STREAM 7
Social innovation and global majorities

People of the global majority constitute over 80% of the world’s population. Identifying as Black, Asian, Brown and/or dual heritage, such individuals may be indigenous to the global south and/or reside and be referred to as “ethnic minorities" in the global north. Despite their status people of the global majority remain underrepresented in social innovation and entrepreneurship scholarship. Whether as social innovators and entrepreneurs, the study of their ventures and innovations, and as the potential beneficiaries of social innovation and entrepreneurship activity. More social innovation and entrepreneurship research focussing on, by, and for the people of the global majority is therefore needed, especially in light of the social, environmental, and economic inequalities they face, which have been exacerbated by wicked sustainable development problems such as the coronavirus pandemic, the climate emergency, imperatives for global decent work, poverty, and rising living costs. Social innovation and entrepreneurship may provide avenues to address these challenges, however, they might also perpetuate inequalities, power imbalances, and represent new avenues of exclusion, especially if the perspectives, stories, and voices of individuals from the global majority are not heard. We therefore convene this conference stream to explore the relationship between social innovation, social entrepreneurship, and global majorities, and if and how the latter may be harnessed for social change.                
We invite contributions to the stream on the following (non-exhaustive) topics:

• Civil society led social innovation for the economic, social, and political inclusion of global majorities (whether in the global north or south, and including migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers);

• Collective action and social movements in support of global majorities needs and voice;

• Social innovation and entrepreneurship actions targeting perceptions of global majorities;

• Social innovation and entrepreneurship and the discrimination and exploitation of global majorities in and by the global north;

• Social innovation and entrepreneurship and the empowerment of global majorities;

• Global majority social innovators and entrepreneurs;

• Social venturing by and for the global majority (whether in the global north or south, and including migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers);

• Social innovation and entrepreneurship in the performing arts, culture and leisure aimed at addressing racial discrimination;

• Social innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education institutions to reduce inequalities in global majorities;

• Social innovation in education settings to address racial stratification;

• Social innovation, entrepreneurship and post/decolonial perspectives.