About EMPOWER-SE

Action number: CA16206
Duration: November 2017 – November 2021
The main aim is to overcome existing knowledge and geographic fragmentation regarding social enterprises (SE) and empowering the next generation of SE scholars while foresting evidence-based policy and interaction with stakeholders.

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PARTICIPATE

A total of 45 countries are now formally part of EMPOWER-SE

Main Action Roles

MC Member

Dr Nadia Di Paola

EMES member

University of Naples "Federico II"

MC Member

Katerina Legnerova

Charles University in Prague

MC Member

Nikica Kusinikova

Association Konekt

MC Member

Nadia Johanisova

Faculty of Social Studies

MC Member

Richard Filcak

Slovak Academy of Sciences

MC Member

Albena Vustova

Center of research and analysis

MC Member

Elisabeth Yoneva

University of National and World Economy

MC Member

Maria Anastasiadis

Institute for Education

Malin Gawell

EMES member

Södertörn University

Dr. Roger Evans

Estonia

MC Member

Dr. Sofia Adam

Heinrich Boell Foundation

MC Member

Rahman Nurkovic

University of Sarajevo

Action Chair

Prof Marthe Nyssens

EMES member

Catholic University of Louvain

Action Vice Chair

Dr Sílvia Ferreira

EMES member

University of Coimbra

Foundations WG leader

Prof Jacques Defourny

EMES member

University of Liege

Foundations WG co-leader

Dr Melinda Mihály

EMES member

Leipzig University

Industries & Impact WG leader

Prof Lars Hulgård

EMES member

Roskilde University, Denmark

Industries & Impact WG co-leader

Dr Danijel Baturina

EMES member

Faculty of Law Zagreb

Eco-systems WG leader

Dr Giulia Galera

EMES member

European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, Italy

Eco-systems WG co-leader

Prof Mihaela Lambru

EMES member

University of Bucharest

Education & Dissemination WG leader

Prof Rory Ridley-Duff

EMES member

Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University

Education & Dissemination WG co-leader

Dr Anna Ciepielewska-Kowalik

EMES member

Institute of Political Studies the Polish Academy of Sciences

Short-Term Scientific Missions Coordinator

Dr Mary O'Shaughnessy

EMES member

University College Cork, Ireland

Communication officer and Scientific Representative

Dr Rocío Nogales

EMES member

EMES International Research Network

Communication officer and Scientific Representative

Thomas Pongo

EMES member

EMES International Research Network

Mozaik Foundation

Participation

There are different ways to participate: as member of the Management Committee (up to 2 main representatives and 4 substitutes per country) or participating in the WG, activities and events organized as part of the Action.
Researchers must associate themselves with one (maximum two) Working Groups and contribute to the achievement of the WG objectives.

Join working groups
Country Full name Working Group Institution / Organization

Croatia

Jelena Matančević

Industries & Impact

Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb

France

Nadine Richez-Battest

EMES member
Industries & Impact

Aix-Marseille University and LEST CNRS

Spain

Elena Meliá

Industries & Impact

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

France

Julien Maisonnasse

EMES member
Industries & Impact

Aix-Marseille University and LEST CNRS (

France

Xabier Itçaina

Industries & Impact

Sciences Po Bordeaux

Belgium

Benjamin Huybrechts

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of Liège

United Kingdom

Tracey Coule

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Sheffield Business School

Belgium

Coline Serres

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Université libre de Bruxelles

Congo

Arsène Kisanga

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

HEC-University of Liege

Croatia

Anja Iveković Martinis

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Institute for Anthropological Research

Belgium

Coralie Helleputte

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Catholic University of Louvain

France

Céline Bourbousson

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of Corsica

Portugal

Liliana Avila

Education & Dissemination

University of Aveiro

South Africa

Lennox Lennox

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of Pretoria

Italy

Emilio Vivarelli

Education & Dissemination

University of Trento

Russia

Anna Umantseva

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Roskilde University

South Africa

Bontle Tladi

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of Pretoria

United Kingdom

Samantha Sandilands

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of Birmingham

Brazil

Juliana Rodrigues

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Instituto de Cidadania Empresarial (ICE)

