Social Enterprise Journal: Volume 18 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Richard Hazenberg, Jaigris Hodson, Robert Mittelman, Jieun Ryu

Decentering social innovation: the value of dispersed institutes in higher education

Benjamin J. Lough

This paper aims to illustrate how dispersed institutes of social innovation operating as intermediary actors within higher education institutions (HEIs) may help overcome many of…

Completing the CiCLE: long-term assessment of community-involved collaborative learning ecosystems for social innovation in higher education

Danielle Lake, Phillip M. Motley, William Moner

The purpose of this study is to highlight the benefits and challenges of immersive, design thinking and community-engaged pedagogies for supporting social innovation within higher…

Evaluating and improving the contributions of university research to social innovation

Brian M. Belcher, Rachel Claus, Rachel Davel, Stephanie M. Jones

The purpose of this study is to assess the contributions of graduate research to social innovation and change for learning and improved transdisciplinary practice. Universities…

University as a vehicle to achieve social innovation and development: repositioning the role of the university in the society

Lwando Mdleleni

This paper aims to explore the role of university in promoting, generating and sustaining social innovation (SI). It aimed to understand how higher education institutions have…

Strengthening social innovation in higher education institutes – an organizational change process involving staff and students

Judith Prantl, Susanne Freund, Elisabeth Kals

In recent decades, higher education institutes (HEIs) have come under pressure to cooperate with society as a whole. This shift towards an increased focus on third mission and…

The homelessness research and action collaborative: case studies of the social innovation process at a university research center

Jacen Greene

This paper aims to determine whether a combined set of process models for university contributions to social innovation can be effectively used to describe how higher education…

Integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion into social innovation education: a case study of critical service-learning

Rebecca Otten, Máille Faughnan, Megan Flattley, Samantha Fleurinor

Social innovation education aims to equip students with the skills and mindsets to pursue sustainable and just solutions to complex challenges, yet many programs fail to address…

Transformational spaces: educators discuss map the system and supporting Canada’s emerging generation of systems thinkers

Katharine McGowan, Latasha Calf Robe, Laura Allan, Elinor Flora Bray-Collins, Mathieu Couture, Sarah Croft, Antonio Daling, Amy Farahbakhsh, Susan Grossman, Sara Hassan, Paul Heidebrecht, Nicole Helwig, Michelle Jackett, Jessica Machado

The purpose of this paper is to explore multiple Canadian educators' experiences with the Map the System (MTS) competition, designed to foster and grow systems thinking capacity…

HEI as a pressure cooker: crafting the secret sauce to social justice in social innovation

Melanie Panitch, Jessica Machado, Jocelyn Courneya, Afrah Idrees, Samantha Wehbi

This paper aims to reflect on the facilitative factors that contribute to a shift in focus to social innovation for social justice in a higher education institution. The study…