University to host world-leading social innovation conference

Glasgow Caledonian University will host one of the world’s leading social innovation conferences in September.

The International Social Innovation Research Conference, which attracts scholars and policy experts from all over the globe, is being organised by the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health this year.

More than 300 delegates are expected to attend the three-day event, which runs from September 2-4, at 200 SVS in the city centre.

The 2019 conference coincides with Scotland’s Social Enterprise Week.

Keynote speakers include Professor Jürgen Howaldt, Director of Social Research Centre at TU Dortmund University, Professor Alex Nicholls, of the University of Oxford, and Dr Helen Haugh, Research Director for the Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School.

A civic reception will be hosted by the Lord Provost at Glasgow City Chambers on the evening of September 2 to welcome the delegates to the city.

For more information about the 11th ISIRC visit the event’s website.

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