Project partners

The University of Bologna - Department of Management is MIG.EN.CUBE's project leader.

The University of Bologna was founded in 1088. It is one of the most renowned and prestigious universities across Europe and the most populated university community in Italy.

MIG.EN.CUBE is carried out at the Department of Management, by the researchers belonging to the "Strategy and Entrepreneurship", "Innovation Management" and "Yunus Social Business Centre" groups. 

The staff participating to the project have research and teaching expertise in the domain of entrepreneurship, innovation, intercultural management, and migration, and in-depth experience in project management: Dr. Daniela Bolzani (Principal Investigator), Prof. Federica Bandini (research), Prof. Rosa Grimaldi (research), Prof. Laura Toschi (research), and Dr. Francesca Regoli (project management).

Fondazione Grameen Italia (FGRAM) is a private, independent, non-profit organization that works to achieve social goals oriented towards the promotion of Microcredit Grameen model and Social Business. Specifically, it works as the first and only center in Italy dedicated to studying and replicating microcredit programs based on the Grameen Bank methodology, created by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. FGRAM was born in 2010 in Bologna (Italy) thanks to a cooperation between the University of Bologna, the UniCredit Foundation and the Grameen Trust. 

FGRAM’s main objectives are to:

1. Facilitate entrepreneurial development through microcredit support;

2. Develop and disseminate financial education;

3. Support the development of social impact-oriented businesses and projects. To achieve these objectives, FGRAM carries out studies and feasibility analyses of entrepreneurial projects to achieve business planning, provides financial education courses, and carries out studies for social impact assessment. 

The staff involved in MIG.EN.CUBE includes Giulia Maselli (project operational manager) and Prof. Giuseppe Torluccio.

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) was established in 1642 and is the largest university in the Netherlands. UvA is a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and one of the top research universities in Europe. It has over 30,000 full time learners and more than 5000 staff. The Amsterdam Business School – ABS (part of the Economics and Business Faculty) has a high quality research output, publishing in high impact factor journals (>100 publications in category A and B journals annually), and contributes to editorial boards of highly renowned periodicals. This performance has recently been rewarded with the highly prestigious Triple Crown (ACSB/AMBA/EQUIS) accreditation. Accredited by AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS, Amsterdam Business School is part of a select group with a 'Triple Crown'. Worldwide, only 1% of all business schools/faculties with business programmes (approximately 14,000) have managed to achieve this prestigious status.

The staff involved in MIG.EN.CUBE includes Dr. Vittoria Scalera (local project coordinator) and Ornella Lupoi (research assistance).

Impact Hub Amsterdam inspires, connects and enables entrepreneurial solutions to societal challenges, accelerating the transition to a sustainable society and economy. 

Since 2008, it has helped more than a thousand entrepreneurs to start, grow and scale their impact business. This is possible through building a strong network, organising events, hosting a collaborative working space, and running a series of accelerator programmes.

Impact Hub Amsterdam is part of the Impact Hub network of 17,000 entrepreneurs and innovators in 102+ locations worldwide in 50+ countries spanning five continents.

The staff involved in MIG.EN.CUBE comprises Manon Klein (local project coordinator), Tatiana Glad (project lead, strategy), Rutger de Rijk (field implementation and research) and Daniëlle Roosen (project management).

Since 1967, the mission of Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG) has been to train and support individuals who, through their ideas and worldviews, will imagine, build and drive change and new business models. To achieve this, the ISG relies on its research and pedagogy. It is supported by a network of 160 partner universities in 56 countries and a network of 21,000 graduates. The ISG welcomes 3,500 students every year on its 8 campuses located in France (Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nantes) and abroad (Geneva).

The proposed educational experience is international, cosmopolitan and multidisciplinary. Thanks to a faculty whose innovation and entrepreneurship are the focus of its research program, the ISG is part of its tradition of supporting student successes with singular personalities and built to imagine ingenious solutions, whatever the situation and the constraints to overcome. “Entrepreneurship” is one of the axes of differentiation of the ISG in its market.

The staff involved in MIG.EN.CUBE comprises Prof. Rosana Silveira Reis (Local project coordinator), Prof. Didier Calcei (scientific committee), Prof. Najoua Boufaden (scientific committee) and Florian Monteiro (project management).

Place is a Paris-based start-up that unlocks the hidden opportunities of newcomer talent in Europe and matches it with economic actors in the areas of entrepreneurship, employment and higher education.

To do this they work in three areas of activitiy: 

1. Programs to accelerate the professional development of high potential migrants and refugees in the areas of entrepreneurship, business and employment, media and the arts, and public leadership
2. Innovation labs to accelerate migrants and refugees participants towards a specific goal for their economic integration
3. Storytelling aimed at creating and diffusing contents on the role of migration in the future of work. 

The staff involved in MIG.EN.CUBE comprises Shawgi Ahmed (local project coordinator) and Michele Caleffi (financial and administrative support). 

Located in Brussels, MPG’s mission is to contribute to lasting and positive change resulting in open and inclusive societies by stimulating well informed European debate and action on migration, equality and diversity, and enhancing European cooperation between and amongst governmental agencies, civil society organisations and the private sector.

MPG articulates this mission through four primary activities focused on harnessing the advantages of migration, equality and diversity and responding effectively to their challenges:

1. Gathering, analysing and sharing information
2. Creating opportunities for dialogue and mutual learning
3. Mobilising and engaging stakeholders in policy debates
4. Establishing, inspiring and managing expert networks.

The staff involved in MIG.EN.CUBE is represented by Dr. Giacomo Solano (local project coordinator) and Olivia Long (project operative management).

Impact Hub is a globally connected, locally rooted network of and for social entrepreneurs and innovators. Currently it is present in 101 different cities worldwide, with 94 Open Impact Hubs, and further 10 Hubs in the making. Together, this community serves more than 20 million people around the globe. 

Our European community consists of around 7,700 members, from various fields. In addition, all European Impact Hubs reach over 100,000 other changemakers and innovators a year through our varied programs, events and reach out activities. All European Impact Hub dealing with EU programmes have created the EU Cluster of the IH Network. The EU  Cluster has three main roles: propose a strategic approach to EU Funds, creates opportunities and channels of dissemination and promotion of our European Activities and activate European Impact Hubs to react with their expertise to thematic policy and strategic issues. The EU Cluster since two years has coordinated both the submission of proposals and the implementation of approved one, offering not only supervision but also spaces, tools, and support for the implementation and dissemination of the projects.

The staff involved in MIG.EN.CUBE is represented by Marina Sarli (local project coordinator) and Justin Lyle (quality management).