Social Innovation and the Climate Emergency

12th International Social Innovation Research Conference 2020, Sheffield University, 1–3 September 2020

The climate emergency calls for innovative solutions that allow for a just transition. This is the focus of a research conference theme led by CUSP Deputy Director, Fergus Lyon with Irene Garnelo-Gomez and Rafael Ziegler as part of the 12th International Social Innovation Research Conference 2020, held at Sheffield University (1st–3rd September 2020).

In his keynote presentation on 3 September 2020 (video above), Professor Fergus Lyon examines the alternative enterprise forms and that help achieve sustainable prosperity. Looking particularly at social enterprise forms, he examines how they combine social, environmental and commercial objectives that help find ways of flourishing while living within our planetary boundaries. This involves developing alternative business models and creating an environment for good work and democracy in the workplace.

While we need to redefine what prosperity means, we also need to  redefine concepts such as profit, productivity, innovation, investment, enterprise and growth so that they consider the social and environmental as well as the economic.

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Specifications for our conference stream can be accessed in pdf. Further details of the other conference streams and submissions are at the ISIRC website.+++ Update: The conference will now be taking place online. A reduced conference fee applies. Details via: isircconference2020.com/update-regarding-isirc-virtual-conference-2020

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