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SWPS University - Main page

Social entrepreneurship - fundamentals
research
international
ongoing

Social entrepreneurshipFundamentals

principal investigator / project leader
Katarzyna Januszkiewicz
Ph.D. / Associate Professor

psychologist, specializing in organizational and managerial psychology

Full bio
project value: EUR 139,079
SWPS University’s budget: EUR 71,229
funding source: EEA Financial Mechanism 2014 - 2021
discipline: management and quality studies
location: Warsaw
duration: 2022 2023

The goal of the project is to develop and implement an educational program “Social entrepreneurship - fundamentals”, including teaching materials, and to develop an innovative tool for mapping social innovation trends.

The evidence-based output of the project will developed using design thinking methodology. The cumulative knowledge and experience of the researchers involved in the project will ensure that “Social entrepreneurship” program will provide great research, educational, and practical value. The researchers assume that they will be able to improve social entrepreneurship skills of 40 participants of the program (e.g., students, entrepreneurs, and professionals working in the child welfare education sector). Furthermore, they will train additional five 5 people, to run a center for the monitoring of and research on social entrepreneurship trends, which will also be established as part of this project.

The researchers assume that a comprehensive approach applied in the project will guarantee long-term positive impact on the participants and a large number of people who, in the future, will benefit from the social enterprises created thanks to the project.

Partners

The project is implemented by a trilateral partnership, including:

Project funding

The project “Social entrepreneurship - fundamentals”, no. EOG/21/K4/W/0044, is financed by the 2014-2021 European Economic Area (EEA) funding scheme and grants provided by the Republic of Poland.

Project results

The Intellectual Property Results (RPI) developed during the project will include the following educational sets:

  1. Mission and goals – developing social impact for social enterprises
  2. Innovations – building prototypes for social enterprises
  3. Analysis of consumer needs and analysis of market potential
  4. Obtaining financing – fundraising
  5. Legal aspects of running a social enterprise
  6. Finance management and budgeting
  7. Mentoring program for social entrepreneurs
  8. Map of development areas for social innovators – 2033 outlook.

Research team

  • Graczykowska, Agata
    Bio
    Tak
    Permanent employee
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    Specialization
    psychologist
    First and last name
    Agata Graczykowska
    Academic degree or title
    Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
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    warszawa
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    Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Agata Graczykowskapsychologist
  • Kubów, Magdalena
    Bio
    Tak
    Specialization
    Economist specializing in management science, researcher and academic lecturer
    Permanent employee
    Nie
    First and last name
    Magdalena Kubów
    Academic degree or title
    Ph.D.
    City
    warszawa
    Discipline
    economics-and-finance
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    Ph.D. Magdalena KubówEconomist specializing in management science, researcher and academic lecturer
  • Nadziejko-Stefanowicz, Małgorzata
    Bio
    Nie
    Permanent employee
    Tak
    First and last name
    Małgorzata Nadziejko-Stefanowicz
    City
    warszawa
    Academic degree or title
    Innovation Broker
    Innovation Broker Małgorzata Nadziejko-Stefanowicz
  • Osterczuk, Karolina
    Bio
    Tak
    Permanent employee
    Tak
    First and last name
    Karolina Osterczuk
    Academic degree or title
    Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
    City
    warszawa
    Discipline
    management-and-quality-studies
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    Institute
    Institute of Social Sciences
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    adiunkt
    Faculty
    Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw
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    Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Karolina Osterczuk 
  • Wojtkiewicz, Katarzyna B.
    Bio
    Tak
    Specialization
    manager, lawyer, designer of EU (Data) Governance and public policy instruments
    Permanent employee
    Tak
    First and last name
    Katarzyna B. Wojtkiewicz
    Academic degree or title
    Ph.D., LL.M. / Assistant Professor
    City
    warszawa
    Position
    adiunkt
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    Discipline
    Array
    Faculty
    Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw
    Institute
    Array
    Ph.D., LL.M. / Assistant Professor Katarzyna B. Wojtkiewiczmanager, lawyer, designer of EU (Data) Governance and public policy instruments
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