France

Camille Retsin

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Aix-Marseille Université

Mexico

Sergio Páramo-Ortiz

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of York

Spain

Lucas Olmedo

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University College Cork

Vietnam

Minh Le

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Khon Kaen University

Belgium

Simon Meert

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

HEC-University of Liege

Iraq

Nazli Massihi

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

KU Leuven

Germany

Sunna Kovanen

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography

Poland

Magdalena Kondas

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Warsaw University

South Africa

Mollette Kgaphola

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of Pretoria

India

Santosh Kadu

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

South Africa

Lauren Jankelowitz

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

South Africa

Czech Republic

Lucia Hruzova

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Masaryk University

Iraq

Ali Hamoudi

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University College Dublin

Denmark

Kai Green

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Roskilde University

Italy

Esmeralda Gerritse

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium

Stéfanie Friedel

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

KU Leuven

Ireland

Kevin Flanagan

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Maynooth University

Colombia

Abel Díaz González

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

United Kingdom

Maeve Curtin

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Glasgow Caledonian University

United Kingdom

Darren Connolly

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Brighton Business School

Greece

Mando Dimitriadou

Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Fergus Lyon

Eco-systems

Malta

Karsten Xuereb

Industries & Impact

University of Malta

Israel

Dov Winer

Industries & Impact

MAKASH

Brazil

Marília Veronese

Industries & Impact

UNISINOS

Malta

Raphael Vella

Industries & Impact

University of Malta

Portugal

Salomé Uribe

Industries & Impact

Oporto University

Portugal

Sofia Sousa

Industries & Impact

University of Porto

Israel

Goor Shelly

Industries & Impact

Tarbut

Portugal

Alix Didier Sarrouy

Industries & Impact

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Spain

Victoria Sánchez

Industries & Impact

University of Barcelona

Austria

Doris Rothauer

Industries & Impact

Bureau for Transfer

Portugal

Raquel Rego

Industries & Impact

RCIES-ISCTE-IUL

Malta

Daniela Quacinella

Industries & Impact

University of Malta

Malta

Margerita Pule

Industries & Impact

Artist

Spain

Susana Pallarés

Industries & Impact

Zaragoza Acompaña

Malta

Greta Muscat

Industries & Impact

Artist/entrepreneur

Israel

Oren Menache

Industries & Impact

Tarbut

UK

Mihaela Lednova

Industries & Impact

Cambridge University

United Kingdom

Aviv Kruglanski

Industries & Impact

University of Hull

Israel

Hadas Goldman

Industries & Impact

Tarbut

Malta

Mario Gerada

Industries & Impact

Social worker/artist

Portugal

Nancy Duxbury

Industries & Impact

CREATOUR.PT

Portugal

Vera Diogo

Industries & Impact

Instituto Politécnico do Porto

Spain

Patrizia Di Monte

Industries & Impact

H2020 gE.CO Living Lab

Portugal

Claudia Carvalho

Industries & Impact

University of Coimbra

Malta

Mary Caruana

Industries & Impact

Educator

Malta

Alfred Caruana

Industries & Impact

Educator

United Kingdom

Sara Calvo

Industries & Impact

University of La Rioja

Malta

Glen Calleja

Industries & Impact

Artist

Portugal

Mércia Britto

Industries & Impact

University of Coimbra

Malta

Sarah Borg

Industries & Impact

Student Youth Studies

Malta

Giuliana Barbaro Sant

Industries & Impact

Valletta Cultural Agency

Malta

Godfrey Baldacchino

Industries & Impact

University of Malta

Portugal

Fiona Eva Bakas

Industries & Impact

University of Coimbra

United Kingdom

Philip Schlesinger

Industries & Impact

University of Glasgow

Belgium

Julie Rijpens

EMES member
Industries & Impact

University of Liege

Portugal

Paula Guerra

EMES member
Industries & Impact

University of Porto

Germany

Adalbert Evers

EMES member
Industries & Impact

Heidelberg University

Malta

Vincent Caruana

EMES member
Industries & Impact

University of Malta

Italy

Carlo Borzaga

EMES member
Eco-systems

University of Trento

Zuzana Polackova

Eco-systems

Portugal

Michela Giovannini

EMES member
Eco-systems

Eeva Houtbeckers

Eco-systems

Hugo Pinto

Eco-systems

Netherlands

Julia Wittmayer

Education & Dissemination

Erasmus University

France

Julien Talpin

Education & Dissemination

CERAPS – Cnr

France

Marie-Catherine Henry

Education & Dissemination

Collège d’études mondiales FMSH

France

Patrick Savidian

Education & Dissemination

University of Paris - Créteil

Portugal

Rogerio Roque Amaro

Education & Dissemination

ISCTE – IUL

France

Nicolas Postel

Education & Dissemination

Institut Polanyi France, University of Lille

Belgium

Geoffrey Pleyers

Education & Dissemination

FNRS – Catholic University of Louvain

Austria

Andreas Novy

Education & Dissemination

International Karl Polanyi Society and Vienna University

France

Catherine Neveu

Education & Dissemination

Cnrs – EHESS-Paris

Canada

Margie Mendell

Education & Dissemination

Concordia University

France

Isabelle Hillenkamp

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Isabelle Hillenkamp, Institut de recherche et de développement

Portugal

Pedro Hespanha

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of Coimbra

France

Isabelle Guérin

Education & Dissemination

Institut de recherche et de développement

Brazil

Luiz Inácio Gaiger

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Universidade Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Brazil

Genauto Carvalho da França Filho

Education & Dissemination

Universidade Federal da Bahia

France

Philippe Eynaud

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Université Paris I

Spain

Jordi Estivill

Education & Dissemination

University of Barcelona

Portugal

Luciane Lucas dos Santos

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Centre for Social Studies – University of Coimbra

Ireland

Laurence Cox

Education & Dissemination

National University of Ireland Maynooth

France

Florence Jany Catrice

Education & Dissemination

University de Lille

France

Marion Carrel

Education & Dissemination

University of Lille

France

Loïc Blondiaux

Education & Dissemination

University of La Sorbonne

India

Swati Banerjee

Education & Dissemination

Tata institute of Social Sciences

France

Laetitia Atlani – Duault

Education & Dissemination

Collège d’études mondiales – FMSH

Netherlands

Flor Avelino

Education & Dissemination

Erasmus University

Greece

Maria Ampelidou

Industries & Impact

Agricultural University

Brazil

Leandro Morais

Eco-systems

Universidade Estadual Paulista

Austria

Ruth Simsa

Education & Dissemination

Vienna University

Spain

Bouchra Tribak

Education & Dissemination

Escuela Doctorado Huelva

Italy

Michaela Giovannini

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University of Trento

Scotland

Michael Marshall

Education & Dissemination

Glasgow Caledonian University

Hungary

Anna Török

Education & Dissemination

Corvinus University of Budapest

France

Sandra Ramos

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Université Catholique de Lille

