Social Innovation

Social Innovation

Here you can find research on organisations and individuals developing new solutions to pressing social needs.

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0|ResearchProjectMainCRESSI (Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation) 

What is CRESSI? The CRESSI Project is a four year project funded by the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme that was initiated in February 2014. The CRESSI (Creating Economic Space for Social In…

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0|ResearchProjectMainSub SIMPACT

Boosting the Impact of Social Innovation in Europe through Economic Underpinnings (SIMPACT) Keywords: Social Innovation, Economic Foundation, Empowering People SIMPACT with its 12 partners from ten…

0|ResearchProjectMainSub SI Drive

Social Innovation: Driving Force of Social Change SI-DRIVE extends knowledge about social innovation (SI) in three major directions: • Integrating theories and research methodologies to advanc…

0|ResearchProjectMainSub TRANSIT

TRANSIT (TRANsformative Social Innovation Theory) is an ambitious 4 year long research project that aims to develop a theory of transformative social innovation useful for academics and policy make…

0|ResearchProjectMainSub Third Sector Impact

The research project Third Sector Impact, which is part of the EU’s seventh framework program, is a collaborative project involving 14 research institutes in Europe. It was launched in Januar…

0|ResearchProjectMainSub BENISI

BENISI – scaling social innovation The BENISI partners seek to build a Europe-wide network of networks of incubators for social innovation. This network will proactively identify at least 300 socia…

0|ResearchProjectMainSub SOCIAL POLIS

Social Polis: Social Platform on Cities and Social Cohesion Social Polis is an open social platform for dialogue between scientific and policy communities as well as civil society organizations and…