To provide a forum of scientific debate, CIRIEC initiated in 2007 a biennial conference in social economy research. Without excluding practitioners or public authorities’ representatives, the conference addresses thus mainly scholars.

The 4th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy (ICOSE) will be organised by CIRIEC-Belgium with the close collaboration of the University of Antwerp on its site on 24-26 October 2013. 10 themes are proposed to articulate the conference topic.

Call for Proposals: April 21th

Proposals should be in English but 3 languages are proposed for long papers and oral presentations:English, French and Spanish

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10 themes:

 Theme 1: Policy and ideology of social economy
 Theme 2: Measurement and assessment of the social economy
 Theme 3: Laws on social economy, legal statutes and types of undertaking
 Theme 4: Financing mechanisms, state aid and public policies
 Theme 5: Innovative management
 Theme 6: Governance models
 Theme 7: Network management, partnerships and stakeholders
 Theme 8: Globalization and local anchoring
 Theme 9: Social economy, social inclusion and fight against poverty
 Theme 10: Social innovations, products and services