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The Comparative Analysis is based on empirical data of more than 1.000 social innovation cases. It delivers new insights into the diversity of social innovation approaches in different parts of the world used by practitioners, researchers and policy makers. It also provides an overview of various types of social innovations in seven policy areas (education, employment, environment and climate change, energy supply, transport and mobility, health and social care, and poverty reduction and sustainable development). [Read more]

On 2^nd September 2016, a breakout session on social innovation research took place in Dortmund during the Meeting of the SI-DRIVE Steering Committee. It was organised in the context of the project Social Innovation Community (SIC) which aims at creating a ‘network of networks’ of social innovation actors. SIC identifies, engages and connects actors including researchers, social innovators, citizens, policy-makers, as well as intermediaries, businesses, civil society organisations and public sector employees. [Read more]

The SI-DRIVE report Social Innovation and its Relationship to Social Change: Verifying existing Social Theories in reference to Social Innovation and its Relationship to Social Change examines the relationship between social innovation and social change. The analysis of a variety of foremost sociological approaches reveals that a comprehensive, transferable theory of social change does not exist hitherto. The authors, Jürgen Howaldt and Michael Schwarz cover various theoretical perspectives such as structuration theory, capability approach and institution theories and transformation research, and explore the connecting points to the SI-DRIVE definition of social innovation. [Read more]

Social Innovation Community (SIC), a partner project of SI-DRIVE has launched its new website: http://www.siceurope.eu
It will help you to stay connected with everything that is happening in the field of social innovation in Europe. You will also find lots of ways to get involved in SIC activities and community. [Read more]

From 18^th to 23^rd July 2016, a Summer School on "Entrepreneurship & Innovation" was held in Hangzhou, China where two SI-DRIVE partners participated in giving lectures and presentations. The Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research (TNO) presented SI-DRIVE and studies on social innovation and workplace innovation, while Zhejiang University (ZJU) presented studies on social innovation and social quality. [Read more]
At the European Conference on Educational Research ECER 2016 in Dublin, Antonius Schröder from TU Dortmund University (TUDO) presented the results of the global mapping of SI-DRIVE in relation to the Policy Field "Education and Lifelong Learning". The main objective of the presentation on 24^th August 2016 was to discuss the social innovation concept in the educational policy environment, to find out what and who drives social innovation in the field of education, which stakeholders are doing what and how far educational policies can be barriers or facilitators to innovation. [Read more] 
The global mapping of SI-DRIVE was also the main topic of Dmitri Domanski's (TUDO) presentation at the conference “Social Innovation Training in Higher Education”, which took place in Dublin from 31^st August to 1^st September 2016. [Read more] 
Contributions to a more inclusive society in general, and the involvement of people with activity limitations in particular play a considerable role for social innovation initiatives. Amongst others, this central result of the analysis of the global mapping of SI-DRIVE was presented by Jennifer Eckhard (TUDO) at the conference "ISIRC 2016 - Social Innovation in the 21^st Century: Beyond welfare capitalism?" in Glasgow on 5^th to 7^th September 2016. [Read more]
The congress "Innovation for Society – New Ways and Methods to unfold the Potential of Social Innovation" on 20^th and 21^st September in Berlin was hosted by TU Dortmund University in cooperation with the Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS). [Read more]

Event review

The meeting is organised by SI-DRIVE partner Sinnergiak Social Innovation (UPV/EHU), The National Institute of Public Administration (INAP) and the Rey Juan Carlos I University in close collaboration with three European Projects SIC, SIMPACT and SI-DRIVE. Amongst others, inputs and discussion will concern principles and actors of urban social innovation, needed resources, infrastructures and networks, and measuring approaches. More details can be found here.

From 6^th to 7^th October 2016 in Donostia-San Sebastian/Spain

12^th SI-DRIVE Newsletter