Governance User menu SI Research SIE Home TEPSIE Search form Search Main menu SIE Directory SIE Magazine Governance 0|Default projectCRESSI (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… Written by rachel.schonEducationEmploymentEngaging citizensEnvironmentFunding and financeGovernanceMetrics and measurementNetworksScaling impactSocial exclusionSocial innovationAustriaFinlandGermanyHungaryItalyNetherlandsUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default projectSIMPACT 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… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensGovernanceMetrics and measurementNetworksScaling impactSocial enterpriseSocial exclusionSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 13.05.2013 BlogHarnessing Mutuals in the Public Sector In March 2013 ResPublica published a new essay collection entitled ‘Making it Mutual: The ownership revolution that Britain needs.’ Within its pages, policy-makers and practitioners cal… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensGovernanceHealth and social careHousingPublic sector innovationService innovationSocial innovationWelfare servicesUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 02.09.2013 event5th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) Each year ISIRC brings together the international academic community focusing on social entrepreneurship, enterprise and innovation. This year's conference will be hosted by the Said Business S… Written by william.millershipFunding and financeGovernanceNetworksService innovationSocial enterpriseSocial innovationUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default projectCOCOPS The COCOPS project (Coordinating for Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future) seeks to comparatively and quantitatively assess the impact of New Public Management-style reforms in European coun… Written by william.millershipEngaging citizensGovernancePublic sector innovationSocial cohesionSocial innovationBelgiumEstoniaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyNetherlandsNorwaySpainUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 07.03.2013 BlogSocial innovation in local government Is social innovation a phenomenon that should take place completely detached from the realm of government? Should local governments just let go and let social innovators invent and drive the local … Written by John.LauritzenCites and communitiesEngaging citizensGovernancePublic sector innovationSocial innovationDenmarkRead more 0|Default 13.12.2012 BlogWhat can we learn from Carlota Perez? Carlota Perez is one of the world’s most influential thinkers on innovation and its relationship with economic growth and development. She describes ‘great surges of development’ … Written by julie.simonCites and communitiesEngaging citizensFunding and financeGovernanceNetworksPublic sector innovationService innovationSocial innovationRead more 0|Default projectSINGOCOM Social Innovation, Governance and Community Building From Territorial Innovation Models (TIM) to Alternative Models for Local Innovation (ALMOLIN), over the last 15 to 20 years, the European scient… Written by robert.patrickCites and communitiesDemocracyEngaging citizensGovernanceNetworksScaling impactSocial cohesionSocial economySocial exclusionSocial innovationAustriaBelgiumFranceGermanyItalyUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default projectKATARSIS Growing Inequality and Social Innovation: Alternative Knowledge and Practice in Overcoming Social Exclusion in Europe KATARSIS brought together theorists, researchers and practitioners interested i… Written by robert.patrickDemocracyEducationEmploymentEngaging citizensGovernanceHealth and social careHousingSocial economySocial innovationRead more 0|Default 23.04.2015 BlogCreativity in Public Services Most people would say they are in favour of creativity in public services, but many have struggled to implement this in practice. As part of the Royal Society of Art's (RSA) ‘Power to Cre… Written by rachel.schonEmploymentFunding and financeGovernanceHealth and social careNetworksPublic sector innovationSocial innovationUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 15.09.2014 BlogSocial intrapreneurship: The ‘new kid on the block’? Although we tend to primarily concentrate on the voluntary sector and the social economy to track social innovation, we have always emphasised that it can and does also occur in the sector of priva… Written by Gunnar.GlänzelFunding and financeGovernanceScaling impactSocial enterpriseSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 12.06.2014 BlogInnovating social policies On 19-20 May 2014, the European Commission’s DG Research and DG Employment organized a potentially ground-breaking conference on “social policy innovation”. A mixed audience of ov… Written by Jeremy.MillardFunding and financeGovernanceHealth and social carePublic sector innovationScaling impactService innovationSocial cohesionSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial exclusionSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead more 0|Default 03.03.2014 BlogThe WILCO Project: Findings on Sustainability and Diffusion When people discuss social innovations, they often focus on the successful cases which have spread far and wide. But to what extent does this reflect the reality of social innovation? And what does… Written by taco.brandsenGovernancePublic sector innovationScaling impactService innovationSocial exclusionSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead more 0|Default 12.12.2013 BlogDenmark’s Strategy for Digital Welfare ought to strengthen the conditions for local social innovation and entrepreneurship This post was written together with Jimmy Kevin Pedersen, senior consultant at DTI. At best, a national strategy puts forward a common vision, sets a clear direction and sends a clear message to al… Written by Gwendolyn.CarpenterCites and communitiesFunding and financeGovernancePublic sector innovationService innovationSocial enterpriseSocial innovationWelfare servicesDenmarkRead more 0|Default 05.09.2013 BlogNudging citizens towards social innovation? What is nudge and what does it have to do with social innovation? Much has been said about how Barack Obama harnessed the power of the social web in his ultimately successful bid for the White Hous… Written by Gwendolyn.CarpenterDemocracyEngaging citizensGovernanceHealth and social careNetworksPublic sector innovationSocial innovationDenmarkUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 08.07.2013 BlogConnected Localism? The future of local government In a new collection of essays published by LGiU, the Local Government Information Unit, Jonathan Carr-West argues that English local government is at a crossroads. Funding has been cut and challeng… Written by rachel.schonCites and communitiesDemocracyEngaging citizensGovernancePublic sector innovationService innovationSocial cohesionUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 12.09.2012 event4th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) 4th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) 12-14 September 2012 Hosted by the Third Sector Research Centre, University of Birmingham. Each year ISIRC brings together the intern… Written by robert.patrickGovernanceMetrics and measurementPublic sector innovationScaling impactService innovationSocial innovationUnited KingdomRead more SI Research Research Home Blog Social Innovation Social Enterprise SI in the Public Sector Social Frontiers 2013 Events About Add project