ESSI together with its partner organisations is conducting a biannual series of international conferences on Social Innovation. This series is designed to strengthen international research networks on Social Innovation and to develop a common research programme (e.g. as outlined for the first time in the “Vienna declaration on social innovation” 2011 and the “The Lisbon Declaration: Social Innovation as a Path to a Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Europe” 2018):

• • Challenge Social Innovation (Vienna 2011)
    Proceedings: Franz, H.-W., Hochgerner, J., & Howaldt, J. (Eds.). (2012). Challenge social innovation: Potentials for business, social entrepreneurship, welfare and civil society. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32879-4
  • Social Frontiers: The Next Edge of Social Innovation Research (London 2013)
    https://www.nesta.org.uk/event/social-frontiers/
    Proceedings: Nicholls, A., Simon, J., & Gabriel, M. (Eds.). (2015). New frontiers in social innovation research. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137506801
  • Pathways for Social Change (Vienna 2015)
    https://www.zsi.at/de/object/event/3563
  • Social Innovation – Research and Policy of the Future. Towards a Comprehensive Innovation Policy (Brussels 2017), as a joint venture of social innovation projects (SI-DRVIE, TRANSIT, CRESSI, SIMPACT) and Net4Society
    https://www.si-drive.eu/presentations-2/
  • Social Innovation and Socio-Digital Transformation: Towards a Comprehensive Innovation Policy (Dortmund 2019)
    https://www.essi-net.eu/?page_id=1905
  • BEYOND4.0 Scientific Conference: Inclusive Futures for Europe BEYOND Industrie4.0 and Digital Disruption (Sofia 2021)
    https://beyond4-0.eu/events/scientificconference