**Only 2 weeks left to submit an abstract**

ISIRC 2016: Social Innovation in the 21st Century: Beyond Welfare Capitalism?

ISIRC is the world’s leading interdisciplinary social innovation research conference.  The conference brings together scholars from across the globe to discuss social innovation from a variety of perspectives. ISIRC 2016 will be held in Glasgow from 5-7 September 2016. This year we are delighted to welcome keynote speakers Ana Maria Peredo, Taco Brandsen, Alex Nicholls, Rafael Ziegler, Pascal Dey and Ute Stephan. There are now just two weeks left to submit abstracts and proposals for panel sessions for the deadline of 1st April 2016. 

Please see the following list of conference streams:
•	Co-production and co-creation 
•	Expanding the frontiers of social innovation theory: heterodox theories, non-positivist paradigms and embedded qualitative methodologies 
•	Economic underpinnings of social innovation 
•	Growing and scaling social impact 
•	Hybridity and conflicting logics 
•	Social innovation education 
•	Design thinking and social innovation 
•	Public policy & social innovation: comparative evidence, critical assessments 
•	Social exclusion and employability 
•	Social innovation and the environment 
•	Social marketplaces: linking markets and consumers
•	Ethics, power relations and corruption 
•	Governance and stakeholder relations 
•	Health and well-being 
•	Rural social entrepreneurship and social enterprise
•	Latin American social enterprise
•	Regional and geographical aspects of social innovation
•	Social innovation and food insecurity 
•	Social investment 
•	Social co-operatives and the solidarity economy 

Registration is not yet open, however you can register interest in the conference and receive up to date news. For more information please see the website http://www.isircconference2016.com/ or contact us at [log in to unmask]

We look forward to welcoming you to Glasgow in September.

Best Wishes,
The ISIRC 2016 Team