RISE: Engaged Research in the Social Economy

This project will build the skills of social economy organisations (SEOs) to partner in projects with research institutes. This will enable more engaged research (ER), a practice that creates more...

This project will build the skills of social economy organisations (SEOs) to partner in projects with research institutes. This will enable more engaged research (ER), a practice that creates more socially impactful projects through collaboration between researchers and communities. SEOs can be the key to accessing communities and practitioner expertise and achieving real change, but they can lack the capacity necessary to navigate the research landscape. RISE will address this need.

RISE will: 1.Create a host of newly “research ready” organisations throughout the EU social economy through the development of a tailored learning programme 2.Validate project outputs and skills outcomes for participants through a comprehensive pilot and learning recognition system 3.Share our methodology for replication and identify pathways for sustainability 4.Share project results, facilitate networking, & promote the value of engaged research through an ambitious communications strategy.

Results: An innovative, validated & accessible ER course for SEOs based on identified gaps and barriers; a publication outlining our methodology, results, and sustainability plans; and awareness raising of the value of ER. Outcomes. •For SEOs-increased capacity and confidence in ER, leading to more socially impactful research projects. •For stakeholders - a replicable model, pathways to sustainability and scale up, and a greater understanding or ER, its value, and the need for more investment.