Welcome to the homepage of the IASC!

The IASC is the leading professional association dedicated to the commons. The association, founded in 1989, is devoted to bringing together multi-disciplinary researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for the purpose of improving governance and management, advancing understanding, and creating sustainable solutions for commons, common-pool resources, or any other form of shared resource.

The IASC aims to:

– encourage exchange of knowledge among diverse disciplines, areas, and resource types
– foster mutual exchange of scholarship and practical experience
– promote appropriate institutional design

IASC EARLY CAREER NETWORK

Let’s talk about: the origins of the IASC Early Career Network

Check out our video in which Past President Marco Janssen and Past ECN Representative Beril Ocaklı have a conversation on the motivations behind establishing the ECN in 2019/2020. Learn more about the ECN.

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IASC President Insa Theesfeld takes on new role as Interim Director of the Commons Governance Program at the Ostrom Workshop

Prof. Insa Theesfeld took over the position of the Interim Director of the Commons Governance Program at the Ostrom Workshop in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. The Ostrom Workshop was founded almost 50 year ago by Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom and her husband Vincent. It is located in the center of the Indiana University campus in Bloomington. This interdisciplinary university research and teaching institute has been named “Workshop” to stress its interactive nature based on various international and national exchanges and visits, related to commons and resource governance research. Read more.

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Connecting People

We organize events such as conferences and workshops, in person and online, bring scholars and practitioners together who study and/or govern shared resources. Besides biennial global conferences, we organize regional and thematic conferences and workshops, and virtual conferences.

October 6th – 12th, 2019

Knowledge Exchange

We facilitate the dissemination of knowledge via the publication of the International Journal of the Commons, and the Commons Digest. Furthermore, we collaborate with the Digital Library of the Commons, host webinars, send weekly community updates to members, and share relevant commons news on social media.

Capacity Building

We facilitate in capacity building of (young) scholars and practitioners by holding workshops on methods and knowledge domains, organize contests to communicate our scholarly work, provide resources for education, and organize network events for young scholars.