Learning for Change:

Jürgen Howaldt and Dmitri Domanski spoke about social innovation research and policy at the "Learning for Change" conference, which was hosted by SI-DRIVE’s “sister” project TRANSIT, in Rotterdam, on September 14-15.

Jürgen Howaldt presented insights from the global research project SI-DRIVE to the audience

Jürgen Howaldt from TU Dortmund University – sfs chaired a session “On the Future of Social Innovation Research and Policy” and presented the results of the global research project SI-DRIVE. Particularly, he focused on social innovation as a part of a comprehensive innovation policy.

Julia Wittmayer from TRANSIT’s lead partner DRIFT commented on his presentation from her project’s perspective. Furthermore, Dmitri Domanski (TU Dortmund University – sfs) talked about the emerging international research community in the field of social innovation. He presented the results of the study “Exploring the Research Landscape of Social Innovation”, conducted within the framework of the international project “Social Innovation Community (SIC)”. The findings of the report confirm that in recent years, social innovation research has further established itself as an autonomous research field.

Read the rest of this short report on the TU Dortmund website!

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