Impact Tank invites to a web conference with presentations and round tables on social innovation on March 11th with researchers and other experts from all over Europe.
Ten researchers and experts from all over Europe will speak at the webconference “Encouraging social innovation in Europe, from research to action” on March 11, 2022.
The conference will be held in English, on Zoom from 9.30 to 12.00 (Paris time) and is open to all. To attend, registration is required via this eventbrite link.
Organised by the Impact Tank in the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU and labelled by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, this event aims to put action-research on social innovation at the heart of the European agenda.
Please find below the detailed programme:
Programme
During two round tables, academics, social entrepreneurs and institutional representatives from all over Europe will:
- Make an assessment of research perspectives on social innovation development in Europe;
- Share the lessons taught by action-research projects and discuss the concrete ways of promoting social innovation, from higher education to entrepreneurship;
- Put action-research on social innovation at the heart of the European agenda.
Welcoming SpeechAgnès Audier President, IMPACT TANK |
How to develop social innovation at the European level ?Jürgen Howaldt Professor, TU Dortmund University Director, Social Research Center |
How to scale-up social innovations and make them inspire public policies ?Amélie de Montchalin Ministre de la Transformation et de la Fonction publique Risto Raivio Senior Expert, European Commission’s Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion |
To what extent measuring the impact of social innovation is necessary and how to generalize its pratice ?Lisa Hehenberger Associate Professor, Esade Director, Esade Center for Social Impact Social Impact Expert and Advisor Gorgi Krlev Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Investment (CSI) of Heidelberg University, Visiting Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford |
How to promote social innovation on the field, from higher education to entrepreneurship ?Carmen Paunescu Professor, Bucharest University of Economic Studies |
Key learnings with French perspectiveThierry Sibieude Professeur titulaire de la chaire Entrepreneuriat et Innovation à Impact, ESSEC Business School |
Discussion on action-research projectsFrank Moulaert Economist, Professor, KU Leuven Anna Seravalli Design Researcher, Assistant Professor, Malmö University Yuna Chiffoleau Directrice de Recherche, INRAE |