Publications
Ferreira, S. (2018) “Empresas sociais e economia solidária: fronteiras e oportunidades”, Jornal Vez e Voz, ANIMAR.
Ferreira, S., Almeida, J. (2021). “Social Enterprises in Portugal: Concepts, contexts and models” in Social Enterprise in western Europe, Routledge.
Petrella, F., Richez-Battesti, N., Solórzano-García, M., Ferreira, S. (2021). “Social enterprises in France, Portugal and Spain: between path dependence and institutional creation?” in Social Enterprise in western Europe, Routledge.
Ferreira, S. (2021) “A Variedade das Empresas Sociais em Portugal: das Trajetórias Institucionais às Características Organizacionais”, Revista Economia Social, 12 (Abril), CASES – Cooperativa António Sérgio para a Economia Social (ler aqui)
Ferreira, S. (2021) “As empresas sociais em Portugal: aspetos organizacionais e institucionais”, Revista Focus Social – Revista de Economia Social, n. 21 (Junho), Porto: EAPN Portugal/Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza.
Pinto, H., Ferreira, S., & Guerreiro, J. A. (2021). The emergence of a Social Innovation Ecosystem in Portugal: An exploratory approach based on the perspective of strategic stakeholders. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 6(2), 15-34. Retrieved from https://pub.sinnergiak.org/esir/article/view/154
Videos
Dissemination Videos: see here
Events
Organisation of meetings and conferences
1. Co-organisation of TIMES/Centro de Estudos Cooperativos e da Economia Social do workshop “Empresas sociais: conceitos, contextos e investigação”, FEUC, Coimbra, 04 a 04 de Outubro de 2018. (https://times.ces.uc.pt/?p=338)
2. Organisation of International Coloquium “What are social enterprises and how are they contributing to tackle social and societal challenges?”, online 27-29 April 2021 (https://times.ces.uc.pt/?p=831)
Communications in international scientific meetings
1. Silvia Ferreira & Joana Almeida, “Social Enterprises in Portugal: Concepts, contexts and models”, 2nd WG1 Meeting “Towards an international typology of social enterprise models: Progress, perspectives and common trends”, Budapest, Hungary, 16-17/01/2019.
http://www.empowerse.eu/events/2nd-wg1-foundations-meeting/
2. Silvia Ferreira, “Social enterprise contested boundaries in Portugal”, 7th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, org. EMES, FSI and CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University, 24- 27/07/2019. https://emes.net/events/conferences/7th-emes-international-research-conferenceon-social-enterprise/
3. Patrícia Moura e Sá & Joana Almeida, “Trajectories and characteristics of social enterprise models in Portugal”, 7th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, org. EMES, FSI and CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University, 24-27/07/2019. https://emes.net/events/conferences/7themes-international-research-conference-on-social-enterprise/
4. Hugo Pinto & Luara Maranhão, “The social enterprise ecosystem in Portugal”, 7th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, org. EMES, FSI and CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University, 24-27/07/2019. https://emes.net/events/conferences/7th-emes-international-researchconference- on-social-enterprise/
5. Sílvia Ferreira, “The legal recognition of social enterprises in Portugal”, Meeting “Towards an enabling ecosystem for social enterprises”, University of Bucharest, 12-13/02/2020. http://www.empowerse.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1WG3_Ecosystems_PrelProgram_v4.pdf
6. Sílvia Ferreira, Case study presentation “The DansasAparte Movement, of CERCIMA”, 3rd WG2 Research Workshop on “Unlocking the transformative potential of culture and the arts through SE”, University of Malta, 4-5/11/2020. http://www.empowerse.eu/events/3rd-wg-2-research-workshopon-unlocking-the-transformative-potential-of-culture-and-the-arts/
7. Sílvia Ferreira, “Portuguese social enterprises institutional trajectories in tackling social and societal challenges”, Virtual Conference of International Society for Third Sector Research, 12- 15/07/2021. https://www.istr.org/page/Virtual_2021
8. Sílvia Ferreira & Hugo Pinto, “O ecossistema das empresas sociais em Portugal: fatores facilitadores e constrangedores do desenvolvimento de diferentes modelos de empresa social”, do XIV Luso-Afro- Brasilian Congresso of Social Sciences, Online, 15-17/09/2021.https://ailpcsh.org/conlab2020#26528
9. Sílvia Ferreira, “Social enterprises’ social innovation in Portugal: a strategic relational approach to tackling social and societal challenges”, 8th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise“, org. EMES, COST e University of Zaragoza, Teruel, 4-8/10/2021. https://emes.net/events/conferences/8th-emes-international-research-conference-on-socialenterprise/
10. Pedro Fidalgo (2021) “Arts and Culture social enterprises tackling social and societal challenges in Portugal”, 8th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, org. EMES, COST e University of Zaragoza, Teruel, 4-8/10/2021. https://emes.net/events/conferences/8th-emesinternational-research-conference-on-social-enterprise/
Communications in national scientific meetings
1. Silvia Ferreira & Joana Almeida, “Empresas sociais: uma reflexão conceptual e contextual da realidade portuguesa” 2º Encontro Anual de Economia Política: democracia, desenvolvimento, desigualdade, FEUC, 31/01-2/02/2019. https://apeconomiapolitica.wixsite.com/inicio/singlepost/ 2018/05/29/2%C2%BAEncontro-Anual-de-Economia-Pol%C3%ADtica-democraciadesenvolvimento-
desigualdade
2. Sílvia Ferreira, “Fronteiras e sentidos contestados das empresas sociais no contexto das transformações do Estado de bem-estar e do Welfare mix em Portugal”, Conference of ESPANET Portugal, FLUP, 13-14/09/2019. https://espanet-2019.eventqualia.net/pt/2019/inicio/
3. Sílvia Ferreira; Michaela Giovannini & Pedro Fidalgo, “O que são empresas sociais em Portugal? Abordagem multidimensional das organizações nas suas trajetórias e contextos institucionais”, XI Congresso Português de Sociologia, Org. ESPP/ISCTE-IUL e ICS-ULisboa, 29-31/03/2021. https://aps.pt/pt/xi-congresso-portugues-de-sociologia/
Participation in practitioners meetings
2018 – Talk “Empresas Sociais e Economia Social Cooperação vs Competição?”, at XII MANIFESTA, Org. ANIMAR, Penacova, 19-21 october.
2021 – Participation in workshop “Organizações e empresas sociais: afinal o que somos?”, in the context of the Conferences on Social Economy of the European Capital of Social Economy, Cascais. Org. CASES, Portuguese Presidency of EU, Municipality of Cascais, Cascais Social Network and Faculty of Economics of University of Coimbra. https://times.ces.uc.pt/?p=815