While many businesses and European initiatives are continuously developing circular systemic solutions for boosting and reinforcing circular economy principles across Europe, their deployment and uptake among consumers and wider social groups need to be addressed in order to achieve overall success and appropriate social acceptance. One of the main reasons behind slow progress in this transition is the fact that circular business models usually take place on a micro-level (individual firms), which limits their ability to realise the systemic implementation of circular economy principles that often span across firms, other stakeholders, or even entire cities and regions.
This webinar explored the challenges of social innovation from two key perspectives – the creation of solutions and business models on one side, and their deployment and uptake on the other. It brought together experienced researchers, practitioners, and solution developers in the field of social innovation, creating a diverse panel of speakers. Thanks to this variety of expertise, the session addressed different perspectives and features of social innovations from several angles. A panel discussion focused on the development, deployment, and application of social innovation action plans.
Participants gained valuable insights from experts, projects, and cities leading systemic change through social innovation.
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- Opening words and introduction to the project
Georgios Arampatzis, Technical University of Crete
- Social innovation in CCRI projects
Jan Wynarski, CCRI-CSO
- Social innovation in the CSSboost project
Cristina Barahona, Social CRM Research Center Leipzig;
Marianthi Liapi, Konstantinos-Alketas Ouggrinis, Technical University of Crete
- Panel discussion between CCRI projects with a strong social innovation feature
Jaana Koivisto, City of Tampere, on behalf of the TREASoURcE project
Ola Bakovska and Hannah Beisel, Circle Economy, on behalf of the SOLSTICE project
Kaisa Sibelius, Forum Virium (on behalf of Helsinki Municipality)
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This webinar is at the crossroad of the CSSBoost project and ACR+'s Circular Lifestyles thematic area.
This was the fourth and final episode of the Circular Lifestyle’s webinar series “From Insight to Action: Behavioural Shifts for Circular Change,” which, across four episodes, delved into the world of behaviour—examining applied solutions, practices, processes, and operations to understand how production and consumption can be reshaped to reinforce circular economy principles. Find out more about the webinar series and watch again the previous episodes here.
This webinar is also part of the EU Green Week 2025 focusing on 'Circular economy: reuse, repair, recycle for a better life'.
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