Elena Barison

Background

About Elena Barison

Currently, I am working in the research area at AICCON - University of Bologna. My main interests are impact assessment, impact finance, social innovation. I hold a bachelor's degree in Psychology (with academic honors) and a Master of Science in Management for Social Economy (with academic honors). I worked as a researcher at the University of Bologna. My main research interests were European collaboration for education on social economy, innovative educational approaches for social economy, and improving cooperation between the university and social economy stakeholders. I had working experience in the Netherlands. My focus was on mentoring and student mentoring programs. I was involved in international community-building for mentoring, involving stakeholders, NGOs, social enterprises, corporations, research institutes and decision-makers. I also developed mentoring programmes with a focus on internationalization in higher education. Then, I worked as an innovation consultant in EU Horizon projects. I was busy with communication and dissemination in EU Horizon projects, and business planning for innovative sustainable products.