Research and Development

Selected Projects

Susanne Elsen has long-term experiences in participative and transdisciplinary research and development, predominantly in fields of social innovation and eco-social development.
Her understanding of research is that of the scientists responsibility for the construction of settings for common learning and the co-production of knowledge for sustainable solutions.

Vortrag „Soziale und Solidarische Ökonomie“

Förderpreis für Pionierinnen in der nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft
Präsentation Projekt AGITU IDEO GUDETA

Convegno Arcoalpino

„Garanzia participativa nella filiera del Biologico Italiano“
Finanziamento Fondazione CARIVERONA

Fiera Bolzano 06_2022

2021 – 2023

Projekt FARm (Filiera Agricoltura Responsabile) – Funded by the European Union 
and coordinated by the University of Verona, aiming to build up a prevention network against exploitation and illegal labor recruitment in the northern Italian provinces Trentino-Alto Adige, Lombardia and Veneto on a broad research base.

RAPPORTO ISTISAN 10.9 (003)

ZADRA ELSEN Network against exploitation in Northern Italy

ASTRA (Applying Sustainability Transition Research in Social Work, tackling Major Societal Challenges of Social Inclusion), a European research- and training Network in the frame of Horizon 2020, aiming to qualify early stage researchers in a common PhD-program for research and development in this field.

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Netzwerk für öko-soziale Transformation – ein Marie-Curie PhD-Programm
UNIBZ-News

Eco-Social transformation of rural areas (intern funds);  explorative project, to detect innovative approaches in Italian rural areas

Uleri -Elsen SISEC 9 giugno 2022
FUORI LUOGO – ON LINE FIRST – 2022

2020 – 2022

Multifunctional social farming combatting organized crime
“Investigative research in the field of social agriculture in the Italian South”

2019 – 2020

Social-economic integration of migrants and refugees in South-Tirol, funded by Free University of Bolzano

2018 – 2020

Unlocking the Potential of Social Agriculture UPAS, an explorative and interdisciplinary project to detect the potential of social farming for rural development, eco-social transformation and social innovation. Funded by Free University of Bolzano.

2018 – 2020

CASE, Competencies for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development, ERASMUS+ Leadership: University of Vienna.
European project with 10 partners in 5 countries to develop a research-based curriculum 

2015 – 2018

WWWforEurope – Under the title of “Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe” (www.foreurope.eu) a European research consortium was mandated by the European commission to lay the scientific foundations for this new strategy. The consortium brought together top researchers from 33 scientific institutions in 12 European countries and was coordinated by the WIFO, the Austrian Institute of Economic Research in Vienna.

2012 – 2015