GSEF and Concordia University are pleased to invite you to participate in a Dialogue on research on the social and solidarity economy. This will be a unique opportunity for an extended conversation about current and future directions in research and an ideal setting to explore fruitful potential collaborations.
This dialogue, which will be happening before GSEF2016 begins, will provide an opportunity for researchers, students, practitioners and local government representatives to learn about ongoing research in the many countries participating in GSEF2016 and to propose research priorities and explore possibilities for collaboration, including possible student exchanges. Some of the questions this conversation on research will address include: Are the challenges faced by the SSE similar in the many cities and countries represented at GSEF2016? What areas of research have SSE practitioners and municipal governments identified as priorities? Is new research also focusing on the intersections and convergences (or not) between the values and objectives of the SSE and social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, the collaborative and sharing economy, shared value, the solutions economy, and so on? Are these new economic relationships contemporary expressions of the legacy of the SSE? Has the recognition of the role of the SSE in achieving the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals generated new research questions? What is the contribution of international agencies that are increasingly recognizing and measuring the importance of the SSE?
An introductory panel with short presentations by researchers from different countries in the north and in the south will launch the discussion. Participants will be seated at tables to permit a sharing of ongoing research and future research plans. These will be summarized in a plenary by rapporteurs at the end of the afternoon.
Although this event is free for all participants, registration is required by August 15th at the latest.
For more information on this activity, click here: http://www.gsef2016.org/program/side-events/?lang=en.
Please contact Julia Sutera Sardo, or Margie Mendell at info@gsef2016.org if you have any queries.