Spain

Maite Legarra

Education & Dissemination

MIK.MU

Spain

Pedro Baena

Education & Dissemination

Universidad Pablo Olabide de SEvilla

Spain

Itziar Gomez

Education & Dissemination

University of Seville

Spain

Noelia Salido-Andres

Education & Dissemination

Unviersity of A coruña

Spain

Esther Haro

Education & Dissemination

University of Valencia

Spain

Victor García

Education & Dissemination

University of Seville

Spain

Pablo Gomez

Education & Dissemination

Universidad de Zaragoza

Spain

Luis Ocaña

Education & Dissemination

Universidad de sevilla

Spain

Tamara Bilbija

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University Juame I

Spain

Ana Olveira

Education & Dissemination

Universidad Santiago de Compostela

Spain

Isadora Sanchez

Education & Dissemination

Universidad de sevilla

Morocco

Meryem Kabbaj

Education & Dissemination

University of Hassan II

Colombia

Andrés Morales

Education & Dissemination

Universidad Politecnica de Valencia

Spain

Katherine Guerrero

Education & Dissemination

University of Valencia

France

Eduardo Pereira

Education & Dissemination

Lille Catholic University

Spain

Aitziber Arregi

Education & Dissemination

Mondragon Unibertsitatea

Brasil

Leandro Pereira Morais

Education & Dissemination

UNESP

Greece

Georgios Chatzichristos

Education & Dissemination

University of Aegean

Spain

Francisco Rincón Roldán

Education & Dissemination

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Hungary

Noèmi Krátki

Education & Dissemination

Corvinus University of Budapest

Spain

Francisco José López-Arceiz

Education & Dissemination

Public University of Navarre

United Kingdom

Beth Patmore

Education & Dissemination

Sheffield Hallam University

Spain

Teresa Savall

Education & Dissemination

University of Valencia

Russia

Marina Novikova

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University Institute of Lisbon

Spain

Asier Arcos-Alonso

Foundations
Eco-systems

University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU

United Kingdom

Catalina Quiroz

Education & Dissemination

York St John University

Italy

Nadia Di Paola

EMES member
Industries & Impact

University of Naples "Federico II"

