10th INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL ECONOMY
Bordeaux (France), 27-29 October 2025
General topic:
“ SSE’s ROLE IN THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION ”
Subtopics:
- SSE statistics, reporting and social impact measurements
- SSE and the ecological and energy sectors
- SSE territorial ecosystems and transition
- SSE identities, hybridizations and innovations
- SSE financing and business models
- SSE networks and public policies
- SSE, education & civic rights
- SSE, decent work and the informal economy
- SSE and the fight against poverty and the care economy
- SSE and agri-food system
- Commons and cooperative public services
- SSE and intersectionality: class, race, gender
- Other
- Final Program HERE
- Book of abstracts HERE
- Photo Gallery HERE
- Framework brief FR – EN – ES
- CALL FOR PAPERS FR – EN – ES
🏆 AWARD CEREMONY 🏆
UNTFSSE AWARDS 🏆
The UNTFSSE Awards are part of the Priority Action. Promoting Education and Research on the Social and Solidarity Economy, and awarded at various Research Conferences on Social and Solidarity Economy.
- ANNA MARIA O’NEIL AWARD on the “Best Senior Paper on SSE”
“Community-based cooperatives: a natural connection? Case studies and governance in Mexico and the Basque Country” [Las cooperativas con base comunitaria: ¿una conexión natural? Aprendizajes para la articulación entre cooperativas y comunidad a través del análisis de casos y su gobernanza de México y Euskal Herria] by Mirene Begiristain, Aitor Bengoetxea, Enekoitz Etxezarreta, Xabier Itçaina, Maxime Kieffer, Jon Morandeira & Irune SuberbiolaSponsored by: UNRISD, ILO, UNCTAD, Edgard Milhaud Foundation, CIRIEC, TDR and SIHI* - ANNA MARIA O’NEIL AWARD on the “Best PhD Paper on SSE”
“Social and Solidarity Economy and Territorial Inequalities in Morocco: An Approach Based on Composite Indicators” [Économie sociale et solidaire et inégalités territoriales au Maroc: une approche par les indicateurs composites] by Soukaina Raoui & Aomar IbourkSponsored by: UNRISD, ILO, UNCTAD, Edgard Milhaud Foundation, CIRIEC, TDR and SIHI* - NOEL JUBAN AWARD on the “Best Paper on SSE & Health”
“The “choosen?” temporary employment in the medical-social sector, facing recruitment difficulties, high turnover, and absenteeism” [Un intérim ‘choisi’ dans les métiers en tension de la santé et du social] by Nathalie Magne & Delphine ValladeSponsored by UNRISD, ILO, UNCTAD, TDR and SIHI*
[*TDR, the Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, is a global program of scientific collaboration that facilitates, supports, and influences efforts to combat diseases of poverty. It is co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank, and WHO.SIHI (Social Innovation in Health Initiative).]
EDGARD MILHAUD FOUNDATION AWARDS 🏆
- EDGARD MILHAUD FOUNDATION AWARD on the “Best Senior Paper on SSE” (1)
“The Funding Challenges of Digital Platform Cooperatives” by Melissa Boudes & Donia Trabelsi
- EDGARD MILHAUD FOUNDATION AWARD on the “Best Senior Paper on SSE” (2)
“Collaboration between the social economy and municipalities – Innovative practices addressing sustainable territorial development issues” [Collaboration économie sociale et municipalités – Pratiques innovantes face aux enjeux de développement territorial durable] by Tassadit Zerdani, Maricarmen Merino, Olivier Corbin-Charland & Isabeau Four
- EDGARD MILHAUD FOUNDATION AWARD on the “Best PhD Paper on SSE”
“Taking the tools the capitalists created and putting them in the hands of the workers” [Prendre les outils que les capitalistes ont créés et les mettre entre les mains des travailleurs”: intercoopération et réappropriation des savoirs dans la fédération Coopcycle] by Alejandro Fortuny-Sicart & Arthur Guichoux
MUTUALITÉ FRANÇAISE AWARD 🏆
BEST PAPER ON THE MUTUAL SECTOR
“Digitalization of SSE: MutualData as an Innovative Tool for Impact Measurement and Transparency in the Portuguese Mutual Sector” by Catia Cohen, Rui Costa & Vanessa Palma
KEYNOTE SPEAKER🎤
Pavlina R. Tcherneva, is President of the Levy Economics Institute, Professor of Economics at Bard College, and Director of OSUN’s Economic Democracy Initiative, NY. She is a macroeconomist specializing in monetary economics and stabilization policy.
Her book The Case for a Job Guarantee (2020) presents a comprehensive case for a transformative public policy and was published in eight languages.
Pavlina Tcherneva has advised organizations such as the UN Human Rights Council, the International Labor Organization, the European Parliament, and policymakers on employment program design.
