More than a 3 day conference
The Erasmus Mundus Social Economy in Higher Education project is celebrating an international conference in York St John University, UK, from 1st – 3rd Sept, 2015. It is also a… Read More »
Category Archives: Latin America
More than a 3 day conference …..
See the conference website Submit an abstract for a presentation or poster by 20th April, 2015 The conference will give an opportunity to share practice and experiences of universities… Read More »
Values and dimensions of entrepreneurship in the solidarity economy – a view from Brazil
News: We are delighted that Dr Antonio Cruz, former National Coordinator (Brazil) of the Network of Popular Cooperatives of University Incubators will be speaking at the conference at York St John University,… Read More »
Leading thinkers and practitioners in social entrepreneurship add diverse voices to conference
Leading thinkers and practitioners from universities in the field of co-operativism, business through the lense of human rights, enterprise incubators in the solidarity economy and innovation in the public sector… Read More »
Mendoza, Argentina: Economic change through academic, professional and political exchange
Article written by Charles Hanks, collaborator of the social economy in higher education project, following a visit to the “Institute of Work and Production” of the National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. “As… Read More »
Reflections on the ‘social’ economy from Cusco, Peru
By Edwar Reynaldo Arenas Rocha Edwar Reynaldo Arenas Rocha is Peruvian anthropologist who graduated in the University San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC) in Peru. He is a member of… Read More »
500 responses to social economy survey .. and counting
Thank you to everyone who has completed our survey. So far we have responses from: Argentina, Colombia, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, San Tome, Spain, United Kingdom! and they include:… Read More »
Guan Permaculture Centre – Solidarity economy in Colombia (pt 5)
In this final article written by university students from Colombia, Diana Meza writes about the values and practices of the local Permaculture movement. The social/solidarity economy in higher education project… Read More »
Little visibility for big actions – solidarity economy in Colombia (pt 4)
This is the fourth article written by students of social communication from Bucaramanga, Colombia, as part of their collaboration with the social/solidarity economy in higher education project. The project aims to… Read More »
Corambiente backs farmland and the farmer – Solidarity economy in Colombia (pt 3)
This is the third article in a series of five from students of social communication from Bucaramanga, Colombia. The students found local organisations operating in the social economy (known as… Read More »
Solidarity economy in Colombia (pt 2) – 74 years of tradition
This is the second in our series of articles researched and written by students of social communication at the Bolivariana Pontificia University, Colombia, in which students research organisations working in… Read More »
Solidarity economy in Colombia (pt. 1) – community solidarity and enterprise in the face of conflict
The Erasmus Mundus social economy project is delighted to present the first in a series of articles written by students from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Bucaramanga, Colombia. The students of… Read More »