The Venice Foundation for Peace Research and EURICSE – European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises announce a Doctoral Thesis Award in memory of Professor Carlo Borzaga, a leading scholar of cooperation and the Third Sector, founder of EURICSE and cofounder of the EMES International Research Network.

Under the patronage of the University of Trento, and in collaboration with ICA CCR, EMES, and CIRIEC International, the Award is part of the celebrations for the UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025 and recognizes research on the role of cooperatives and social economy organizations in building more inclusive, democratic, and supportive societies.

Researchers are eligible to participate in the competition if they meet the following requirements:

They have obtained a doctoral degree from an Italian or foreign university;
They doctoral thesis is written in English;
Their research examines, using scientific methods, the role of cooperatives and social economy organisations in promoting peace, democracy, equality and solidarity;
They defended their doctoral thesis between January 1st, 2023 and June 30th, 2026.

CALL FOR PROPOSAL

The Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity (JEOD) deepens and expands the study of different enterprise types and organizational models, including (but not limited to) for-profit businesses, social enterprises, cooperatives, mutuals, nonprofit organizations and foundations. It places strong emphasis on their institutional and socio-economic contexts, as well as on their organizational features, practices, stakeholders and the development of communities and localities. JEOD also welcomes comparative research between different organizations and enterprise types, including different ownership and governance models, corporate social responsibility and network types. To this end, JEOD publishes full-length research articles, as well as book reviews, research proceedings and conference letters.

Volume 14, Issue 2 (2025)

Editorial

Confronting Development Barriers to Solve News-Market Failures: Theorizing Constraints, Resources, and Strategies For Worker Co-Operatives in the News-Sector

Female Leaders’ Conception of a Career in UK Finance and Their Self-Concept: Implications for Organisational Diversity

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS IN Volume 14, Issue 2 (2025)

Social Sustainability in Family Farms: The Case of Apples Production in South Tyrol

Participatory Governance: Comparing Cooperatives in Different Sectors, Settings and Cultures

The Annual Conference of the World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR)

Doctoral Thesis Award in memory of Carlo Borzaga