Boosting social and community-driven entrepreneurship for the transition to an inclusive and sustainable society

 

 

Welcome to Scentiss. We are a Dutch research consortium working on scaling strategies and strong ecosystems for social and community-driven entrepreneurs (SCEs).   

 

It is our firm belief that social entrepreneurship and community-driven initiatives and collectives can make essential contributions to the realization of societal transitions such as the energy transition and system change in local care. But we also already identified a lot of impediments to scaling of SCE practices and innovations. On our project website, we will keep you posted on the progress of Scentiss. 

Agenda

March 2025

Tue 18 / 9.00 am

Scentiss Consortium Meeting in Groningen

November 2025

Mon 3 / 7.30 am - Fri 7

EMES International Research Conference in Rotterdam and Utrecht.

DELIVERING IMPACT THROUGH:

Research

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Science- driven results

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Innovative solutions

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Scalable initiatives

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Actionable strategies

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Cases

Nederland Zorgt voor Elkaar

National network for welfare, housing and care

Nederland Zorgt Voor Elkaar is the Dutch national network of local initiatives in welfare, housing and care.

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News

Call for proposals EMES conference

27.01.2025

Scentiss will take the stage at the international EMES Research Conference in November 2025. The call for proposals is now open!

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Partners

‘Showing your net positive impact is key for social and community enterprises. But how to measure this? Increased uniformity could boost impact measurement practices.’

Maarten Hogenstijn

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

‘Collaboration with small and medium sized (family) firms could be an efficient way of scaling social enterprises: together they can create more positive impact!’

Claudia van Orden

Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

‘The rise of social entrepreneurship is as much about new ways to do business as it is about breaking old business habits.’

Martijn Arnoldus

Social Finance Matters and Utrecht University

‘Social enterprises and government procurement are a match made in heaven, but not yet in practice. More selective and sustainable purchasing are needed to reduce the existing gap.’

Fredo Schotanus

Utrecht University