Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy

The Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy, a product of the UNTFSSE Knowledge Hub, is now officially an open access title, downloadable and sharable free of charge on Elgaronline.com, as well as purchasable in print format.  Read More

9th EMES International Research Conference  2023

Our President Mario Diani shared some of his thoughts on the situation facing our societies challenged by health, environmental and economic crises and what contribution one can expect from research conferences like the EMES International Research Network. Read More

Upcoming international events on SSE

Three major events dedicated to the social and solidarity economy are taking place in the coming months. The 6th edition of the Global Social Economy Forum will be held from 1 to 6 May 2023 in Dakar with the theme “Transition from informal to collective and sustainable economies for our territories“. Secondly, the … Read More

The final conference of the SEED project

The final event of the European project SEED – Social Innovation EcosystEm Development will be held on April 4th in Athens. All partners will be present to discuss the results together with representatives of other consortia and of the European Commission. On this occasion, the establishment of the National Competence Centre for Social Innovation in Italy will… Read More

B-Wise project partners met in Brussels

The partners of the B-WISE project met in Brussels on March 28 to discuss the progress made so far and the future steps of the project, as well as the dissemination of the research reports. Read More

Momentum: now the impact analysis

The Momentum project, co-funded by the European Union's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, concluded the participatory laboratories aimed at generating new ways of multi-stakeholder collaboration for integrated services in Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Hungary. Read More

Other hot topics we’re working on

Our research activities are both local and international in nature. Some of the more local topics we’ve focused on recently include a research study conducted in Trentino on the setting up of relationships between social cooperatives and enterprises for the employment of disadvantaged workers, an analysis of the Italian cooperative system in collaboration with the Alliance of Italian… Read More