Social Enterprise Research Cluster (SERC)
Lead Research Organisation:
Middlesex University
Department Name: Business School
Abstract
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Publications
Alex Murdock (Author)
(2010)
Developing knowledge transfer for the third sector : models and measurement
Arvidson M
(2013)
Valuing the social? The nature and controversies of measuring social return on investment (SROI)
in Voluntary Sector Review
Arvidson M
(2013)
Social Impact Measurement and Non-profit Organisations: Compliance, Resistance, and Promotion
in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
Bianca Stumbitz (Author)
(2010)
The role and potential of older social entrepreneurs in building a 'Big Society'
Blundel R
(2014)
Towards a 'Long View': Historical Perspectives on the Scaling and Replication of Social Ventures
in Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
Calvo, S
(2014)
Ethnic minority organisations and the 2012 Games: A case study of the East London Olympic Boroughs
in Journal of Local Economy
| Description | We have successfully completed 4 PhD's and developed at least 4 Masters programs in Colombia, Spain and the UK. |
| Exploitation Route | The Masters programs developed are still on going |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Description | As result of this project, the team have been able to secure a number of government and grant funding research. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Education,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Advising social enterprise support organisation through knowledge transfer for Citizens Advice |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Advising social enterprise support organisation through knowledge transfer for Holy Cross Centre Trust |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Advising social enterprise support organisation through knowledge transfer for London Early Years Foundation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | development of frameworks for understanding growth which have been used by organisations when deciding on their growth startegy |
| Description | Advising social enterprise support organisation through knowledge transfer for Social enterprise East Midlands |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Briefing to Cabinet Office on commissioning, building on research carried out by KTPs |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Chinese policy makers interested in social enterprise policy and practice in the UK |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Consultation and Policy Dialogue on Accelerating Inclusive Growth in the Philippines: Developing an Enabling Environment for Social Enterprises |
| Geographic Reach | Asia |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | not yet acheived |
| Description | Dance to Health - a falls prevention dance programme |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | High level research discussion attended by the Health Minister and several other policy makers nationally. Middlesex research helped AESOP develop the market for social enterprises delivering health services through arts. Dance to health. |
| Description | Invitation to speak at the Houses of Parliament to Ministers and senior MPs in the All Parliament Party Group on Social Enterprise (Fergus Lyon) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Policy briefing at the Department of Health |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Visit of a Norwegian delegation of policy makers and politicians interested in social enterprise policy and practice in the UK |
| Geographic Reach | Asia |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Center for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity |
| Amount | £4,755,356 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/M010163/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Dance to Health |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts Enterprise with a Social Purpose |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2015 |
| End | 11/2016 |
| Description | Growing and developing innovation care pathways |
| Amount | £130,632 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | KTP9014 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2013 |
| End | 01/2015 |
| Description | How cities help develop the social economy to achieve inclusive growth |
| Amount | £37,209 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 02/2017 |
| Description | Maternity protection and workers with Family Responsibilities (Ghana) |
| Amount | $44,680 (USD) |
| Organisation | International Labour Organization (ILO) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 03/2015 |
| Description | Regional Growth Fund Impact Evaluation Phase |
| Amount | £680,308 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2014 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Rethinking Fashion Design Entrepreneurship: Fostering Sustainable Practices |
| Amount | £556,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/R006768/1 |
| Organisation | University of the Arts London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | The Role of Mutuals in Public Service Innovation |
| Amount | £224,277 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/J008435/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2012 |
| End | 12/2013 |
| Description | Up-date of the mapping of social enterprises and their eco-systems in Europe |
| Amount | € 800,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Wellbeing Community Businesses |
| Amount | £24,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Power to Change |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | Collaboration with Social Enterprise UK |
| Organisation | Social Enterprise UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Assisted Social Enterprise UK in the design of larger social enterprise surveys and policy report |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to data on social enterprises at national level; institutional support for funding applications and access to contact within different government departments. |
| Impact | access to contact within different government departments. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Collaboration with UnLtd |
| Organisation | UnLtd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Assistance with developing support service with over 3000 social entrepreneurs associated to UnLtd |
| Collaborator Contribution | MIddlesex University is able to access information about UnLtd support programes, its outputs and outcomes. |
| Impact | PhD thesis completed; Institutional support for funding applications; Contract research involving UnLtd and Middlesex University. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Meeting with DCMS/Office of Civil Society |
| Organisation | Social Enterprise UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | conducting longitudinal qualitative study |
| Collaborator Contribution | conducting longitudinal qualitative study |
| Impact | Advising the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SSE |
| Organisation | SQW Consultants |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Middlesex University team took a leading role in this project in the application, execution and delivery process. We designed the research framework and methodology, collected primary data and did most of the data analysis and reporting and were in charge of establishing this partnership with SQW - who has a large track record and experience in conducting evaluations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | SQW, our minor partner in this project, contributed to the different stages of the project but particularly to the data collection and data analysis stages. They also provided feedback on early version of the final report |
