RESEARCH GROUP IT1711-22
Research Group “Gizarte Ekonomia eta bere Zuzenbidea”, IT1711-22, Basque Government (2022-2025)
MEMBERS: Adrian López Bueno, Aitor Bengoetxea Alkorta (Principal Researcher), Aitziber Etxezarreta Etxarri, Anjel Errasti Amozarrain, Aratz Soto Gorrotxategi, Artitzar Erauskin Tolosa, Enekoitz Etxezarreta Etxarri, Eusebio Lasa Altuna, Jon Morandeira Arca, Jon Las Heras Cuenca, Julen Izagirre Olaizola, Mikel Imaz Bengoetxea, Mirene Begiristain Zubillaga
COWORKERS: Xabier Itçaina, Ignacio Bretos Fernández, Orestes Rodríguez Musa, Jorge Torres Ortega
As its name indicates, the common line of research of the members is the social economy and its law. Our lines of research are those addressed by GEZKI (www.gezki.eus): Democracy and workers' participation in the enterprise; Social and solidarity economy and social innovation; Governance and law of social economy institutions; Public policies for the promotion of social economy; Globalization and internationalization of cooperatives; and Sustainable urban development and social economy.
In addition, in this call we want to expand our team to another four people with whom we are currently working. With these four proposals we intend to broaden the scope, since Xabier Itçaina is at the University of Bordeaux, Ignacio Bretos at the University of Zaragoza, Orestes Rodríguez at the University of Pinar del Río in Cuba (specialist in cooperative law), and Jorge Torres at the USACH University in Santiago de Chile.
The social economy, as we do within GEZKI, we want to approach it from different angles, law and economics in particular. That is why we present ourselves as an interdisciplinary research group, convinced that this brings added value to our research work. We observe the characteristics that the organization of the social economy separates from the capitalist business model. It focuses mainly on the analysis of the characteristic elements of democratic organizations based on participation and self-formation. We analyze the three sections of participation: capital, decisions and profits. From the legal point of view, we analyze how to associate the principle of self-formation made possible by cooperative law to the concept of "decent work" in the International Labor Organization.
With regard to the external dynamics of social economy organizations, it is a question of how they are integrated into the local development of their territory. Thus, from the point of view of social innovation, we focus on the innovative models of governance and entrepreneurship that these organizations generate in the territory. Secondly, an analysis of the public policies used by public institutions to promote social economy experiences is carried out. And thirdly, at a more global level, we carry out a critical analysis of how social economy institutions have carried out their internationalization processes. At the same time, we analyze the body of law specific to this economic model. The law appropriate to the promotion and development of the social economy. From the legal point of view, the Social Economy Law of the Spanish State (5/2011, March 29) has been a milestone worldwide. This Law, for the first time, defines the characteristics of the social economy and lists the entities that make up this economic sector.
Although cooperative law has a long tradition, although the cooperative is a fundamental component of the social economy, we are going to analyze other figures (those of Law 5/2011): labor companies, mutual benefit societies, special employment centers, insertion companies, associations and foundations. The framework of collaboration of this interdisciplinary group is, therefore, determined by the object of research itself, the social economy. But at the same time, as all members of the research team are members of GEZKI, we participate jointly in various initiatives that are developed within the activity of the Institute. For example, within the framework of the Official Master in Social Economy and Solidarity Economy of the UPV/EHU, developed by the GEZKI Institute, we have jointly written countless publications and communications, and we have collaborated in numerous research projects and contracts.
LASTEST PROJECTS BY GEZKI RESEARCHERS
Public policies to promote the social economy
- La cuestión de la vivienda: tensiones en el mercado, desigualdades socio-especiales y vulnerabilidad residencial en ciudades del sur de España (VIVIENDIGNA)
El proyecto VIVIENDIGNA aborda la problemática de la vivienda en las ciudades del sur de España analizando cómo las tensiones del mercado inmobiliario —como el aumento de precios, la escasez de oferta asequible o la presión turística— están generando crecientes desigualdades socioespaciales y situaciones de vulnerabilidad residencial; en este contexto, el estudio examina cómo estas dinámicas afectan de manera desigual a distintos grupos sociales y territorios, profundizando en fenómenos como la segregación urbana, la precariedad habitacional o el riesgo de exclusión, con el objetivo de comprender mejor las causas estructurales del problema y aportar evidencias que permitan diseñar políticas públicas orientadas a garantizar el acceso a una vivienda digna y reducir las desigualdades en el entorno urbano.
Social and solidarity economy and social innovation
Análisis de las estrategias de escalamiento y trabajo en red de los proyectos de Economía Solidaria y Social Transformadora
Este artículo analiza las estrategias de escalamiento de las organizaciones de la Economía Solidaria y Social Transformadora (ESST) en Hego Euskal Herria, interpretando sus estrategias e incentivos para el crecimiento desde una perspectiva comunitaria. Además, el análisis de las estrategias de escalamiento de estas organizaciones incorpora la variable de pertenencia a las diferentes redes de ESST, estableciendo conexiones intencionales entre las estrategias de escalamiento y de trabajo en red. Entre los principales resultados, se han propuesto cuatro lógicas de escalamiento organizadas en función de las comunidades objetivo a las que se dirigen. Finalmente, el estudio intenta situar las lógicas de escalamiento detectadas en las organizaciones de ESST en el paradigma de la “suficiencia”.
