As a joint initiative of Eramus University Rotterdam, Maastricht University, TNO and University of Amsterdam, INSCOPE brings together an unprecedented combination of leading acadamic and applied researchers in all fields of social innovation. INSCOPE's research will be highly innovative. Among others, field exeperiments will increase "evidence based" understanding of the impact of social innovation. The valorization of this research will be strengthed by INSCOPE's affiliation with the Dutch Center for Social Innovation (NCSI) and relation with industrial firms and service organizations (both large firms and SMEs).