The Institute for Social Innovation and Impact

Involved in youth justice and after some afternoon reading?

Dr Ali Wigzell and our colleague @clcpaterson.bsky.social have just published a paper on Progressive desistance practice in youth justice!

Read it here: hmiprobation.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/document/pro...

Hope you all enjoyed the Bank Holiday Weekend!

We are back with an article discussing the social value of the Combined Cadet Forces in the UK and its impact on building confidence, character, and resilience in young people! Read more here:

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“I’d lost trust and having to tell everyone the same story again and again and again…”: Bottlenecks and barriers to the application of therapeutic approaches within care services’ ecological systems Children in out-of-home care (OOHC) who have been exposed to significant adversities such as neglect, abuse, family dysfunction, acute family stress, …

Some lovely Thursday reading in a lovely open access article!

Published today in Children Youth Services Review, Claire, Michael, Ecem, and Megan discuss effective mental health support for young people in care using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory

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What made social enterprises thrive through the pandemic? Research published on the fifth anniversary of the Covid lockdown showed how social enterprises not only survived but thrived

Five years on from the pandemic, although questions remain on its full economic and societal impact, social enterprises thrived

In an article hosted on SEUK, Richard and Claire talk about the importance of social enterprises’ hybridity and community engagement

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Institutional fiefdoms: the implementation of governance and new norms within an emerging strategic action field - Theory and Society As command economies transition toward economic liberalisation, the underdevelopment of market-supporting institutions often creates institutional voids at the microscale. Drawing on Fligstein and McA...

Start your week with some lovely light reading in our latest open access publication!

Michael, Richard, and Claire have recently published in Theory and Society on the construction of "institutional fiefdoms" within a strategic action field. Link below!

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Hybrid Coping: The Impact of Covid‐19 on Social Enterprise Resilience This article explores the impact of Covid-19 on nonprofit resilience, utilizing the UK social enterprise ecosystem as the area of focus. The article engages the theoretical concepts of organizational...

Looking for some lunchtime reading? Richard and Claire have recently published an open-access article in Nonprofit Management & Leadership! This article looks at the role of hybridity in ensuring social enterprise resilience during COVID-19

#academicsky

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For more information or inquires about research partnerships, contact ISII-Research@northampton.ac.uk

Eco-Creative Pedagogies: Training the Next Generation of Teachers on Green Skills and Resilience

Delighted to share that both Ecem and Richard from ISII have successful secured British Council funding for a project focused on training the next generation of teachers in both the UK and Turkey! Follow the link for more information!

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For more information or inquires about research partnerships, contact ISII-Research@northampton.ac.uk

We were delighted to host visitors from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS at the University of Northampton. We discussed opportunities for collaborative research and look forward to developing our partnership in the future!

#Socialimpact #SDGs #Researchsky #academicsky #impact

As we return to the office we want to wish everyone a Happy New Year from all of us at ISII!

Children’s world-making practices as peacebuilders in the community The vulnerabilities of children are compounded by the impacts proceeding armed conflict, but they are often not involved as citizens in peacebuilding efforts. Consequently, the participation of chi...

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Our team has recently published a new article on the benefits of using the arts and creating new cultural artifacts to promote intergenerational dialogue within a peacebuilding context! Available here:

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#academicsky #polsky #artsresearch

ISII’s British Council funded Gender Equality Partnership held a policy roundtable at Binus University in Malang, Indonesia. The event brought together female entrepreneurs and key support organisations, to discuss the challenges facing women in starting their own businesses

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For more information or inquires about research partnerships, contact ISII-Research@northampton.ac.u

‘We need the activists to be more entrepreneurial’: Global versus local modes of thought on the development of social enterprise support systems in transitioning economies As the processes of market liberalization and globalization increase the confidence of international actors involved in national third sectors, there exists a cosmopolitan tension between ‘mobile eli...

Does the Westernisation of the international third sector keep you up at night?

We recently published a paper on the 'cosmopolitan' tension between 'mobile elites' and 'locked in nationals' in Poland and Vietnam

Open access as always!

#academicsky #polsky

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Start your weekend the right way by sharing your first published paper!

For Michael it was working Richard on community-led social innovation in Vietnam, open access link below ⬇️

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Our research leader, Claire, is attending the NAYJ 2024 Annual Seminar today at Manchester Hall to hear about future direction in youth justice. Check out the NAYJ open-access book that explores these areas

#NAYJ #ChildFirst #Crimsky #Academicsky

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For more information or inquires about research partnerships, contact ISII-Research@northampton.ac.uk

Last week Jennifer appeared at the Participation, People, and Power in Data and AI conference at @liverpooluni.bsky.social presenting the "PROBable" Futures project to attendees and our development of an experimental oversight committee for AI, which engages the community

#AIsky #Academicsky

Yesterday, we were with local heritage groups workshopping theories of change!

From helping local communities to tell their stories, giving students hands-on opportunities to explore the counties history, to giving our artists a platform, our heritage seems to be in good hands! #academicsky

For more information or inquires about research partnerships, contact ISII-Research@northampton.ac.uk

‘If I wasn’t a project manager, I’d look at it differently’: the impact of formality and accountability on entrepreneurial action within educational outreach programmes This presented study explores the ongoing Uni Connect Programme run by the UK government to widen participation among underrepresented young people. The research focused on one specific local autho...

Finding new ways to engage with underrepresented students means thinking creatively. Sometimes, though, institutional limitations can restrict that creativity.

Michael and Ecem looked at how formality and accountability affect educational outreach.

#academicsky

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For more information or inquires about research partnerships, contact ISII-Research@northampton.ac.uk

Interested in how ethical review can be applied to responsible #AI in #Policing?

Collaborating with Northumbria University and the University of Glasgow, ISII looked at the role of the community, communication, and the effectiveness of review.

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For more information or inquiries about research partnerships contact: ISII-Research@northampton.ac.uk

Enhancing agency and empowering young people: The transformative impact of social and emotional learning programmes Over thirteen million people in the UK are currently living in poverty, and over four million are children (Department for Work and Pensions, 2022; Ch…

In a recent publication, Claire, Ecem, Emma, and Richard showcased how the development of social and emotional skills can translate into tangible and powerful change for young people.

#youthjustice #academia

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