The topic “Social Innovation” is pushing more and more into the public discourse and it is getting more attention by scientists and often interdisciplinary research. In an interview Jürgen Howaldt, representative from the SI-DRIVE lead partner organisation, TU dortmund University, is giving insights to this object of research – and portraits the international project SI-DRIVE. The interview, done by the German-Canadian Centre for Innovation and Research (GCCIR) in Edmonton, which is a multilateral initiative for the development of German–Canadian, and more recently, French-Canadian research and business relations, is now online.