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T-AP Social Innovation

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The multi-national and trans-Atlantic projects funded under this call have been expected to both add to understandings of social innovation and deliver social innovation(s) through new research. Trans-Atlantic collaboration in this research call facilitated:

  • addressing social challenges faced on both sides of the Atlantic (e.g. digital divide; urban and rural developments and cohesion; access to public services and infrastructure; ethnic conflicts; human rights and legislation; the current state of democracy; equality and social, political and human values);
  • learning from the experiences of multi-sectoral collaboration for social innovation practiced on both sides of the Atlantic (e.g. innovative forms of economic organization; new (digital) technologies and accessibility; global and local environmental issues and sustainable development; strategies for social cohesion; integration of health and social care services; improvement of education and overcoming of linguistic barriers);
  • applying and adapting approaches from one locale to another;
  • generalizing and/or scaling-up of local experiences.

Funded Projects

Trans-Atlantic Platform Awarded 10 Grants in the Social Innovation Call

On 17 December 2019 the Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) for the Social Sciences and Humanities, a collaboration between funders from several different countries, announced the awardees of the T-AP Social Innovation Call. A total of approximately €4,966,000 million was awarded to ten international teams to investigate collaborative research projects which will add to understandings of social innovation and deliver social innovations through new research.

Each of the funded teams included principal investigators and partners from a minimum of three countries, with participation on both sides of the Atlantic. These teams haven been pursuing interdisciplinary research on a diverse range of topics related to social innovation, including the arts, environment, sustainable development, history, healthcare, education, youth, housing, social activism and Indigenous research.

TAP Social Innovation Call List of Awardees

The Netherlands (NWO): Florian Noseleit, University of Groningen

Canada (SSHRC): Tina Dacin, Queen’s University

Germany (BMBF/DLR): Christine Volkmann, University of Wuppertal

Brazil (FAPESP): Cláudia Regina Plens, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Canada (SSHRC): Ivan Roksandic, University of Winnipeg

Poland (NCBR): Katarzyna Górka, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences

Canada: Paul Lovejoy, York University (SSHRC) and Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec, Université Sherbrooke (FRQSC)

France (ANR): Myriam Cottias, French National Centre for Scientific Research

United Kingdom (AHRC): Sean Kelley, University of Essex

Canada (SSHRC): Tammara Soma, Simon Fraser University

United Kingdom (ESRC): Benny Tjahjono, Coventry University

Poland (NCBR): Grażyna Wieteska, University of Lodz; Barbara Ocicka, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Brazil (FAPESP): Sandra Andrea Cruz, Federal University of São Carlos

Finland (AKA): Tuija Turunen, University of Lapland

Canada (SSHRC): Anne Burke, Memorial University of Newfoundland

United Kingdom (ESRC): Mhairi Beaton, Leeds Beckett University

Finland (AKA): Satu Miettinen, University of Lapland

Brazil (FAPESP): Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, University of São Paulo

Canada (SSHRC and FRQSC): Anne Marchand, Université de Montréal

United Kingdom (ESRC): Paul Wilson, University of Leeds

Canada (SSHRC): Conor Douglas, York University

Brazil (FAPESP): Fernando Aith, Universidade de São Paulo

France (ANR): Vololona Rabeharisoa, ARMINES

Netherlands (NWO): Ellen Moors, Utrecht University

United Kingdom (ESRC): Tony Edwards, Loughborough University

The Netherlands (NWO): Ayse Saka-Helmhout, Radboud University

Canada (SSHRC and FRQSC): Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal

Brazil (FAPESP): Doris Catharine Cornelie Knatz Kowaltowski, University of Campinas

Germany (BMBF/DLR): Sigrun Kabisch, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

The Netherlands (NWO): Clarine van Oel, Delft University of Technology

United Kingdom (ESRC): Patricia Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, University of Huddersfield

United Kingdom (AHRC): Paul Goodwin, University of the Arts London

Canada: Ming Tiampo, Carleton University (SSHRC) and Alice Ming Wai Jim, Concordia University (FRQSC)

The Netherlands (NWO): Wayne Modest, Vrije Universiteit and Chiara de Cesari, University of Amsterdam

Germany (BMBF/DLR): Monica Juneja, Heidelberg University

Participating Funding Organisations

The T-AP Social Innovation Call was supported by selected international funders from across the larger T-AP funding network. The participating countries and funding organizations in this call include: Brazil (FAPESP(externer Link)); Canada (SSHRC(externer Link), FRQSC(externer Link)); Finland (AKA(externer Link)); France (ANR(externer Link)); Germany (BMBF/DLR(externer Link)); Poland (NCBR(externer Link)); The Netherlands (NWO(externer Link)); United Kingdom (AHRC(externer Link), ESRC(externer Link)).

T-AP Social Innovation Review Panel

  • Professor Kim Sawchuk, Concordia University (Chair)
  • Professor Susan Halford, University of Bristol (Vice-Chair)
  • Dr. Frans Coenen, University of Twente
  • Dr. Benoit Desmarchelier, Université de Lille
  • Professor Jean-Marc Fontan, Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Professor John Grin, University of Amsterdam
  • Professor Jeremy Hall, University of Sussex
  • Dr. Hanna Liberska, Kazimierz Wielki University
  • Professor Susan Lord, Queen’s University
  • Professor Leandro Silva Medrano, University of Sao Paulo
  • Professor Celina M. Olszak, University of Economics in Katowice
  • Professor Jussi Pakkasvirta, University of Helsinki
  • Dr. Dieter Rehfeld, Institute for Work and Technology
  • Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro, University of Helsinki
  • Dr. Thomas Winzen, University of Essex

Social Innovation - Learning from Multinational Collaboration Online Conference

The event on 16 and 17 November 2022 brought together the Trans-Atlantic Platform Social Innovation grant holders and their collaboration partners (stakeholders), Social Innovation experts, and funding agency representatives to:

  • explore the outcomes of the 10 T-AP Social Innovation funded projects
  • share knowledge on how to implement innovative research concepts to meet social needs
  • develop a common understanding of pivotal issues in collaborative Social Innovation research
  • consider the impact and sustainability of Social Innovation projects in the humanities and social sciences
  • make recommendations geared to future multinational Social Innovation research
  • make recommendations to funding agencies to improve the process for future T-AP calls