EMES International Research Network

27/04/2026

📣 EMES PhD Network – Community Update

Spent months on a paper that only a handful of people will read? You're not alone, and there's a way to change that. 🎯
The EMES PhD Student Network brings you another must-attend session: "From Research to Impact: Communicating Social Enterprise and Social Economy Research," co-organized by Maria Samareva and Kardelen Dilara Cazgır

In this session, Francesca Calò and Maciej (Matthias) K. Szulc will share their experiences, challenges, and practical examples of communicating your work to policymakers, practitioners, and the wider public, so your research reaches the people who can actually use it.
🔹 When? April 29
🔹 Time? 15:30 – 16:30 CEST
👉 Register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=31VGvnOsH0CnrhmMO3LQxooTvi9VGNxIvGrXq_1A8KVUQ1NVMFVLSjRPQ0k5TEVQQ1NBM0g5MFo1OC4u&origin=lprLink&route=shorturl

It’s wonderful to see so many EMES members coming together and contributing to these initiatives — a great reflection of the strength of our community!

14/04/2026

🌍 Call for Contributions Open – Lisbon 2026

We’re happy to share that the Call for Contributions is now open for the 6th International Conference on Social Solidarity and the Commons 🇵🇹

🌍 6th International Conference on Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons

We are pleased to announce that the Call for Contributions for the 6th edition of the SSE Commons conference is now open! Join us at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon, in Lisbon from November 4 to 6, 2026, to envision and build our shared future.

📍 This year’s theme: “Hacking Our Common Future: Transnational cooperation between community-led initiatives in a fragmented world”

We are seeking contributions from:
🔹 Researchers
🔹 Policy makers
🔹 Artists
🔹 Activists

Registration is free for Iscte students. Submission deadline: May 31, 2026
🔗 More information and submissions: https://ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/registration/

08/04/2026

🌟 Celebrating an outstanding EMES member: Marthe Nyssens

On behalf of the EMES International Research Network community, we are proud to share this important recognition of one of our founding members, Marthe Nyssens.
Yesterday, she received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from Aix-Marseille University!
👉 https://lest.fr/fr/articles/2026/03/democratie-en-actions-perspectives-interdisciplinaires

This recognition also resonates strongly within the EMES community, led by Francesca Petrella, continuing a shared commitment to advancing research, dialogue, and impact in the field.
👏 Congratulations, Marthe, on this well-deserved recognition!

🔗https://emes.net/news/celebrating-an-outstanding-emes-member-marthe-nyssens/

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16/03/2026

🌍 Social Innovation for Post-Disaster Recovery

We are delighted to share that EMES co-founder and Honorary Member, Lars Hulgård, is currently serving as Visiting Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil.

As part of this visit, he will deliver a public lecture on:

🧭 Social Innovation for Post-Disaster Recovery

📅 18 March
⏰ 9:30 (Brazil time)
📍 UFJF – Auditorium of the Rectorate
💻 Hybrid event (in person & online)

The lecture will explore the role of social innovation in rebuilding communities and strengthening resilience after disasters, a topic that resonates strongly with many of the themes developed within the EMES research community.

The event will also be live streamed on YouTube, and we warmly invite members of the EMES community and friends of the network to join online.

🔗 Registration:
https://forms.gle/jqPTU5D9RTmXUEpY9

Congratulations to Lars on this visiting professorship, and we wish him a fruitful stay at UFJF!

04/03/2026

🌍 Great response to the hashtag !

We are delighted to share that we have received more than 50 applications for the upcoming Summer School on Advancing Knowledge and Driving Change: What Epistemologies and Methodologies for Engaged Research in the SE Field in Times of Multidimensional Crises.
The response has been particularly strong among PhD candidates, alongside applications from early-career researchers and practitioners.
📍 While most applications come from Europe we are also excited to see interest from Africa, Asia, North America, and Latin America!
💡 Many applicants are working on themes highly relevant to the EMES network

📝 The evaluation process is now underway, and we will be reaching out to applicants soon.
A big thank you to everyone who applied — we are inspired by the diversity, depth, and commitment reflected in these proposals!