| Impact | The main output of this collaboration was the design of a bespoke methodology which can be used for other similar evaluations and the research report itself - from which we have learnt s lot |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Alternative business approaches for sustainable prosperity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In the second blog of our series, CUSP deputy director Prof Fergus Lyon introduces the agenda of our research projects on alternative forms of businesses and social enterprises. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Cabinet Office Business Partnership team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give advice on inclusive growth and social investment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Civil Society Strategy Roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Office for Civil Society/DCMS invited contributor to a roundtable discussion with senior policy makers drafting the Civil Society Strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Discussion with Age UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Age UK on social enterprise models- Paul Cann CEO and Alastair Thomas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | European Commission briefing on social investment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | presented work on social enterprise in UK and briefed European Commission policy makers (Dana-Gabriela Verbal and Risto Ravio) on social investment issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Government Inclusive Economy Unit,Office of Civil Society presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Shared interim findings of research on mutuals with Office of Civil Society, Government Inclusive Economy Unit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | House of Lords Community business workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Organised a workshop , hosted by Baroness Glenys Thornton on Community businesses and health and wellbeing services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Research Advisory board for Power to Change Trust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the Research Advisory board for the Power to Change Trust |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Social Enterprise World Forum Academic Symposia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chaired a session and Presented paper on social enterprise and sustainable prosperity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Strategy Beyond Growth workshop at AOM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professional Development Worlkshop at the Academy of Management conference, Chicago |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Understanding investment for sustainable prosperity - breaking down the silos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The CUSP work programme is looking at sustainable finance from various angles. Through our transdisciplinary research and by combining the different perspectives, we aim to reach a richer understanding of investment and shed light on issues that have hampered the development of a green economy and more sustainable forms of prosperity. In this blog, Deputy Director Fergus Lyon explains, how the collaborative research of academics and practitioners can help break down the traditional silos that have constrained not only sustainable prosperity in practice, but also attempts to research these most urgent and complex problems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 4 Sustainability and Solidary Fairs organised at grassroots level with students of undergraduate courses Social Innovation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Undergraduate students are introduced into the collaborative consumption mindset, and thousands of clothes, shoes, toys, books and other items were collected during 16 weeks periods, on four ocassions, while a whole educational campaing was designed and implemented each time about Sustainable Development Goals. A recycling network has been formed in one of the neighbourhoods intervened (Siloé, in Cali) and one primary school (La Fontaine) adopted a Sustainability Agenda in their curriculum that has proven to be very engaging for their students and their families. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2017,2018 |
| Description | 7th Conference on Gross National Happiness |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented on Social enterprise models and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLjgIYK4ffE&index=2&list=PLXeFwVkrrfF0ca2dgpP0xB27az9VRtK4A |
| Description | Access foundation and Big Society Capital |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Roundtable of social investors on the role of subsidy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Advice on Wellbeing centres for Druglink |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Advised a charity setting up wellbeing centres on social enterprise models related to therapeutic horticulture and other approaches |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Advice to Mowat Centre, Canada |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Advised Mowat centre, University of Toronto, Canada on Impact measurement issues for social enterprise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Advised Mowat centre, University of Toronto |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Advised Mowat centre, University of Toronto, Canada on Impact measurement issues for social enterprise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Advising Arts Enterprise with a Social Purpose on social enterprise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Advice given to Arts Enterprise with a Social Purpose (AESOP) on how to scale up arts and health interventions with social enterprise franchise and licencing models |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Aldersgate Group Blog on Green Investment Banks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.aldersgategroup.org.uk/blog/green-shoots-from-the-green-investment-bank-or-a-lost-opportu... |
| Description | Asian Development bank |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Advised ADB on work on Gross National Happiness measures and enterprise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | At the interface: Measuring and Assessing Impacts of Organisational Action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Fergus Lyon presenting CUSP research and facilitating a professional development workshop at 77th Meeting of the Academy of Management |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Australian delegation on mutuals and cooperatives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Hosted delgation from Australian Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals, and policy makers looking at public service mutuals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | B Lab UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Katie Hill about CUSP work on sustainable business, surveys of business and future collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Ben Metz, to discuss social enterprise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to share research on social enterprise and make links to social enterprise activity led by Ben. Discussed opportunities to work with Alise Kirtley. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Bhutan Global Entrepreneurship Week Training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Training session on starting a social enterprise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Cabinet Office Business Partnership team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give advice on inclusive growth and social investment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Cabinet Office Mission led Business Review |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Submission to Cabinet Office Mission led Business Review |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Cabinet Office Newsletter - CUSP features in the first Inclusive Economy Partnership newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Inclusive Economy Partnership sits at the heart of the government's agenda for building a stronger economy and fairer society. It brings together key leaders from both the business and civil society worlds. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Capacity Building for Social Organisations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Through involvement with Vallenpaz, the leading agency at National level for the post-conflict period, with its model of strengthening productivity in territories affected by the national conflict, promoting commercialization without intermediaries and clean production, Vallenpaz has secured new funding and has established key alliances to expand their operations and scale. Their strategic planning process was guided and concluded. Strategic advice leading towards clear sustainability strategies has also been provided to organisations such as: Samaritans in Cali, Creative Council Cali, Fundación Obeso and Fundación Banco de la Mujer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Cardiff Social Economy practitioner and policy roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Roundtable meeting discussing city governance, social economy and inclusive growth with leading local policy makers, civil society orgs and researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Centre for Bhutan Studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Presented paper on Gross National Happiness and enterprise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Colombia Social innovation and natural Capital workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | led british Council funded workshop on social innovation and natural capital |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Community Business, health and wellbeing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog on Middlesex University report launched by Power to Change https://www.powertochange.org.uk/research/finding-innovative-ways-health-social-care-community-business/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.powertochange.org.uk/research/finding-innovative-ways-health-social-care-community-busin... |
| Description | Creative Industry Ownership Models |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Round table discussion on cooperative ownership models for creative industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DCMS staff workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop at Office of Civil Society on how social enterprises, social investors and public service commissioners balance social, environmental and commercial objectives in their work, and the support required to build their capabilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Data provided for SEUK report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Social Enterprise UK has used CUSP data in its report Hidden revolution: the size and scale of social enterprise in 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Delegation from South African Department for Small Business Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Hosted a workshop on sustainable enterprise support for a delegation of 12 South African policy makers and researchers working on poverty and enterprise. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Design and delivery of training and capacity building support programme for the Creative and Cultural industries in the city of Cali (Cali en Tornasol), Colombia. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Intensive training and capacity building support programme for 12 organisations from the Creative and cultural sector. Entrepreneurs supported in the process of designing commercial and social impact strategies for their organisations, and programme allowed the selection and implementation of the best artistic and city-building proposal that was piloted, Galeria Alameda Corazón de Cali (Alameda Market, Heart of Cali). From this programme also emerged the Association of Independent Musicians in Cali that did not exist before. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Discussion with Age UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Age UK on social enterprise models- Paul Cann CEO and Alastair Thomas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Discussion with Inclusive Economy Unit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about social investment with Camilla Buchanan from the Inclusive Economy Unit now in DCMS (was Cabinet Office) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Discussion with Inclusive Economy Unit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about social investment with Camilla Buchanan from the Inclusive Economy Unit now in DCMS (was Cabinet Office) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Discussions with BEIS and Cabinet Office about measuring the social economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussions with BEIS and Cabinet Office about measuring the social economy and sharing ideas about the challenges of measuring the social economy and 'mission led businesses |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | European Commission DG EMPL - Mapping study on social enterprise eco-systems (II) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | consultancy work to review major reports on the state of social enterprise in a number of European counties. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) conference, Naples |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented on Strategic Management Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Social Enterprises |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | European Group for organization Studies (EGOS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Papers presented on social enterprise and innovation to the European Group for organization Studies (EGOS) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Free Online course on social enterprise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online course with films, talks, discussion rooms and exercises. Over 20,000 signed up from 177 countries, 7000 were formal joiners and 1000 are 'active learners' engaging in online discussions and exercises. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.futurelearn.com/courses/social-enterprise-business-doing-good |