Norway

Hilde Svrljuga Sætre

EMES member
Foundations
Industries & Impact

Western Norway University for Applied Sciences

Czech Republic

Katerina Legnerova

Foundations

Charles University in Prague

fYR Macedonia

Nikica Kusinikova

Foundations

Association Konekt

Czech Republic

Nadia Johanisova

Foundations

Faculty of Social Studies

Slovakia

Richard Filcak

Foundations

Slovak Academy of Sciences

Bulgaria

Elisabeth Yoneva

University of National and World Economy

Slovenia

Eneja Drobez

Foundations

Zavod INRISK

Israel

Bernardo Winer

Foundations

MAKASH

Armenia

Vardan Urutyan

Foundations

International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education

Lithuania

Audrone Urmanaviciene

EMES member
Foundations
Education & Dissemination

Mykolas Romeris University

Malta

Carmel Theuma

Foundations

Saint Martin's Institute of Higher Education

Estonia

Mervi Raudsaar

Foundations

Faculty of Social Sciences

Slovenia

Tatjana Rakar

Foundations

University of Ljubljana

France

Francesca Petrella

Foundations

University of Aix-Marseille

United Kingdom

Patricia Melo

Foundations

The James Hutton Institute

France

Jean-Louis Laville

EMES member
Foundations

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Iceland

Omar Kristmundsson

Foundations

School of social sciences

Montenegro

Anto Jankovic

Foundations

Center for Economic Prosperity and Freedom - CEPS

Austria

Waltraud Gspurning

Foundations

Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

Montenegro

Andjela Jaksic-Stojanovic

Foundations

University Mediterranean

Lithuania

Egle Butkeviciene

Foundations

Kaunas University of Technology

fyr Macedonia

Marija Bashevska

Foundations

Reactor - Research in Action

Italy

Federica Bandini

Foundations

Bologna University

Albania

Ariola Agolli

Foundations

Partners Albania

Italy

Benedetta Depieri

EMES member
Industries & Impact
Eco-systems

Politecnico Milano

Germany

Gudrun-Christine Schimpf

Industries & Impact

Universität Heidelberg

Germany

Georg Mildenberger

Industries & Impact

Universität Heidelberg

Germany

Gorgi Krlev

Industries & Impact

University of Heidelberg

Germany

Julia Zillinger

Industries & Impact

Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung e.V

Germany

Lisa Ahles

Industries & Impact

University of Cologne

Equador

Ingrid Ríos Rivera

Industries & Impact

Casa Grande University

Ecuador

María del Carmen Zenck Huerta

Industries & Impact

Casa Grande University

Denmark

Jonas Hedegaard

EMES member
Industries & Impact

Roskilde University

Austria

Yuri Kazepov

Industries & Impact

University of Vienna

Austria

Elisabetta Mocca

Industries & Impact

University of Vienna

India

Neelesh Kumar

Eco-systems

NMIMS University

United Kingdom

Paola Raffaeli

Industries & Impact

University of Roehampton

United Kingdom

Fatma Ibrahim

Industries & Impact

Glasgow Caledonian University

United Kingdom

Francesca Calo

EMES member
Industries & Impact

Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health

United Kingdom

Marcela Gola Boutros

Industries & Impact

NOVA University of Lisbon

Turkey

Hamdi Tekin

Industries & Impact

Istanbul Arel University

Switzerland

Manfred Perlik

Industries & Impact

University of Bern and Université Grenoble-Alpes

Sweden

Noomi Weinryb

Industries & Impact

Södertörn University

Sweden

Jaakko Turunen

Industries & Impact

Södertörn University BEEGS/CBEES and Uppsala University

Sweden

Klara Öberg

Industries & Impact

Malmö University

Spain

Clara Esparza Mengual

Industries & Impact

Open Cultural Center Barcelona

Slovenia

Jure Gombač

Industries & Impact

Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Slovenia

Asja Pehar Senekovič

Industries & Impact

Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

The Netherlands

Saara Toukolehto

Industries & Impact

University of Groningen

Italy

Miriam Weiss

Industries & Impact

Eurac

Italy

Valentina Patetta

Industries & Impact

Universidad de Deusto

Italy

Daniel Spizzo

Industries & Impact

Cramars Società Cooperativa Sociale

Italy

Andrea Membretti

Industries & Impact

Universita Pavia

Italy

Claudia Lintner

Industries & Impact

Freie Universität Bozen

Italy

Leila Giannetto

Industries & Impact

Instituto Fieri

Italy

Cristina Dalla Torre

Industries & Impact

Eurac

Switzerland

Viviane Cretton

Industries & Impact

University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Italy

Alessandra Corrado

Industries & Impact

University of Calabria

Italy

Francesca Campomori

Industries & Impact

Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Italy

Andrea Brighenti

Industries & Impact

University of Trento

Italy

Matteo Bassoli

Industries & Impact

eCampus Online University

Germany

Tobias Weidinger

Industries & Impact

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Germany

Stefan Kordel

Industries & Impact

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Germany

Jennifer Eschweiler

EMES member
Industries & Impact

Third Sector Impact

Italy

Giorgia Trasciani

EMES member
Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

Aix-Marseille University

France

Cristina Del Biaggio

Industries & Impact

Université Grenoble Alpes

Croatia

Emina Bužinkić

Industries & Impact

Center for peace Studies

Belgium

Louise d’Eer

Industries & Impact

University college Odisee

Austria

Ingrid Machold

Industries & Impact

Federal Institute for Less-Favoured and Mountainous Areas

Austria

Marika Gruber

Industries & Impact

Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

Italy

Paolo Boccagni

Industries & Impact

University of Trento

Albania

Timothy Hagen

Epoka University

United States

Anna Noelle Nordstrom

UCLA

Ireland

Stephan Köppe

Industries & Impact

University College Dublin

Italy

Andrea Membretti

Industries & Impact

EURAC Research

Spain

Natalia Garrido

Industries & Impact

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Sweden

Fredrik Björk

Eco-systems

Malmö University

Ireland

Shane O’Sullivan

Industries & Impact

Limerick Institute of Technology

Slovakia

Ivana Setnicka

Faculty of National Economy

Poland

Magda Bielenia-Grajewska

Education & Dissemination

University of Gdansk

Cyprus

Fanos Tekelas

Foundations
Industries & Impact

UCLan Cyprus

United Kingdom

Simon Teasdale

EMES member
Foundations

Glasgow School for Business and Society

United States

Rasheda Weaver

EMES member
Eco-systems

Iona College

Armenia

Margarita Muradyan

Education & Dissemination

Center for Innovation Promotion and Research and American University of Armenia

Armenia

Mary Boghosian

Education & Dissemination

Center for Innovation Promotion and Research and American University of Armenia

Italy

Farah Al Taji

Education & Dissemination

Polytechnic University of Milan

Hungary

Natasha Gjorevska

Industries & Impact

Corvinus University

Denmark

Anirudh Agrawal

Foundations
Industries & Impact

Copenhagen Business School

Italy

Simone Poledrini

Foundations
Industries & Impact

University of Perugia

Portugal

Luísa Cagica Carvalho

Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

Aberta University

Spain

Francisco Javier Santos Cumplido

Foundations
Industries & Impact

University of Sevilla

Spain

Rosalía Díaz Carrión

Foundations

Universidad de Cádiz

United Kingdom

Paola Raffaelli

Industries & Impact

University of Roehampton

United States

Elizabeth A. Searing

EMES member
Industries & Impact
Eco-systems

University at Albany (State University of New York)

