Guest editorial: Challenges and limitations of social impact measurement in social and solidarity economy

The idea for this Special Issue, “Challenges and limitations of social impact measurement in the social and solidarity economy,” originated from a conversation among the editors following a workshop co-chaired by Andrea Bassi and Marek Ćwiklicki at the 9th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, “Act locally, change globally: social enterprises and cooperatives for more resilient economies and societies,” held in Frankfurt from 11–14 September 2024. The workshop, “Challenges and limitations of social impact measurement,” was well-attended. After the panel presentations, many questions arose from the audience, demonstrating that the topic was timely and of great interest to both the scientific community and practitioners. The call for papers was open from mid-August 2023 to March 2024, and we received around 20 submissions, all of which underwent a rigorous double-blind review process