EDITORIAL POLICY 2024-2025

CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa (CIRIEC journal of public, social and cooperative economy) will prioritise the publication of articles on the following subjects:

  • Social Economy and public-private partnership in public health, education and care services.
  • Current status and trends in research on social economy, cooperativism, third sector and social enterprises.
  • Artificial intelligence, new forms of work, digital security and social economy.
  • Ecological transition, energy co-operatives and energy communities.
  • Public policies for the promotion of cooperativism and the Social Economy: from the European Action Plan for the Social Economy to the Spanish Social Economy Strategy and regional promotion plans.
  • The role and impact of the Social Economy on local development and territorial ecosystems.
  • The modification of the state laws on Social Economy, cooperatives and insertion enterprises.
  • The Social Economy in figures: statistical challenges and methodologies. National and international studies.
  • The life cycle of Social Economy enterprises and entities: survival, generational change, tensions and transformation.
  • Training and education in Social Economy and Cooperativism. Teaching innovation and promotion of the cooperative culture in a context of digital transformation.
  • The Social Economy and economic recovery and reconstruction policies. Next Generation Funds: opportunities and operationalisation.
  • The Social Economy and ecological transition: sustainable development and circular economy
  • The Social Economy and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
  • Social Economy and digital transition: platform cooperativism, collaborative economy and social innovation in the fourth industrial revolution.
  • The Social Economy, the rural world and depopulation.
  • Social Economy, youth, entrepreneurship and university.
  • New theories and approaches on Social Economy, Solidarity Economy, Third Sector and Social Enterprises.
  • Relationship of Social Economy with Social Innovation, CSR, Economy for the Common Good and social entrepreneurship.
  • Evaluation of the social and economic impact of the social economy. Monetisation of social value. Theories and empirical results.
  • Internationalisation of the social economy and transnational cooperatives.
  • History of cooperativism and the social economy.
  • Proximity economy and social economy.
  • Emerging social economy organisations.
  • Social Economy, gender and women.
  • Economic and legal obstacles to the creation and development of cooperatives and social economy enterprises.
  • New forms of volunteering and philanthropy.
  • The Social Economy and the third sector in the face of poverty and social exclusion.