Programme

Learn more about social enterprise internationalisation and how social enterprises can reframe capitalism.

"It takes a village to internationalise – Insights on the competences and support needs of social entrepreneurs for successfully scaling impact across borders"
Magdalena Winkler, Martin Mehrwald, Peter Vandor, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien)

"Social Enterprise-Centered Varieties of Capitalism"
Justin Lopinski, Charles University in Prague

Hear from scholars about their experience designing curriculum and developing online courses to teach social enterprise.

"Educating at Scale for Sustainable Development and Social Enterprise Growth: The Impact of Online Learning and a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)"
Andres Morales, Minca Ventures / UNIR
Co-authors: Sara Calvo, Fergus Lyon, Jeremy Wade

"Curriculum Design for Social Entrepreneurship at Higher Education Institutions"
Burze Yaşar and Sinem Gökçe, Ted University

How can social enterprises maximise their impact through collaboration and what roles does cross-sector engagement play in tackling the SDGs?

"Connecting the Dots: Training + Intensive Supports + Transitional Employment"
Chelsey Paterson and Rory Lambert, Choices for Youth and Matthew Cooper, Inspiring Communities

"Social Impact through Collaboration: The Ispo-Facto Effect"
Johanna Clancy, National University of Ireland, Galway

"Without participation, there is no sustainability: Strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals through participation, co-design and social collaboration"
Amaya Erro-Garcés, Public University of Navarre
Co-authors: Antonio López Peláez and Raquel María Pérez-García

How can we increase students’ interest in engaging with social enterprises, contributing to local communities and realising the SDGs?

"Social entrepreneurship teaching: Sparking students' will to contribute to their community"
Clément Moliner-Roy, Jean Bibeau, Accélérateur entrepreneurial Desjardins | Université de Sherbrooke

"Social Entrepreneurial intention among German and Canadian universities students’: An integrative model of the Theory of Planned Behavior “TPB” and the Triple Bottom Line Approach “TBL”
Siwar Youssef, Corvinus University of Budapest

"How to enhance the engagement of social enterprises with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"
Barbara Tomasella, University of Derby

A spotlight on two multi-partner collaborations with communities and social enterprises to maximise impact and promote systems change.

"Measuring systems change towards a fair, regenerative, and connected food system in Victoria"
Kate Barrelle, STREAT
Emily Humphreys, Wicked Lab

"The Legacy Leadership Lab: Mobilizing for Sustainable Systems Change in Business Resilience and Recovery"
Sean Geobey, Meghan Ronson, Tara Campbell, Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR) & University of Waterloo

Learn about developing social enterprise networks in Australia & understand how Canadian networks have facilitated sector-driven research.

"So… what is a social enterprise network? Complex systems theory, practice and pitfalls in social enterprise network-building – a scholar-practitioner perspective"
Nicholas Verginis, Social Enterprise Network Victoria (SENVIC)

"Preserving Local Economies and Social Succession: Conducting Applied Research to Address Challenges of the 'Silver Tsunami' and Business Succession in Rural Communities"
Laurie Cook, Flourish Community Development Co-operative and Acadia University
Co-author: Andy Horsnell

How can social enterprises effectively partner, collaborate and respond to the challenge of addressing the Sustainable Development Goals?

"Supporting social enterprise thematic groups to address the SDGs by adding a SDGs mapping feature to Wicked Lab’s software"
Sharon Zivkovic, Community Capacity Builders

"Creating the new normal: Social enterprise, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and the future that is already here"
Joanna Stanberry, Palm Beach Atlantic University and Janis Balda, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

"Creating beneficial social change in remote Australia"
Scott Ensign, Wilfred Laurier University and Heather Douglas, Royal Society of Queensland

What role can social enterprises and enabling legal structures play in fostering community resilience and enabling social impact?

"Law as an Enabler for Social Impact"
Alina Ng Boyte, Changemaker Institute / Mississippi College School of Law

"Imagining in the Face of Change: The role(s) of organizational creativity in building resilience in unstable systems"
Katharine McGowan, Mount Royal University and Sean Geobey, University of Waterloo

"Social Enterprise and Peacebuilding in Philippine Conflict Areas: Negotiation of Meanings in Reconstructing Peace and Development Narrative"
Crina Escabarte Tañongon, University of the Philippines Cebu