IASC Bylaws changed
As of October 1, 2018, the bylaws of the IASC have been changed. The change is related to the creation of the position of a Student-Council Member, serving a 2-year period maximum. To create this position, the bylaws needed to be changed, which required approval by the membership. All responses to the voting call received […]
Videos now available from the IASC Workshop on Conceptualizing the New Commons!!!
We have earlier written about the IASC Workshop on Conceptualizing the New Commons held in Oldenburg, Germany on June 6-8, 2018. We also promised that once available we would share some of the speeches that the organizers managed to record on a video. This was our first such experiment, and as you will see, recording […]
Theesfeld on IASC Europe and the Commons (Video)
Here you can watch the excerpts from Prof. Theesfeld’s welcome address at the IASC Workshop on Conceptualizing the New Commons, held in Oldenburg on 6-8 June 2018. In this edited short version from her full speech, the IASC Regional Coordinator for Europe answers some of the basic questions related to the IASC and the Commons, […]
Conceptualizing the New Commons – The Examples of Knowledge Commons & Seed and Variety Commons: IASC Workshop connects the open access to knowledge with agricultural questions for the future
From June 6th to 8th 2018, thirty scholars and activists from more than ten countries met in Oldenburg, Northern Germany, to discuss the sustainable and viable management of New Commons. In four different sessions, the participants debated the challenges related to creation and management of the so-called New Commons. These Commons arise from social, political […]
IASC Past-President Tine De Moor interviewed on commons on Dutch National Television
From 2005 onward, the number of citizen collectivities, also known as ‘commons’ has increased significantly. In citizens’ collectivities, citizens initiate common governance and management of resources in cases where both government and ‘the market’ appear to fail or refuse to act. Parent participation child care, Wikipedia, Breadfunds, and wind energy cooperatives are just some examples […]
New issue of International Journal of the Commons out now!
The International Journal of the Commons just issued its latest edition, comprising no less than 21 articles on commons issues, covering a wide range of topics, areas, and time periods. Look what is in it for you at https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/33/volume/12/issue/1/ The International Journal of the Commons is an official publication of the IASC.
IASC organizes first Virtual Conference on commons – November 12-30, 2018
From November 12 until November 30, 2018, IASC will hold its first Virtual Conference ever. For this conference, we welcome presentations about all elements of commons research, from natural resource governance to knowledge and urban commons. Online Conference This conference will occur online. During the conference, which will take place over three weeks, talks will […]
IASC Commons Video Contest!
Want to communicate commons research to a wider audience and try your hand at video production? Now’s your chance! You are invited to take part in the IASC Commons Video Contest! Context The year 2018 will mark fifty years since Garrett Hardin published his Tragedy of the Commons article in Science. Although Hardin discussed open and […]
Papers IASC2017 available in Digital Library of the Commons
The papers submitted for the IASC2017 Conference ‘Practicing the Commons’, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in July 2017, are available online now via the Digital Library on the Commons. All IASC2017 can be viewed via this link. The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a collaborative project of the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in […]
XVII Biennial IASC-Conference to be held in Lima, Peru, July 1-5, 2019
From July 1 until July 5, 2019, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru from Lima and the Universidad de los Andes from Bogotá, Colombia, will jointly organize the XVII Biennial IASC-Conference. This will be a unique conference: the first Biennial IASC-Conference that will be organized by organizations from two different countries. The event will be […]