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Stern’s Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship Turns 10!
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The largest academic conference of its kind in terms of research paper submissions, NYU Stern’s Tenth Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, organized by the School’s Business & Society Program and the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, convened scholars, practitioners and students from around the world to explore topics in social enterprise, innovation, sustainability and impact.
This year's three-day conference was dedicated to the ongoing development of theory and research on social entrepreneurship and its impact on global communities. Themes included:![Social Entrepreneurship_JKickul](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_045079.jpg)
Professor Jill Kickul, director of Stern’s Program in Social Entrepreneurship
![Social Entrepreneurship_Sophie](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_045076.jpg)
Sophie Bacq of Northeastern University
![Social Entrepreneurship_Illustrator](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_045077.jpg)
Dean Meyers, graphic artist
![Social Entrepreneurship_Wall](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_045078.jpg)
The conference was organized by Professor Jill Kickul, director of Stern’s Program in Social Entrepreneurship, and Sophie Bacq of Northeastern University. View the full conference program.
This year's three-day conference was dedicated to the ongoing development of theory and research on social entrepreneurship and its impact on global communities. Themes included:
- Social entrepreneurship process involving opportunity recognition and evaluation
- Organizational forms of social enterprises
- Challenges of scaling and measuring social impact
- Emerging themes in social entrepreneurship education
- Cross-cultural comparative studies in social entrepreneurship
- Research challenges in social entrepreneurship
![Social Entrepreneurship_JKickul](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_045079.jpg)
Professor Jill Kickul, director of Stern’s Program in Social Entrepreneurship
![Social Entrepreneurship_Sophie](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_045076.jpg)
Sophie Bacq of Northeastern University
![Social Entrepreneurship_Illustrator](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_045077.jpg)
Dean Meyers, graphic artist
![Social Entrepreneurship_Wall](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_045078.jpg)
The conference was organized by Professor Jill Kickul, director of Stern’s Program in Social Entrepreneurship, and Sophie Bacq of Northeastern University. View the full conference program.