Service innovation User menu SI Research SIE Home TEPSIE Search form Search Main menu SIE Directory SIE Magazine Service innovation 0|Default 14.11.2013 eventSocial frontiers: the next edge of social innovation research Nesta, in collaboration with Glasgow Caledonian University and TEPSIE are hosting an international conference on social innovation in the UK on 14th and 15th November 2013. The event will take plac… Written by julie.simonMetrics and measurementNetworksPublic sector innovationScaling impactService innovationSocial enterpriseSocial innovationRead more 0|Default projectSI 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… Written by rachel.schonCites and communitiesEducationEnvironmentHealth and social careMetrics and measurementPublic sector innovationScaling impactService innovationSocial cohesionSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead more 0|Default 21.06.2013 BlogBarriers to SI: Can they be overcome? Social innovation is about new solutions that simultaneously meet a social need and enhance society’s capacity to act. Therefore, novelty is not enough. There must be a social purpose and the… Written by Américo.MendesService innovationRead more 0|Default 14.06.2013 BlogEuropean Award on Social Innovation for Ageing The King Baudouin Foundation in association with La Caixa Foundation & UniCredit Foundation presents “Social Innovation in Ageing – The European Award”. The award will recogni… Written by John.LauritzenHealth and social careService innovationRead more 0|Default 14.06.2013 BlogSocial Innovation Research in Horizon 2020 The WILCO project has published a position paper as input for the discussions on Horizon2020. The paper is endorsed by four other European research projects (INNOSERV, LIPSE, TEPSIE and CSEYHP), sh… Written by Jeremy.MillardService innovationRead more 0|Default 14.06.2013 BlogBest Social Partnership – the SP contest The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Project Office in Warsaw together with the Center of European Projects (Krajowy Ośrodek Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego) are organizing the thir… Written by Witold KwasnickiService 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 17.05.2013 eventINNOSERV International Workshop in Brussels The INNOSERV Consortium is organising a high level expert meeting in Brussels to assess the status quo and identify future challenges, trends and research gaps related to innovation in the social s… Written by rachel.schonHealth and social carePublic sector innovationService innovationSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead 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 08.03.2013 BlogDoing capitalism in the innovation economy On Friday the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) hosted a talk by William Janeway on the subject of his new book, ‘Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy’. Janeway was join… Written by william.millershipEmploymentFunding and financePublic sector innovationService innovationUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 07.02.2013 BlogWILCO seminar – Approaches to Research on Social Innovation Approaches to Research on Social Innovation: Learning from One Another for the Future Last week, I attended a really interesting research seminar hosted by WILCO. The WILCO consortium brought toget… Written by julie.simonPublic sector innovationService innovationSocial cohesionSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial exclusionSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead 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 27.11.2012 eventFacing New Challenges: How social innovation contributes to active inclusion Facing New Challenges: How social innovation contributes to active inclusion 27 November 2012, 10:00-16:00 EESC, 7th floor, Trèves Building, 74, rue de Trèves, 1040 Brussels This SOLI… Written by robert.patrickEmploymentEngaging citizensHealth and social careService innovationSocial exclusionSocial innovationBelgiumRead more 0|Default projectSELUSI Social entrepreneurs as "lead users" for service innovation SELUSI stands on two distinct but synergetic research pillars. One pillar aims at furthering our understanding of emerging soci… Written by robert.patrickCites and communitiesEducationEnvironmentHealth and social careService innovationSocial enterpriseHungaryRomaniaSpainSwedenUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default projectPUBLIN Innovation in the Public Sector PUBLIN was a research project under the EU Fifth Framework Programme. It studied policy learning and technical and administrative innovation in the public sector, an… Written by robert.patrickChildcareCites and communitiesEducationEmploymentEthnicityGenderHealth and social careHousingPublic sector innovationService innovationSocial exclusionSocial innovationWelfare servicesIrelandLithuaniaNetherlandsNorwaySlovakiaSpainSwedenUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default projectINNOSERV Social platform on Innovative Social Services INNOSERV is focusing on identifying the future potential of innovative services including the