| Description | Glasgow Social Economy practioner and policy roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Roundtable meeting discussing city governance, social economy and inclusive growth with leading local policy makers, civil society orgs and researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Happiness and enterprise - a view from Bhutan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In this blog, CUSP deputy director Prof Fergus Lyon is looking at the concept of Gross National Happiness as explored by The Kingdom of Bhutan, discussing its practical implications for socio-economic development and alternative enterprises. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | INNOVATION BEYOND THE SPIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Event at Nesta none known |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Impact investing and social enterprise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Panel member at public debate for Bhutan's Global Entrepreneurship Week |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation for wellbeing - how social enterprises can develop creative alternatives to conventional services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Blog published by Prof Fergus Lyon on how social enterprises can develop creative alternatives to conventional services |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| Description | International Social Innovation Research Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference on social enterprise, innovation and design thinking for wellbeing and sustainability. Fergus Lyon (Deputy Director of CUSP) led a stream on scaling impact, that looked at how social enterprises and other organisations can increase their impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Katherine Chapman, Living Wage Foundation Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on the living wage and its role in SMEs, as part of Middlesex launch of a report on the topic |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Living in MINCA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Living In Minca - at EMISORA MINUTO DE DIOS BOGOTÁ 107.9 FM Discussing about social innovation in Colombia and Minca Living In at UNIMINUTO Radio |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Measuring social impact workshop for Academy of Management, Chicago |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Led a workshop at AOM annual conference in Chicago with Jen Griffin (US), Karen Maaz (Netherlands), Wendy Stubbs (Australia) and John Mahon (US). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Newspaper article Kuensel (Bhutan) on Gross National Happiness |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | How small businesses and social enterprises can contribute to Gross National Happiness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2017 |
| Description | Online course on social enterprise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online course with films, talks, discussion rooms and exercises. Over 20,000 signed up from 177 countries, 7000 were formal joiners and 1000 are 'active learners' engaging in online discussions and exercises. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| URL | https://www.futurelearn.com/programs/social-enterprise |
| Description | Outreach to London Early Years Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on growth strategies for the social enterprise looking to scale up its impact for children |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Power to Change Trust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Advised lottery funded trust on its research agenda for community business and sustainability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Research discussion at the South Bank Centre for Arts Enterprise with a Social Purpose (AESOP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | High level research discussion attended by the Health Minister and several other policy makers nationally. Middlesex research helped AESOP develop the market for social enterprises delivering health services through arts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Richard Blundel Middlesex Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Richard Blundel - Is small still beautiful? Exploring the role of SMEs in emerging visions of a 'green' economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Roundtable discussion on community business by Power to Change Trust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to roundtable on community business by Power to Change Trust, a £150m Lottery Funded programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Seminar at National University of Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk on: The vital ingredient of successful social enterprise: Managing Strategic Tensions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sheffield Social Economy practitioner and policy roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Roundtable meeting discussing city governance, social economy and inclusive growth with leading local policy makers, civil society orgs and researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Smart Prosperity Institute, Ottawa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting and presentation to the Institute's Annual staff meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Social Impact investment event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk and discussion on a review of social investment by Oxford university |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Social Impact measurement and social enterprise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote lecture to conference of social enterprises and researchers in Singapore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Social enterprise Workshop Bucharest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | EU wide workshop on Social enterprise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Social enterprise and health Fit for the Future conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Reporting findings on community business research to Politicians and social enterprises |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | TV Broadcast on Bhutan TV on Enterprise and Gross National Happiness |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participated in films prepared by Bhutan's Royal Tutorial project on starting a business and social enteprise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Talk at Universitie libre de Bruxelles |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk on hybrid social enterprise models in UK, Ghana, Bhutan and Bangladesh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | The ethics of knowledge creation and exchange in the social enterprise context |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop 'Using Knowledge for Social Good: The ethics of knowledge exchange in the third sector' Great networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | The social economy and sustainable prosperity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog post by Ian Vickers on a recent report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on Cities, the social economy and inclusive growth by a team at Middlesex University and The Open University. It explores alternative organisational forms and approaches to governance as an important theme cutting across CUSP research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Two Study trips to Medellín for students of the MA in Social Innovation Management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Students visited Medellín and had the opportunity to learn through direct contact with the 7 initiatives visited about their innovation processes, their strenghts and their challenges. Students were taken out of their known areas to delve deeper into the specifities of each territory and community visited and got to develop first hand experience of bottom up approaches to social and environmental problems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Using Administrative Data in the Third Sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I chaired the workshop that was organised which was attended by 20 practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2015 |