Following the 2008 economic crash, the need for innovative approaches to the economy has only grown larger. One such answer to that problem has been a strong resurgence in the… Read More »
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 »
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 »
If you work in a UK-based social enterprise (such as a social business, a community enterprise… Read More »
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 »
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 »
In November the Erasmus Mundus social economy project, led by York St John University, UK, was highly commended the UK Times Higher Education International Collaboration of the Year 2013 an award that ‘recognises exceptional projects carried… Read More »
In the previous post Lina Muñoz González explained how women from 11 families in Colombia paid a set amount into a community fund to set up a market stall. The… Read More »
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 »
Social Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber (SEYH) Conference – Friday, 22nd November 2013 Workshop 3 summary – Where is the value in a corporate relationship? Report by Laura Kreiling, Collaborator… Read More »
The social economy in higher education project is seeking to enhance the study and practice of the social economy on university campuses. The ‘practice’ aspect of this includes the promotion… Read More »
La Salete Coelho and Miguel Silva, partners in the social economy project at the Centre for African Studies, University of Oporto, Portugal, have just returned from Guinea-Bissau, where they carried… Read More »
In a previous post I reported about students at Manchester University, UK, expressing their dismay at being taught orthodox, free-market economics and little else, even though since 2008 much of… Read More »
See the Social Economy in Higher Education November newsletter here. Newsletter includes: – an update on the project in Latin America; – an item about time banks: interview, video… Read More »
Students at Manchester University rebel against single diet of orthodox free-market teaching An assumption behind the Erasmus Mundus social economy project is that a one-dimensional view of economic wealth & well-being… Read More »