Conference date: October 21-23, 2026
Conference venue: SWPS University in Warsaw, Poland
About the conference
The 2026 edition of the SOCIN Conference is unique as it is being organized in collaboration between the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA) and SWPS University’s Faculty of Social Sciences. Through joint forces, we are able to approach social innovation from a substantive and international perspective. Social challenges are global by nature, and therefore must be addressed from a transnational perspective.
The 4th edition of the Social Innovation Conference gains a unique dimension thanks to its partnership with ERUA. This collaboration facilitates a vital exchange of expertise between European Union countries and the local social innovation community. By providing a platform for international cooperation, the conference allows practitioners, researchers, and students to pool their insights, thereby driving more effective and sustainable contributions to global social development.
Matchmaking Session at Socin 2026: Call for Collaborations
Submission deadline: June 20, 2026.
Are you looking for project partners who, like you, are interested in building international partnerships and developing innovative social, research, and technological initiatives? Here is your chance to meet them at the SOCIN 2026 Conference!
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to attend a special networking session “Call for Collaborations”, organized by SWPS University and the European Reform Univeristy Alliance (ERUA). The event will take the form of a moderated matchmaking session designed to connect researchers with academic partners, local governments, NGOs, and business stakeholders to address shared societal challenges and develop projects with implementation potential.
The meetings are expected to foster long-term consortia, drive the development of projects with tangible social and economic impact, and initiate collaborations that lead to joint grant applications, pilot projects, and practical implementations.
We welcome projects from a range of academic fields: social sciences, economics, psychology, as well as those from the natural sciences that seek collaboration with researchers from other disciplines.
Submission themes
The proposed projects should fall within the field of social innovation and address contemporary social challenges, for example:
- Institutions in Transition: Learning, Unlearning, and Systemic Change
- Technology for Social Transformation: Between Empowerment and Control
- Everyday Life as a Space for of Change: New Practices, Beliefs, and Rituals
- Place, Infrastructure, and Virtual Spaces: Spheres Where Change Happens
- Social Imaginaries, Narratives, and Paradigms: Reaffirming Futures
- Impact-Oriented Organizations: Beyond Metrics and Towards Action
- Mental Resilience and Collective Well-being in an Age of Polycrisis
- Trickster Perspectives on Social Innovation: Things and Phenomena that Hinder, Bend, and Neutralize Change
Submit your proposal!
To find more information about the requirements and to submit your proposal, please go to
the SOCIN 2026 conference website.
