Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford
The Skoll Centre is a leading academic institution for the advancement of social entrepreneurship worldwide. The Centre fosters innovative social transformation through world-class education, knowledge creation, and collaboration among business, policy, academic, and social leaders. It was founded in 2003 with a $7.5 million investment by the Skoll Foundation, the largest funding ever received by a business school for an international programme in social entrepreneurship.
Glasgow Caledonian University
Based within Glasgow Caledonian University, the Yunus Centre for SocialBusiness Health aims to transform the lives of the poorest, through
pioneering research which examines the relationship between social business and health improvement.
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is a vibrant, innovative and multi-award winning university. Its focus on employability, leadership and
responsibility enables its graduates to excel both locally and internationally. It carries forward a tradition of widening access for talented individuals
regardless of their backgrounds. For more information, click here.
pioneering research which examines the relationship between social business and health improvement.
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is a vibrant, innovative and multi-award winning university. Its focus on employability, leadership and
responsibility enables its graduates to excel both locally and internationally. It carries forward a tradition of widening access for talented individuals
regardless of their backgrounds. For more information, click here.
University of Greifswald
GETIDOS (getting things done sustainably) is a social-ecological research group on social entrepreneurship and social innovation with a specific focus on sustainability challenges. GETIDOS is located at the Institute of Landscape Ecology of the University of Greifswald, an interdisciplinary institute with faculty from ecology, economics and ethics, and at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW Berlin).
London South Bank University
London South Bank University has
a long tradition of provision of programmes to the third sector and
through the Centre for Government and Charity Management led by Professor
Alex Murdock is part of the Third Sector Research Centre, Social
Enterprise Cluster.
LSBU has hosted ISIRC in the past and it is pleased to
support it this year. Recent developments at London South
Bank University have included the creation of a new initiative focused on
collaboration between the various sectors. For more information click here.
Middlesex University
The Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research (CEEDR) at Middlesex University has been at the forefront of research on social
enterprise, innovation and impact measurement since 2000. In addition to a number of influential projects for different UK government departments,
Middlesex has been the social enterprise lead in the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Third Sector Research Centre and has
directed the ESRC Social Enterprise Research Capacity Building Cluster (in collaboration with Durham and London South Bank universities. This has resulted in over 40 projects on social enterprise and 8 doctoral students. For more information click here.
enterprise, innovation and impact measurement since 2000. In addition to a number of influential projects for different UK government departments,
Middlesex has been the social enterprise lead in the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Third Sector Research Centre and has
directed the ESRC Social Enterprise Research Capacity Building Cluster (in collaboration with Durham and London South Bank universities. This has resulted in over 40 projects on social enterprise and 8 doctoral students. For more information click here.
Nesta
Nesta is the UK’s innovation foundation. They help people and organisations bring great ideas to life. They do this by providing investments and grants and mobilising research, networks and skills. They are an independent charity (registered with charity number 1144091) and their work is enabled by an endowment from the National Lottery. All of The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts’ activities, contracts and staff were transferred to this new charity and a new charitable trust on 1 April 2012. More information can be found here.
The University of Northampton
Rapidly becoming internationally recognised for its whole campus commitment for social entrepreneurship, the University of Northampton has just become the first university in the UK to be recognised as a Changemaker Campus by AshokaU, founded by Bill Drayton. The University’s commitment comprises the objective that every student will have the opportunity to study or experience social entrepreneurship across every programme. This ambition is being achieved through curriculum, but also the University starting, and investing in, staff, student and local community initiated social ventures.
The Open University
The Co-operatives Research Unit (CRU) is based at the Open University at Milton Keynes in the UK. The Open University is one of the best known distance learning institutions in the world. CRU has more than 30 years of experience in research, training, consultancy and publications related to co-operatives, social enterprise and other organisations in the social economy.
Queensland University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a highly successful Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in
Brisbane, the university has a global outlook, some 42,000 students, including 6000 from overseas, and an annual budget of more than AU$750
million. For more information click here.
Brisbane, the university has a global outlook, some 42,000 students, including 6000 from overseas, and an annual budget of more than AU$750
million. For more information click here.
University of Waterloo
In the heart of Waterloo Region, at the forefront of innovation, the University of Waterloo is home to world-changing research and inspired teaching.
At the hub of a growing network of global partnerships, Waterloo will shape the future by building bridges with industry and between disciplines,
institutions and communities. From quantum computing and nanotechnology to clinical psychology, engineering and health sciences research, ideas that
will change the world are at the heart of who they are.
At the hub of a growing network of global partnerships, Waterloo will shape the future by building bridges with industry and between disciplines,
institutions and communities. From quantum computing and nanotechnology to clinical psychology, engineering and health sciences research, ideas that
will change the world are at the heart of who they are.
University of York
Founded on principles of excellence, equality and opportunity for all, the University of York opened in 1963 with just 230 students. It has become one of
the top ten universities in the UK for teaching and research –and is first in the UK and seventh in the world in the Times Higher Education world rankings of universities less than 50 years old. There are now over 30 academic departments and research centres and the student body has expanded to nearly
16,000. For more information click here.
the top ten universities in the UK for teaching and research –and is first in the UK and seventh in the world in the Times Higher Education world rankings of universities less than 50 years old. There are now over 30 academic departments and research centres and the student body has expanded to nearly
16,000. For more information click here.