31.10.2024

Social Justice Innovation in Africa

The book Social Justice Innovation in Africa, edited by Viljam Engström, Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso and Laura Stark, has been recently published by Routledge. It is also available as an open access book.

In the twenty-first century, social innovation and entrepreneurship have attracted renewed attention as a way of promoting social justice and addressing challenges of poverty and inequality. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach by drawing on perspectives from human rights, economics, business, development studies and anthropology, the book illustrates the entangled relationship between societal areas and activities, as well as different actors in social innovation and discusses the potential of social innovation in the pursuit of social justice in Africa.

The book is an outcome of a joint project by Åbo Akademi University and the University of Jyväskylä within the Finland-Africa Platform for Innovation (FAPI) network, supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland. FAPI works to promote research collaboration between Finnish and African higher education research institutions through facilitating researcher mobility and interdisciplinary research exchange.

Book launch

An official book launch will take place on Tuesday, 3 December 2024, at 15:00-16:30 (local time, EET) and is in hybrid format. No registration required.

Programme:

15:00 Presentation of the FAPI collaboration (Åbo Akademi University and University of Jyväskylä)

15:15 Presentations by authors (online)
• Sidy Lamine Bagayoko
• Sharon Hofisi
• Anne Kotonya
• Nicolas Mugabi
• Ntando Ndlovu and Arthur van Coller

16:00 Commentary by Lauri Hooli (University of Turku)

Discussion

Venue: Åbo Akademi, Aurum, Chromium (AUR-A316), Henriksgatan 2, Turku/Åbo
Zoom link for participating online is here.

Contact: Viljam Engström, Head of research at Åbo Akademi University School of Law, viljam.engstrom@abo.fi

Download the book launch flyer

The book is available open access here