multifaceted activities of different stakeholders as well… Written by robert.patrickChildcareCites and communitiesEducationEmploymentEthnicityGenderHealth and social careHousingPublic sector innovationService innovationSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead more 0|Default 26.10.2015 BlogEvent: Transatlantic Perspectives on Social Innovation – New York City (6 October 2015) On 6 October 2015, experts from both sides of the Atlantic gathered at the German Center for Research and Innovation in New York City to discuss what success factors lead to lasting social change, … Written by Public sector innovationScaling impactService innovationSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationEuropeUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 07.09.2015 BlogReport: Exploring ICT-enabled social innovation for the inclusion of young people On the 30th of July, 2015 the report: ‘Exploring the role of ICT-enabled social innovation for the active inclusion of young people’ was released. The report was commissioned by the Eur… Written by Charlotte HealesEmploymentService innovationSocial exclusionSocial innovationWelfare servicesEuropeRead more 0|Default 10.08.2015 eventEuropean Social Innovation Week 2015, 14-18 September 2015 European Social Innovation Week 2015 will, this year, be held from the 14-18 September 2015 at the Sporrzone in Tilburg, Netherlands. Admission is free but registration is necessary and can be comp… Written by Charlotte HealesPublic sector innovationService innovationSocial enterpriseSocial innovationEuropeNetherlandsRead more 0|Default 22.10.2014 eventWorld Health and Design Forum In October I visited the Dutch city of Eindhoven for the World Health and Design Forum. Planned in conjunction with Dutch Design Week, the event aimed to boost social innovation and inspire people … Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensHealth and social carePublic sector innovationService innovationSocial enterpriseSocial innovationNetherlandsRead more 0|Default 05.12.2014 BlogSocial startups at Dublin Web Summit Three pressing social problems and the startups that could solve them. Healthcare costs – Sentrian Long term conditions such as heart disease and diabetes account for fully 70% of the NHS&rsq…; Written by rowland.manthorpeHealth and social carePublic sector innovationService innovationSocial innovationIrelandRead 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 30.05.2014 BlogMutation… and Social Innovation This blog has been written by Greg Winfield. Rarely do the issues of X-Men and social innovation occur in the same sentence, and maybe that’s more of a problem than you might think. The theme… Written by Service innovationRead 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 projectITSSOIN Social Innovation and Civic Engagement Research has made seminal contributions to describing the size and scope of the Third Sector, including volunteering as an essential component. However, most … Written by rachel.schonService innovationSocial cohesionRead more 0|Default 04.02.2014 BlogThe future of social services innovation Last Wednesday, the INNOSERV team hosted its final workshop in Paris, marking the end of this two year project looking at social services innovations across Europe. This was a great opportunity to … Written by anna.daviesEngaging citizensService innovationSocial cohesionSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead more 0|Default 14.01.2014 BlogUMBRELLA and SEKTOR 3 activities in Poland Wroclaw Centre for NGOs Support SECTOR 3 was founded in April 2007. Ii is carried out by the Foundation for the Support of Non-Governmental Organizations UMBRELLA in the form of a public task and i… Written by Witold KwasnickiCites and communitiesDemocracyEducationService innovationSocial economySocial innovationPolandRead 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 19.11.2013 eventSocial Innovation Summit 2013 The Social Innovation Summit is a twice annual event that brings together top executives and thought leaders from around the globe to discuss opportunities for leveraging technology & innovatio… Written by rachel.schonFunding and financeNetworksPublic sector innovationScaling impactService innovationSocial innovationRead 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 08.07.2013 BlogGlobal Alliance for Banking on Values: Berlin Declaration and Annual Meeting The need for more sustainability and responsible conduct in the finance and banking sector has moved into the focus of attention only in the last few years – not just in the aftermath of the … Written by Gunnar.GlänzelFunding and financeService innovationSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationGermanyRead more 0|Default case studyPersonalised budgets in the UK In Control is a UK based charity that helps local authorities to establish systems that give users financial autonomy over their own care. The charity was a pioneer of the concept of ‘self-di… Written by robert.patrickHealth and social carePublic sector innovationService innovationSocial innovationUnited 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