Sami Huohvanainen’s scientific contributions

Coordinated by: Nikolay A. Dentchev ii Social Entrepreneurship and Vulnerable Groups ERMIScom project "Common curricula for diversity: education in media and integration of vulnerable groups", has been financed within the framework of Erasmus+ program (KA2-Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education, Nr 2020-1-EL01-KA203-078981). The Project has developed open online educational material (seven digital books) for a master's degree program regarding media and integration of vulnerable groups, in English language.

Social Entrepreneurship constitutes a crucial driver of social innovation (Hall, Matos, Sheehan, & Silvestre, 2012). This is due to the fact that social entrepreneurs use creative business models to resolve social and environmental challenges (Evans et al., 2017). By doing so, they develop much-needed innovations for contemporary societies, positively impacting vulnerable social groups. The term vulnerable social groups refers to divergent groups of people who remain at risk of poverty or social exclusion due to different factors (e.g., physical disabilities) and backgrounds (e.g., substance abuse, past criminal convictions). In line with the above, entrepreneurial solutions targeting vulnerable groups might contribute to alleviating societal issues. Therefore, this book embraces both social entrepreneurship and vulnerable social groups by means of 14 chapters that provide ideas useful for entrepreneurship education. Under the leadership of the VUB Chair of Social Entrepreneurship, the ERMIScom consortium presents this book with course material for the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching levels. With this trend in mind, the consortium of Erasmus+ project ERMIScom asset out as one of its intellectual outputs the development of an undergraduate course on social entrepreneurship.