Objective SIMPACT advances understanding of social innovation’s economic dimensions, creating new concepts, models and instruments for policy makers, innovators, investors and intermediaries. It systematically investigates how social innovations can enable the most vulnerable in society to become economic assets, integrating critical analysis of current and previous work with future-oriented methodologies, new actionable knowledge and continual stakeholder participation.SIMPACT’s multidisciplinary mixed-method approach advances knowledge and the state of the art by (i) elaborating a theoretical model of the economic dimensions of social innovation throughout its lifecycle; (ii) generating new empirical knowledge on the economic dimensions through rich, theoretically informed analysis of successful and less successful cases; (iii) analysing drivers and barriers shaping the economic impact of social innovations, and levers for their scaling and diffusion; (iv) developing indicators to measure social innovations and tailored methods to evaluate social and economic impact; (v) enhancing modes of public policy production, instruments and guidelines; (vi) generating foresight knowledge through agent-based modelling and scenario building.SIMPACT integrates theoretical, empirical and actionable knowledge to create evidence-based approaches to business development, public policy and research. A participatory research approach actively engages policy makers, innovators, investors and intermediaries of vulnerable groups. Action learning, indicator labs and stakeholder experiments facilitate processes of co-creation, stimulating shared learning, strengthening practitioner knowledge and enhancing conceptualisation of the economic base. Partners' understanding of welfare regime diversity, including New Member State specificities, will ensure tailored, actionable deliverables. Eight high profile associate partners will help ensure the success of SIMPACT’s dissemination activities. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiespublic policiessocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation managementsocial sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalities Programme(s) FP7-SSH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Topic(s) SSH.2013.1.1-1 - Economic underpinnings of social innovations Call for proposal FP7-SSH-2013-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator WESTFALISCHE HOCHSCHULE GELSENKIRCHEN, BOCHOLT, RECKLINGHAUSEN EU contribution € 613 326,00 Address NEIDENBURGER STRASSE 43 45897 Gelsenkirchen Germany See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Münster Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Judith Terstriep (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DORTMUND Germany EU contribution € 174 542,00 Address AUGUST SCHMIDT STRASSE 4 44227 Dortmund See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Arnsberg Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Esther Rahma (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUSKAMPUS FUNDAZIOA Spain EU contribution € 72 740,00 Address BARRIO SARRIENA, EDIFICIO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO S/N 48940 Leioa See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Bizkaia Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Javier Castro Spila (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VYSOKA SKOLA EKONOMIE A MANAGEMENTU OPS Czechia EU contribution € 106 147,00 Address NAROZNI 2600 9A STODULKY 15800 PRAHA See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Julie Smejkalova (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO Netherlands EU contribution € 301 916,00 Address ANNA VAN BUERENPLEIN 1 2595 DA Den Haag See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Steven Dhondt (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT Netherlands EU contribution € 224 002,00 Address MINDERBROEDERSBERG 4 6200 MD Maastricht See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Zuid-Limburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Wilma Coenegrachts (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POLITECNICO DI MILANO Italy EU contribution € 244 587,00 Address PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 20133 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alessandro Deserti (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL France EU contribution € 183 516,00 Address RUE DU MARECHAL JUIN 1 76130 MONT SAINT AIGNAN See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anna Goychman (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BATH United Kingdom EU contribution € 280 277,00 Address CLAVERTON DOWN BA2 7AY Bath See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Peter Cressey (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES Belgium EU contribution € 155 834,00 Address PLACE DU CONGRES 1 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Sally Scott (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NORDREGIO Sweden EU contribution € 81 572,00 Address Holmamiralens vaeg 10 11186 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Anita Kullén (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO Finland EU contribution € 60 492,00 Address YLIOPISTONRANTA 8 70211 KUOPIO See on map Region Manner-Suomi Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Pohjois-Savo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Merja Ikonen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data