Fabrizio, Author at FABMove

Danny Raveh seconded to Muenster University

20 October 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Danny Raveh from FAB-MOVE partner Impact Investing Israel (III) has successfully started his secondment to Muenster University. His one-month stay in Germany aims at discovering the broad range of the field of social enterprises in Germany and comparing the political and economic environment of SEs to the situation in Israel. Thereby, he met FAB-MOVE project manager Katharina Obuch and research assistant Mats Ahrenshop as well as other staff members of the Institute of Political Science.

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“Social Innovation Summit” in Malmö

13 October 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Thomas Persson from Syddansk University (SDU), Denmark, who was seconded to COOMPANION in Sweden this year, is going to travel to Sweden once again as he has been invited as a discussant in the annual “Social Innovation Summit” in Malmö. Under the title “Take the temperature on research: What do we know in Sweden?” the seminar will specifically focus on the state of the art in Sweden and provide an overview of ongoing research projects. For further information on the event, which will take place on 26th October, click here.

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FAB-MOVE talk held in Costa Rica

4 October 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

On 3rd October, FAB-MOVE and INCAE Business School (Costa Rica) have presented and discussed their results of research on entrepreneurial ecosystems and sustainable standards for social entrepreneurs in a comparative perspective. Thomas Dietz, WP 3 leader of FAB-MOVE from Muenster University, whose secondment to INCAE comes to an end in the middle of October and Urs Jaeger from INCAE have, along with the PhD students Janina Grabs and Andrea Estrella, provided a forum for discussions on the results of their analysis.

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Spanish-Austrian-German FAB-MOVE combination met in Vienna

27 September 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

¡Viva FAB-MOVE! Richard Pfeilstetter (US), seconded to Gabarage Upcycling Design (GUD), and Antonia Avalos Torres (MS), seconded to the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), have sent some photographs as an inspiring completion of their secondments. They took advantage of the opportunity to meet Ruth Simsa, Hanna Schneider and further staff members of WU to discuss and explore current developments of social enterprises, e.g. at the local center of competence for NPOs and SEs. What an awesome coincidence that they also met Andrea Walter (WWU) during her secondment to GUD!

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FAB-MOVE’s network reached Washington D.C.

20 September 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

PhD students Christiane Bomert (WWU) and Francesca Calò (GCU) are currently seconded to the FAB-MOVE partner institution Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Apart from individually doing research on their dissertations, the two seconded researchers had the opportunity to meet and discuss current developments in the realm of social enterprises – and, at times, discover the U.S. capital. They will stay until October.

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Workshop brought together academia and practice

13 September 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

As part of his secondment to FAB-MOVE coordinator Muenster University, Ross Ahlfeld from the Invercylde Community Development Trust in Scotland gave an exciting talk on the aims, principles and functioning of his institution. This created an inspiring opportunity to bring together researchers from the university and the practitioner’s point of view. Thus, the comparison of the social enterprise environment in Scotland and Germany was one of the key aspects in the subsequent discussion. Ross Ahlfeld will stay in Germany until September. He has hitherto visited several social enterprises and other projects in the region of North Rine-Westphalia.

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Seminar on social enterprises

23 August 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

We are happy to announce that FAB-MOVE is supporting the seminar “Social Enterprises in Europe and the USA” which will be held by Aimable-André Dufatanye (AEH) and Francesca Calò (GCU). Both are currently seconded to Georgetown University (GU) in Washington and have organised the seminar, that will take place on Monday, 29th August from 10:00am-12:00pm. The seminar aims at elaborating the concept of social enterprises in different cultural, political and economic contexts, including comparative perspectives from France, Italy, the UK and USA. You can register here.

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Secondment portrayed in a blog entry

23 August 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Dr. Stephen Sinclair from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is currently seconded to the FAB MOVE partner University of the Western Cape (UWC) and has written a short article for the social innovation blog of Yunus Centre about his FAB-MOVE secondment. Stephen has done a lot of fascinating activities as the blog entry shows. Get access to the article here.

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Stephen Sinclair visited Philippi Village

15 August 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

At the invitation of Sarah-Ann Arnold (MTN Solution Space Manager), Dr. Stephen Sinclair (GCU) visited Philippi Village, a satellite campus of the University of Cape Town’s Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship on 11th August. Philippi Village is a community business facility, providing space and support for social and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a reclaimed factory site on the outskirts of Cape Town. The Village is a social innovation itself and hosts several social enterprises, including Harambee, an employment recruitment and training initiative which integrates marginalised young people in the mainstream economy. Dr. Sinclair toured the facility and discussed UCT’s MPhil programme in Inclusive Innovation which is partly delivered on the new Philippi Village campus.

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MINGA meets WWU

10 August 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

We are pleased to welcome Yaala Shar Braver from our FAB-MOVE partner MINGA in Israel to her one-month secondment to the FAB-MOVE coordinator WWU. Accompanied by her colleague Anat Maor, Yaala placed the exchange with researchers from the WWU about social enterprises in Germany at the centre of her secondment. Besides, there is the possibility of networking with social enterprises in Berlin. As a part of the global Impact HUB network, MINGA provides training, acceleration programs and a social enterprise infrastructure by collaborating with social entrepreneurs and organizations.