13585: Fostering Social Innovations with and for Communities

Sunday, July 27, 2025

10:45 - 12:45 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall A- A3-m1

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: International,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/D8E3Rp

Organizer(s)

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Tommaso Ramus

ESSEC Business School, France

Discussant(s)

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Sophie Catherine Bacq

International Institute for Management Development - IMD, Switzerland

Organizer(s)

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Riccardo Maiolini

John Cabot U., Italy

Discussant(s)

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Marya Besharov

Oxford U., Saïd Business School, United Kingdom

Facilitator(s)

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Nunzia Coco

University of Bologna, Italy

Participant(s)

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Heather Hachigian

Royal Roads University, Canada
HH

Helen Haugh

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
CH

Christina Julia Hertel

GSEM - U. of Geneva, Switzerland
AK

Anna Kim

McGill University, Canada
BM

Bjoern C. Mitzinneck

Groningen U. (RuG), Netherlands

Facilitator(s)

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Rossella Rocchino

-, Switzerland

Participant(s)

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Francesco Rullani

Venice School of Management - Ca' Foscari University, Italy
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Natalie Slawinski

U. of Victoria, Canada
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Siddharth Vedula

TUM School of Management, Technische U. München, Germany

While grand challenges are global in nature, they manifest locally and require innovative solutions that actively engage communities. Recent scholarship has shifted from viewing communities as passive contexts for entrepreneurial initiatives to recognizing them as active agents in developing and implementing solutions. By bringing together scholars working on social innovation and entrepreneurship, this PDW seeks to advance understanding of how communities can effectively drive innovative responses to complex societal challenges. The discussion will contribute to both theoretical development and practical insights in the fields of community-based entrepreneurship and social innovation. We plan to divide the PDW in two panel discussions of prominent scholars: one addressing the role of social innovations in transforming communities, and the other on the role of communities in fostering social innovations. These panels will be followed by roundtable discussions.