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 | Conference | IASC 1-Day Virtual Conference on Food Commons in Europe and Beyond |
| Theme | Food Commons | |
| Location | Global-online | |
| Dates | 2021, December 9th | |
| Hosted by | ||
| Chairs | Insa Theesfeld | |
| Presentations | 9 live panels and 21 video presentations | |
| Attendants | 79 | |
| Website | https://2021food.iasc-commons.org | |
| Supported by | The DIRPOLIS Institute (Institute of Law, Politics and Development) of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy and the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University, USA |
 | Conference | 1st IASC Latin American Virtual Conference |
| Theme | The future of the Commons in Latin America | |
| Location | Global-online | |
| Dates | 2021, June 1 - 4 | |
| Hosted by | The Seminario Universitario de Sociedad, Medio Ambiente e Instituciones and the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (SUSMAI-IIS, UNAM) | |
| Chairs | Leticia Merino Pérez | |
| Presentations | 5 Keynotes and 17 Webinars | |
| Attendants | 616 | |
| Website | https://comunes.susmai.unam.mx | |
| Supported by | Seminario Universitario de Sociedad, Medio Ambiente e Instituciones (SUSAMI), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), CGIAR Programa de Investigación sobre Bosques, Árboles y Agroforestería, World Agroforestry Centre, and Instutute Pro Comum |
 | Conference | IASC2020 Web Conference on African Commons |
| Theme | African Commons | |
| Location | Global-online | |
| Dates | 2020, July 13-27 | |
| Hosted by | IASC | |
| Chairs | Marco Janssen, Everisto Mapedza, Koffi Alinon | |
| Presentations | 2 Keynotes, 5 Live Webinars, 2 meeting events, 54 recorded presentations | |
| Attendants | 2300 participants | |
| Website | africa.iasc-commons.org/african commons-2020-web-conference/ | |
| Supported by | IASC and AFD |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | Commons Video Contest ‘Communicate commons research to the general public”‘ Global Online November 1, 2018 IASC 20 Contest Videos 100+ Watch videos IASC-North America, Foundation for Scientific Symbiosis | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 2nd China Commons Workshop ‘Response of Governing the Commons in China: The 50th Anniversary of “Tragedy of the Commons”‘ Beijing, PR China 2018, October 13 Tsinghua University 7 keynote lectures 50+ see report Tsinghua University, IASC | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | World Commons Week Conference ‘Celebrating commons scholarship’ Washington DC, USA 2018, October 5-6 Georgetown Law c. 50 108 https://www.worldcommonsweek.org/conferences, see also report. Georgetown Law, Brigham Young University, IASC | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 3rd IASC-Conference on Knowledge Commons ‘When commons meet law and public policy’ Paris, France 2016, October 20-22 SciencesPo, École du droit {tba} {tba} http://knowledgecommons.fr/ SciencesPo ‘Ecole du Droit, IASC | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 4th Regional European IASC-Conference ‘Commons in a “glocal” world: Global connections and local responses’ Bern, Switzerland 2016, May 10-13 Institute of Social Anthropology, Bern University {tba} {tba} [offline] Institute of Social Anthropology (Bern University), Centre for Development and Environment (Bern University), Institute of History (Bern University), @@@, Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology (Bern University), Municipality of Bern, @@@, World Trade Institute, Swiss Network for International Studies, Centre for Global Studies (Bern University), Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (Bern University) | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 1st Thematic IASC-Conference on Urban Commons ‘The city as a commons’ Bologna, Italy 2015, November 5-7 LabGov / Fordham Urban Law Centre {tba} {tba} https://urbancommons.labgov.it/ Comune di Bologna, Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna, Fondazione Golanelli, Legacoop Bologna, Fondazione Unipolis, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, ANCI, Forum PA, Commons Strategies Group, DESIS Network, Cooperazione Accion, OuiShare, Trailab, @@@, @@@, @@@, @@@, @@@, @@@ | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 3rd Regional European IASC-Conference ‘From generation to generation – the use of commons in a changing society’ Umeå, Sweden 2014, September 16-19 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences {tba} {tba} [offline] [tba] | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chair Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 2nd African Regional IASC-Conference ‘Defragmenting African natural resources management / Responsive forest resources governance’ Cape Town, South Africa 2013, April 9-11 PLAAS Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies Lapologan Magole (Okavanga Research Centre, University of Botswana) [tba] [tba] https://www.slideshare.net/IascCommons/call-for-papers-africa-regional-meetingofiasc PLAAS (University of the Western Cape), Defragmenting African Resource Management Project (DARMA; ACP Science and Technology Programme, 9th European Development