International Research Network on Social Economic Empowerment (IRENE|SEE)
The Siemens Stiftung, in establishing the International Research Network on Social Economic Empowerment (IRENE |SEE), is actively promoting international research in the fields addressed by the Encourage program. Zeppelin University, in Friedrichshafen, through its “Civil Society Center", is partnering with other international universities to develop a list of themes and research topics and formulate research assignments. The research findings will be made accessible to the interested public and to other foundations, businesses, policymakers, NGOs and the scientific community.
Research findings on applicability and benefit of social economic empowerment projects
The Siemens Stiftung is financing the awarding of research assignments in the form of PhD or postdoc appointments at four universities in Latin America and Africa. The Siemens Stiftung will fund the IRENE I SEE project for three to four years. The idea behind the network is to examine the applicability, benefit, limits and long-term impact of social economic empowerment projects in selected Latin American and African countries.
Researchers will identify differences, ambivalences and comparable structures among and within certain problem areas, individual societies, countries and regions. The aim is to develop projects that better reflect the specific conditions in each locality, yield more fitting and culturally appropriate solutions and thus endure over the long term.
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to news: Expert Talk at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen on January, 20 2012
to news: Seminar on “Social Entrepreneurship” at Zeppelin University, spring 2012