02/03/2026

EMES is pleased to support and promote this important initiative led by our long-standing institutional member Euricse
The Doctoral Thesis Award, established in memory of Carlo Borzaga — renowned scholar of cooperation and the Third Sector, founder of Euricse and a founding member of EMES — recognises outstanding interdisciplinary doctoral research on the role of cooperatives in strengthening social cohesion, building resilient communities, and fostering democratic participation and peaceful pathways to social change.
📅 Monday, 9 March
🕒 2:00–3:30 p.m.
💻 Online (Zoom)
The webinar will feature representatives of the promoting organisations and a keynote lecture by EMES member Marguerite Mendell.
📖 Discover more in the post below.
We warmly invite our community especially PhD researchers working on cooperatives and the social economy to join this meaningful event.

📣 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑 - 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐠𝐚

📅 Monday, 9 March
🕒 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
💻 Online on Zoom

The Award is promoted by Euricse and Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace in collaboration with the International Cooperative Alliance Committee on Cooperative Research (ICA CCR), the EMES International Research Network, and CIRIEC International, under the patronage of the Università di Trento.

📌 The initiative, in memory of Carlo Borzaga - renowned scholar of cooperation and the Third Sector and founder of EURICSE - promotes interdisciplinary doctoral research that explores the role of cooperatives in strengthening 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, building 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, and fostering 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 pathways to social change.

The event will be attended by representatives of the promoting organisations and partner institutions, and will feature a 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥.

🗣 The event will be held in English
📖 Discover the programme 👉 https://shorturl.at/KpaoE
📝 Register to receive the participation link 👉 https://shorturl.at/dfLCm

17/02/2026

📣 3 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY TO our .
The training school is taking place in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) 🇧🇪 between June 29 and July 02, 2026, hosted by Université catholique de Louvain and University of Liège.
This landmark edition will bring together PhD candidates and early-career researchers from across disciplines and regions to critically explore engaged, participatory, and transformative research in the hashtag — at a time when multiple crises make such approaches more urgent than ever.

‼️ Application deadline: 20 February 2026
👉 Join an international community shaping the future of engaged research!
🔗 Call for Applications:https://emes.net/content/uploads/education/10th-emes-international-training-school/10ETS-Call-for-Applications-Dec2025.pdf

13/02/2026

📣 Apply to our EMES institutional member, Euricse's Doctoral Thesis Award in memory of Professor Carlo Borzaga!

The Award recognises outstanding doctoral research exploring the role of cooperatives and social economy organisations in fostering democratic participation, social inclusion, resilient communities, and peaceful pathways to social change. It also encourages innovative, critical, and interdisciplinary research that offers new theoretical and empirical perspectives on the contribution of the social economy to peace, social cohesion, and sustainable development. 🌱

Promoted by Euricse and the Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace, in collaboration with the EMES International Research Network, the Università di Trento, International Cooperative Alliance, and CIRIEC International, the Award honours the legacy of Professor Borzaga, whose work has deeply shaped research and education in the social economy field.

📅 Call for applications are open!
⏳ Deadline: 30 June 2026

👉 More information and the full Call for Proposals: https://emes.net/doctoral-thesis-award-in-memory-of-carlo-borzaga/

11/02/2026

📣 Applications are still open for our 10th Training School this summer in Belgium! 🇧🇪

🌟 Our is taking place in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) between June 29 and July 02, 2026, hosted by Université catholique de Louvain and University of Liège.
This landmark edition will bring together PhD candidates and early-career researchers from across disciplines and regions to critically explore engaged, participatory, and transformative research in the SE field — at a time when multiple crises make such approaches more urgent than ever.

‼️ Application deadline: 20 February 2026
👉 Join an international community shaping the future of engaged research!
🔗 Call for Applications: https://emes.net/training-education/phd-summer-schools/10th-emes-international-training-school-louvain-la-neuve-belgium/

🌐Find out more information about EMES here: https://emes.net/
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09/02/2026

We’re excited to announce the launch of our official EMES Instagram page 🎉
It’s a new space where we’ll share insights, updates, and news from our members. If you’d like to stay connected and see what we’re building, follow us on Instagram and join the conversation.

🔗 https://www.instagram.com/emes_network/