ISIRC 2024 - Streams

Stream 1

Regional and geographical aspects of social innovation 

Micaela Mazzei and Artur Steiner (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)


Stream 2

Social Innovation for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing 

Michael Roy (University of Stirling, UK) and Kelly Hall (University of Birmingham, UK) 


Stream 3

Social innovation and circular economy 

Karina Maldonado-Mariscal (TU Dortmund, Germany), Rafael Ziegler (HEC Montreal, Canada), Michael Roy (University of Stirling, UK)

Stream 4

Social innovation, participatory governance and ethics 

Aline Felix (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland) and Alex Murdock (London South Bank University, UK)

Stream 5

Sustainable finance and ESG accounting 

Christian Hopp and Maria Riniker (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)

Stream 6

Social Innovation Ecosystems

Christoph Kaletka and Marthe Zirngiebl (TU Dortmund, Germany)

Stream 7

Hybrid organizations and hybridity for social entrepreneurship and innovation  

Giacomo Ciambotti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy), David Littlewood (University of Sheffield, UK)

Stream 8

Social Innovation and Just Sustainability Transitions 

Flor Avelino, Bonno Pel (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Julia Wittmayer (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), and Tessa de Geus (Dutch Research Institute for Transitions, Netherlands)  

Stream 9

Social innovation and global majorities 

Francesca Calò (The Open University, UK) and Wellington Alves (University of Minho, Portugal)

Stream 10

Social innovation and complexity  

Katharine McGowan (Mount Royal University, Canada) and Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed (University of Waterloo)

Stream 11

Social innovation tools and methods 

Liz Chen (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Kyle McQuillan (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Stream 12

Social impact measurement - theories, trends & tools  

Georg Mildenberger (Heidelberg University, Germany) and Judith Terstriep (Westphalian University Gelsenkirchen, Germany)

Stream 13

Affordable innovation - social value creation for society

Nadine Gurtner and Sebastian Gurtner (Bern University of Applied Sciences)

Stream 14

Universities as global leaders of social innovation   

Richard Hazenberg (University of Northampton, UK) and Mark Majewski Anderson (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)

Stream 15

Social innovation and education 

Rosa Isusi Fagoaga (University of Valencia, Spain), Adela García Aracil (INGENIO | CSIC-UPV, Spain), Malin Lindberg (Malmö University, Sweden), Maria Lim Falk (Stockholm University, Sweden)

Stream 16

Theoretical and methodological futures for social innovation and social entrepreneurship    

Simon Teasdale (Queens University Belfast, UK) and Pascal Dey (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)

Stream 17

Social entrepreneurial business models: Reflections and future trajectories 

Susan Müller and Kim Tokarski (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)

Stream 18

Social innovation and sustainability challenges in urban contexts

Enrico Bellazzecca, Irene Bengo, and Danny Casprini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)