ISIRC 2011

The third International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) took place here at London South Bank University on 12 and 13 September 2011. It was organised by Professor Alex Murdock with the invaluable support of Safron Drew and her colleagues from the Research and Business Development Office. The conference committee included academics from leading universities in the UK. Jane Houzer, Dean of the Business School opened the conference and welcomed the delegates.

ISIRC is an open conference that brings together scholars from around the globe to discuss the role of innovation in social businesses, social movements, not-for-profits, state actors, and the broader social economy. On this occasion it attracted more than ninety delegates from as far as Japan, New Zealand and Australia.
Conference themes included: -

  • The Politics of Social Innovation
  • Governance and stakeholder relationships
  • Critical perspectives (questioning underlying assumptions)
  • Global and international aspects of social enterprise and social innovation
  • Millennium development goals and issues of poverty
  • Life cycles, impact and performance in social enterprise
  • Social enterprises in creative and cultural industries

Click here for the conference programme

The two days created lots of good debate and many who attended found the conference very enjoyable.  When asked what they benefited from the most from attending the conference, one delegate replied ‘finding the 'community of interest', networking, new research and interesting methods. It has been very inspiring’.

Another commented ‘many thanks for all you have done to make the conference so successful. I thought it was the best conference I have been to on social enterprise, bridging theory and practice well’.

ISIRC 2011 was in partnership with:

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Third Sector Research Centre, Birmingham University
Liverpool Hope University
Open University
Middlesex University

ISIRC Conference Attendees

 

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