Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales - CRISES

Name

Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales - CRISES

Legal name

Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (CRISES)

Website

https://crises.uqam.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional funding: CRISES receives funding as an institutional research center affiliated with UQAM, with additional funding from research grants from agencies such as CRSH (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council), FRQ-SC (Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture), European Commission, and municipal government partnerships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CRISES is a university-affiliated research centre that produces, disseminates, and mobilizes scientific knowledge on social innovations. It conducts interdisciplinary research across four axes (work and employment; social and collective organizations; territories and living environments; social policies and practices) and delivers publications, working papers, a research database (CRADDEL), seminars, and research services for academic, governmental, and community audiences.

Product overview

CRISES is an interunstitutional and multidisciplinary research center affiliated with UQAM and the Université du Québec system. The center operates as a research coordination hub rather than a product company, organizing its activities around four research axes (Work/Employment, Social Organizations, Territories, and Social Policies). Its core offerings include the Cahiers du CRISES working paper series for publishing research, a relational database of social innovation case studies, international and student colloquia for knowledge dissemination, and participatory research methodologies like the Ateliers des savoirs partagés. CRISES also produces thematic publications on topics including food security, rural revitalization, epistemic justice, and ecological transition through its member researchers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CRADDEL — Centre de documentation et d'archive sur les innovations sociales

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution and primary affiliated university. CRISES is institutionally attached to the Faculty of Human Sciences (FSH) and the School of Management Sciences (ESG) at UQAM. The center is headquartered at Pavillon Saint-Denis on the UQAM campus.
• Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through shared membership of researchers including Pierre-André Tremblay. UQAC researchers participate in CRISES research activities and the Ateliers des savoirs partagés project.
• Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThomas Collombat serves as deputy director of CRISES. UQO researchers contribute to the Travail et emploi research axis.
• TÉLUQ (Université à distance)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiane-Gabrielle Tremblay serves as responsible for partner university relations within CRISES through her position at TÉLUQ.
• HEC MontréalsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution contributing researchers to CRISES network.
• Université LavalsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution contributing researchers to CRISES network.
• Université de MontréalsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution. CRISES researchers including Isabelle Ruelland are affiliated with Université de Montréal.
• Université de SherbrookesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution in the CRISES interuniversity network.
• Concordia UniversitysecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution in the CRISES interuniversity network.
• Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution in the CRISES interuniversity network.
• Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution in the CRISES interuniversity network.
• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner institution in the CRISES interuniversity network.
• PhiLab - Canadian Partnership Research Network on PhilanthropycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJean-Marc Fontan co-directs this research network based at UQAM and associated with CRISES. The network examines the social impact of philanthropic action, foundation governance, and civil society relationships.
• Chaire de recherche UQAM sur la transition écologiquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed by René Audet, this research chair is associated with CRISES and focuses on ecological transition discourse analysis, collaborative research methods, and local transition experiments.
• Parole d'excluEscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity organization in north Montréal specializing in poverty reduction and social exclusion. CRISES has multiple research partnerships including epistemic justice projects, COVID-19 community impact studies, and collaborative knowledge production.
• La TransformerieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity organization reducing food waste by creating solutions for unsold produce from grocery stores, with environmental education outreach.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Chantier de l'économie sociale: Quebec-wide network coordinating the social economy ecosystem. Comparable to CRISES as a key Quebec actor in social economy research and policy advocacy, frequently cited alongside CRISES publications.
• RIPESS (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy): Global network coordinating research, policy advocacy, and practitioner engagement around the social solidarity economy. Comparable to CRISES in subject matter (social economy research) though structured as an international advocacy/research network.
• IRIS - Institut de recherche et d'informations socio-économiques: Quebec-based independent research institute producing socio-economic analysis and policy research. Comparable to CRISES as a Montreal-based social research actor producing policy-relevant work for civil society audiences.
• EMES International Research Network: International academic research network studying social enterprise and the social economy across Europe and globally. Highly comparable as a peer research infrastructure producing theoretical frameworks on social innovation.
• Observatoire québécois de l'économie sociale: Quebec observatory producing data and research on the social economy. Highly comparable to CRISES given overlapping subject matter on social economy measurement and analysis in Quebec.
• PhiLab - Canadian Partnership Research Network on Philanthropy: UQAM-based research network co-directed by a CRISES emeritus member studying philanthropy, foundation governance, and civil society. Directly comparable given shared academic research model, UQAM affiliation, and social-economy focus.
• TIESS (Territoires d'innovations sociales et solidaires): Quebec-based R&D organization focused on social innovation and the social solidarity economy. Highly comparable to CRISES given overlapping research axes (social economy, territorial development) and similar action-research methodology with community organizations.
• Centre for Social Innovation, University of Waterloo: Canadian university-based centre focused on social innovation research and impact measurement. Comparable to CRISES as a Canadian academic hub for social innovation scholarship with similar mandate around community-academic engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA): National Canadian policy research institute producing left-leaning social and economic policy analysis. Comparable to CRISES as an independent social-policy research voice serving civil society, though broader in scope than social innovation specifically.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LeCRISES
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCda7OeBtUD81V6vsiZnbPOg/videos?view_as=subscriber
• Facebookfacebook.com/CRISESuqam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-de-recherche-sur-les-innovations-sociales-crises

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Profiles4 records

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