There have been seven successful editions of the EMES Training Schools so far held at the University of Corsica (France) in 2008; Roskilde University (Denmark) in 2010, the University of Trento (Italy) in 2012; West University of Timișoara (Romania) in 2014; Glasgow Caledonian University in Glasgow (UK) in 2016; Aix-Marseille University in Aix-Provence (France) in 2018 and in a blended learning format led by University College Cork (Ireland) online in 2020 and face-to-face in Teruel in 2021. The eighth edition will be held at the University of Seville (Spain) in 20-23 June 2022.

Some 300 PhD candidates and early career researchers (ERC) from over 40 countries have participated in these unique learning events. ERC and PhDs constitute a central part of EMES as shown by the special membership category for PhD students, the seat reserved for PhD students in the EMES Board of Directors, and various concrete outputs. Some of these outputs include: the publication of a PhD Reader, the launching of an EMES PhD Student Network in 2008, the creation of the dedicated EMES Junior Experts Blog in 2011, the creation of an active Facebook group, and the EMES Alumni Network.

PhD students coming from different disciplinary backgrounds (such as sociology, management, economics, political sciences, and so on) whose research projects are connected to this field are welcome to apply for this summer school. Individual research projects can target SEs’ organizational level as well as the context in which these SEs are embedded (social, political, economic or cultural backgrounds).

EMES and the University of Seville (US) jointly organise the 8EMESschool aimed at researchers at early career levels, PhDs or completing Masters program who are attracted to conduct research in the wide fields of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise, social economy and solidarity economy (the “SE field”). 

More information at https://emes.net/training-education/phd-summer-schools/the-key-role-of-social-enterprises-and-the-social-and-solidarity-economy-in-post-pandemic-societies/