United Kingdom

Richard Hull

Eco-systems
Education & Dissemination

University of London

James Henderson

Eco-systems

Edinburgh University

Italy

Laura Corazza

Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

University of Torino

Bulgaria

Konstantin Stoyanov

Industries & Impact

Trakia University

Spain

Carmen Guzmán Alfonso

EMES member
Foundations
Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

University of Sevilla

Spain

Ignacio Bretos

Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

University of Zaragoza

France

Frederik Claeyé

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Lille Catholic University

Italy

Simone Terzani

University of Perugia

Ireland

Gabriela Avram

Foundations
Education & Dissemination

University of Limerick

Belgium

Filip De Beule

EMES member
Industries & Impact

KU Leuven

Poland

Andrzej Klimczuk

EMES member
Foundations
Industries & Impact

Warsaw School of Economics

Cyprus

George Isaias

Foundations
Eco-systems

SYNTHESIS Center for Research and Education Ltd

South Africa

Kerryn Krige

Eco-systems
Education & Dissemination

University of Pretoria

Norway

Jill Merethe Loga

Western Norway University of Applied Science

Serbia

Marija Babovic

Industries & Impact
Eco-systems

SeConS - Development Initiative Group

Turkey

Murat Mercan

Industries & Impact
Eco-systems

Gebze Technical University

Greece

Konstantina Zoehrer

Industries & Impact
Eco-systems

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Macedonia

Sanja Gjorgievska

Industries & Impact

Digital Finance International

Russia

Yury Blagov

EMES member
Foundations

St. Petersburg University

Romania

Claudia Petrescu

Foundations
Eco-systems

Academy of Science, Research Institute of Quality of Life

Romania

Mihai Lisetchi

EMES member
Foundations
Education & Dissemination

West University of Timisoara

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Rahman Nurkovic

Foundations

University of Sarajevo

Switzerland

Philipp Erpf

Foundations

Institute for Research on Management of Associations, Foundations and Co-operatives (VMI)

Denmark

Jacob Dahl Rendtorff

Foundations
Eco-systems

Roskilde University

Estonia

Katri-Liis Reiman

Eco-systems
Education & Dissemination

Tallinn University

Serbia

Cveta Majtanovic

Industries & Impact

University of Novi Sad, Serbia and University of Trento, Italy

Portugal

Claudia Ribeiro de Almeida

Education & Dissemination

University of the Algarve

Portugal

Inna Paiva

Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

Lisbon University Institute

Croatia

Davorka Vidović

Foundations
Eco-systems

University of Zagreb

Germany

Nicole Göler von Ravensburg

EMES member
Foundations
Industries & Impact

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Albania

Klotilda Tavani

Foundations

Partners Albania

Latvia

Lāsma Līcīte

Eco-systems

Latvia University of Agriculture

Belgium

Jacques Defourny

EMES member
Foundations

University of Liege

Germany

Melinda Mihály

EMES member
Foundations

Leipzig University

Denmark

Lars Hulgård

EMES member
Industries & Impact

Roskilde University, Denmark

Croatia

Danijel Baturina

EMES member
Industries & Impact

Faculty of Law Zagreb

Italy

Giulia Galera

EMES member
Eco-systems

European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, Italy

Romania

Mihaela Lambru

EMES member
Eco-systems

University of Bucharest

United Kingdom

Rory Ridley-Duff

EMES member
Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University

Poland

Anna Ciepielewska-Kowalik

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Institute of Political Studies the Polish Academy of Sciences

