Silvia Sacchetti

Silvia received her PhD from the University of Birmingham (UK). After ten years of academic experience in UK universities, she joined the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento (Italy) as Associate Professor of Political Economy. She also collaborates with EURICSE, the European Research Center on Cooperatives and Social Enterprise. Her research focuses on social economy organizations, as well as the role of creativity and individual motivations within organizations and local economies. She acts as Co-Chief Editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity at EURICSE, and as Board member of the European Management Journal. She is a member of EMES and the European Research Board of the International Cooperative Alliance. Her publications include many journal articles and books. Recently, she took part in the special issue of the Review of Social Economy on workplace democracy (2020, Vol. 28, Issue 3) by authoring an article on “The ‘protective function’ of social enterprises” along with colleagues Ermanno Tortia and Vladislav Valentinov.