Annals of Social & Solidarity Economy

Aims and Scope

The mission of the Annals of Social & Solidarity Economy is to promote research and reflection on the role of the social and solidarity economy in sustainable development, social justice, and economic governance. The topics covered include:

• Theoretical and historical foundations of SSE: evolution of concepts, institutional framework, critical and interdisciplinary approaches to the social and solidarity economy.
• Social entrepreneurship and social innovation: studies on the creation and management of social enterprises, social innovation incubators, hybrid financing and organizational models.
• Cooperatives, associations, and mutuals: governance dynamics, economic and social performance, collective management, and democratic participation.
• Public policies and SSE: role of states, local authorities, and international institutions in supporting, regulating, and promoting the social and solidarity economy.
• Territorial development and SSE: local initiatives, cooperative clusters, short supply chains, solidarity tourism, and community resilience strategies.
• Solidarity finance and impact investing: microfinance, ethical finance, impact investment funds, and the role of cooperative and mutual banks.
• Work, employment, and SSE: professional integration, inclusion of women and youth, rural employment, new forms of collective work, and social protection.
• Sustainability and ecological transition: SSE’s contribution to environmental policies, circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and energy transition.
• International comparisons: cross-national studies on SSE in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia; analyses of similarities and specificities of models.
• Institutional frameworks and governance: role of public-private partnerships, cooperation between public and private actors, international regulation.

This thematic diversity makes the journal a privileged space for publishing theoretical, empirical, qualitative, quantitative, and interdisciplinary research, enriching debates around alternative and solidarity-based economic models.