Social enterprises as change agents can break unfavourable routines in marginalized rural regions by fostering social innovation. In an international EU-funded research initiative, the authors create an empirical knowledge base for contextualized future interventions that tap the potentials of social enterprises in marginalized rural Europe. The target is to foster an awakening of social entrepreneurship in rural Europe. Marginalized rural regions across Europe face similar challenges. Compared to urban centres, such regions suffer from less economic productivity and a lack of qualified...