Ireland

Mary O'Shaughnessy

EMES member

University College Cork, Ireland

Belgium

Rocío Nogales

EMES member

EMES International Research Network

Belgium

Thomas Pongo

EMES member

EMES International Research Network

Romania

Carmen Paunescu

Foundations

The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Hungary

György Pataki

Education & Dissemination

Corvinus University

Hungary

Réka Matolay

Education & Dissemination

Corvinus University

Norway

Lars Kobro

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

University Collage of Southeast-Norway

Israel

Benjamin Gidron

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

College of Management Academic Studies

Romania

Nicolae Bibu

EMES member
Foundations
Industries & Impact
Education & Dissemination

West University of Timisoara

Spain

Millán Díaz-Foncea

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Netherlands

Taco Brandsen

EMES member
Education & Dissemination

Radboud University Nijmegen

Hungary

László Hubai

EMES member
Eco-systems

Eotvos Lorand University

Hungary

Luca Koltai

Foundations
Industries & Impact

Hétfa Research Institute

Poland

Monika Klimowicz

EMES member
Eco-systems

United Kingdom

Sarah Evans

Eco-systems

Wrexham Glyndwr University

Hungary

Julianna Kiss

EMES member
Industries & Impact
Eco-systems
Education & Dissemination

Corvinus University

Denmark

Linda Andersen

EMES member
Eco-systems

Roskilde University

Norway

Bernard Enjolras

EMES member
Eco-systems

Institutt for samfunnsforskning

Hungary

Andrea Toarniczky

Industries & Impact

Corvinus University

Hungary

Áron Török

Industries & Impact

Corvinus University

Hungary

Henriett Primecz

Industries & Impact

Corvinus University

Hungary

Ágnes Neulinger

Industries & Impact

Corvinus University

Hungary

Irma Agárdi

Industries & Impact

Corvinus University

Spain

Marta Solórzano

EMES member
Industries & Impact

UNED

Greece

Panagiota Sergaki

Industries & Impact

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Hungary

Sándor Takács

Foundations

Corvinus University

Russia

Yulia Aray

Foundations

Bulgaria

Tsvetelina Marinova

EMES member
Foundations
Eco-systems
Education & Dissemination

New Bulgarian University

Germany

Anael Labigne

Foundations

Stifterverband ZiviZ im Stifterverband

Netherlands

Philip Karré

EMES member
Foundations

Inholland University of Applied Sciences

Finland

Harri Kostilainen

EMES member
Foundations
Industries & Impact
Eco-systems

Diaconia University of Applied Sciences

Malta

Angie Mifsud

Foundations

University of Malta

Serbia

Slobodan Cvejic

Foundations
Eco-systems

University of Belgrade

Latvia

Henrijs Kalkis

Foundations

Riga Stradins University

Poland

Bartosz Pielinski

Foundations
Eco-systems

University of Warsaw

Switzerland

Michael Gonin

EMES member
Foundations

Verbands-Management Institute (VMI)

Bosnia

Samira Nuhanovic-Ribic

Foundations

Mozaik Foundation

Austria

Richard Lang

Foundations

Johannes Kepler University Linz

Iceland

Steinunn Hrafnsdottir

EMES member
Foundations

University of Iceland

Slovakia

Zuzana Polackova

Eco-systems

Slovak Academy of Science

Georgia

Maia Giorbelidze

Foundations

Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Key stakeholders

Key SE stakeholders (practitioners and policy makers) are increasingly seeking reliable knowledge from the scientific community to improve their understanding of SEs. Therefore, if we want to advance knowledge and to develop evidence-based policy for fostering a sustainable SE eco-system, there is an urgent need to engage a pluri-disciplinary dialogue to grasp the challenges and opportunities presented by the SE field. It is also imperative to link research efforts to the vast diversity of empirical developments in the SE field to achieve this and activate, train and facilitate networking opportunities for researchers, while connecting them with a diversity of SE stakeholders.

Two leading stakeholders, Social Economy Europe and Ashoka, have joined EMPOWER-SE with a view on participating in some of the initiatives of the Action. Other stakeholder representatives will have a chance to participate in the local stakeholder talks in parallel to all major events of the Action. We will keep a list of participating stakeholders per country, which will be updated periodically:

Country Full name Stakeholder

Israel

Or Baruch

Tarbut