: Local Solutions to Global Challenges” the International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) , which was hosted by the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health [...] emergence of social innovation initiatives at Higher Education Institutions. Links ISIRC 2019 "Global Challenges and a Comprehensive Innovation Policy – A Systemic Perspective on Social Innovation" (Keynote [...] systematic perspective on the topic of social innovation. He thereby referred to findings of the project SI-DRIVE’s global mapping and outlined the Social Innovation Community’s (SIC) efforts to explore …
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Work and Participation in Europe and Regions - sfs

concepts such as social innovation and in socio-technical and socio-digital concepts. We follow an approach that focuses on the dynamic interplay between technological and social innovations. Thus new technologies [...] ion? Innovation and knowledge Innovative capability is considered a prerequisite for competitiveness and improved work conditions. We follow an understanding of innovation that emphasises social dimensions [...] and to assess the social impacts of decarbonisation and digitalisation. To address these challenges, we combine concepts from labour and industrial sociology with social innovation research. When designing …
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2. News: 9/19/2024
The 16th ISIRC in Bern in Review

addressed the broad topics of social innovation ecosystems, circular value creation and higher education for social innovation, but also different perspectives on and for social innovation, such as theoretical [...] Kaletka and Marthe Zirngiebl were responsible for the stream "Social Innovation Ecosystems", Karina Maldonado-Mariscal led the stream "Social innovation and circular economy" together with her colleagues Rafael [...] Sector Social Innovation Orientation Katrin Bauer, Marthe Zirngiebl, Christoph Kaletka, Alexander Dederichs, Ralf Kopp and Daniel Krüger: HEIs in the German SI Ecosystem: Tackling social innovation(s) in …
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2. News: 9/10/2025
Sfs was well represented at the 17th ISIRC in Calgary

presented a study on social innovation at German higher education institutions, which was conducted as part of the BMFTR-funded project ‘Platform for Social Innovation and Social Enterprises.’ Karina [...] Filipe Almeida (Portugal Social Innovation) focused his closing keynote on the development of the successful Portuguese programme for supporting and funding social innovations. The three-day conference [...] stream ‘Social Innovation Ecosystems,’ which she had set up together with Christoph Kaletka, Karina Maldonado-Mariscal in cooperation with Rafael Ziegler (HEC Montreal) led the stream ‘Social Innovation and …
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Prof. Dr. Cornelius Schubert

Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 4-11. Schubert, Cornelius: Social law, social change and social realities. In: Simone Kreher and Felix Welti (eds.): Social Rights and Social Realities . Kassel: Kassel University Press [...] Research on the history of innovation. From the spiritual to the social. In: Jürgen Howaldt, Christoph Kaletka and Antonius Schröder (eds.): A research agenda for social innovation . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar [...] Schubert, Cornelius: Social innovation. Contested understandings of social change. In: Benoît Godin, Dominique Vinck and Gerald Gaglio (eds.): Handbook of alternative theories of innovation . Cheltenham: Edward …
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2. News: 4/23/2025
Jürgen Howaldt opens the 7th CRISES Conference in Montreal

Conference in Montreal, Jürgen Howaldt adressed the role of social innovation in the age of multiple crises. He presented social innovation as an essential response to complex challenges in various sectors [...] and as a lever for transforming existing systems. In this sense, social innovation is described as a new form of social change and social transformation that is becoming increasingly important in view of [...] place in Montreal from 14 to 16 April. The Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (Centre for Research on Social Innovations - CRISES ) is an inter-university and multidisciplinary research center …
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Project CHESS – Social Research Centre (sfs)

beyond the social innovation community Ensure the interlinking and connection of SI actors with broader innovation ecosystems The outcomes contribute to an improvement of social innovation concepts and [...] Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) – UK The Social Innovation Exchange (SIX) – UK Project goals The main goals of the CHESS project are: Integrate social innovation conceptual and practice [...] on three main challenges: 1) Social innovation lacks access to finance, scaling models, and qualified personnel and is therefore not sufficiently applied. 2) Social innovators act in silos and are not s …
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2. News: 6/14/2019
Four lectures by researchers of TU Dortmund University at Eu-SPRI 2019 in Rome

title "Understanding Social Innovation Ecosystems: In Search of a Concept", Dmitri Domanski talked about why the debate on ecosystems of social innovation is important for innovation research, and how such [...] field. This shows that many social innovations take on reparation functions and intervene where local social needs are not satisfied otherwise. In his presentation "Social Innovation - Opportunity and Challenge [...] regard to the development of social innovation. Particular attention was drawn to new opportunities for social science innovation research to actively participate in shaping social transformation processes …
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An expanded understanding of innovation - sfs

and empirical research of social innovations. The numerous projects and worldwide activities of the Social Research Center Dortmund also anchor the topic of social innovation in society, politics and science [...] An expanded understanding of innovation "A social innovation is an intentional (...) reconfiguration of social practices in certain fields of action emanating from certain actors (...) with the aim of [...] European level. Such an innovation policy needs a scientifically based concept of social innovation, which has been successfully advanced at the Social Research Center Dortmund for more than a decade and …
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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Howaldt - Social Research Centre (sfs)

concept of social innovation in all parts of the world. In 2011 he was one of the organizers of the international conference “Challenge Social Innovation” in Vienna. He is affiliate of SIERC (Social Innovation [...] area Sociodigital transformation of work and organisation Focus of work Social sciences-based innovation research and social innovation New management concepts Organisational development and consulting Se [...] Organization" at the Social Research Center in 2009. Since 2020, he has been a professor in the department of "Social Innovation and Work" at the newly established Faculty of Social Sciences. As a sociologist …