Fund), Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI; CODESRIA, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne) IUCN (funded by SIDA), IASC | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chair Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 2nd Thematic IASC-Conference ‘Design and dynamics of institutions for collective action. A tribute to Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012)’ Utrecht, The Netherlands 2012, November 29-December 1 Utrecht University Tine De Moor, Department of Socia and Economic History (Utrecht University) [tba] [tba] http://www.collective-action.info/conference-design-dynamics-icas Utrecht University, IASC, Utrecht Convention Bureau, Municipality of Utrecht | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 2nd Regional European IASC-Conference ‘Shared resources in a rapidly changing world’ Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2011, September 14-17 Agricultural University Plovdiv, Bulgaria Achim Schlüter (Leibniz Centre of Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT)/Jacobs University), Insa Theesfeld (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)), Audun Sandberg (Bodø University College), and Ivan Penov and Violeta Dirimanova (both Agricultural University, Plovdiv) 26 archived academic papers {tba} https://www.iasc-commons.org/conferences/regional/2011-iasc-european-meeting Agricultural University Plovdiv, ZMT Bremen, IAMO, Nordland University, IASC | |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | North-American Regional IASC-Conference ‘Capturing the complexity of the commons’ Tempe AZ, USA 2010, September 30-October 2 The Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity (ASU) 33 archived academic papers 50+ [offline] The Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity (ASU), IASC | |
| Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 1st African Regional IASC-Conference ‘Scaling up conservation practices for natural resource commons in Africa’ Cape Town, South Africa 2009, January 20-22 PLAAS Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies Lapologan Magole (Harry Oppenheimer Okavanga Research Centre, University of Botswana) & Mafaniso Hara (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape) {tba} {tba} [offline] PLAAS (University of the Western Cape), Marine and Coastal Management South Africa, Botswana Department of Environmental Affairs,, Harry Oppenheimer Okavanga Research Centre (University of Botswana), IASC | |
| Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 1st Regional Regional IASC-Conference ‘Building the European Commons: From open fields to open source’ Brescia, Italy 2006, March 23-25 University of Brescia Giangiacomo Bravo (University of Brescia) & Tine De Moor (Utrecht University) 42 archived academic papers 78 participants via Wayback Department of Social Studies University of Brescia, Fondazione della communità Bresciana, Cassa Padana, IASC |
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | IASC Meeting – CAPRI Seminar ‘Defending the commons & Decentralization and the commons’ Washington DC, USA 2005, May 10 CAPRi TBA 1 archived discussion paper 11 invited participants not applicable CAPRi, IASCP | ||
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chair Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | 2nd Regional Pacific IASCP-Conference ‘Traditional lands in the Pacific region: Indigenous common- property resources in convulsion or cohesion’ Brisbane, Australia 2003, September 7-9 Australian Property Institute (Queensland Division) TBA 13 archived papers number of participants not available not applicable Australian Property Institute (Queensland Division), IASCP | ||
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chair Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | Regional IASCP-Conference on Arctic Commons ‘Joining the northern commons: Lessons for the world, lessons from the world ‘ Anchorage, Alaska, USA 2003, August 17-21 Institute of the North, Alaska Pacific University TBA 30 presentations 40+ participants not applicable Institute of the North (Alaska Pacific University), IASCP | ||
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | Regional Asian IASCP-Conference ‘Politics of the commons: Articulating strengthening local practices’ Chiang Mai, Thailand 2000, May 31-June 4 Chiang Mai University TBA 71 archived academic papers number of participants not available not applicable Chiang Mai University, IASCP | ||
  | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | Regional East-European IASCP-Conference ‘The commons in transition: Property on natural resources in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union’ Prague, Czech Republic 2003, April 11-13 Institute for Agricultural Economics (VUZE; now: ÚZEI), Prague, Humboldt University in Berlin, IASCP Erling Berge, Norwegian University of Science and Technology / IASCP & Libor Grega, Mendel’s University for Agriculture and Forestry & Tomas Ratinger, Institute for Agricultural Economics (VUZE) & Thomas Sikor, Humboldt University in Berlin 11 archived academic papers number of participants not available not applicable Institute for Agricultural Economics (VUZE), Humboldt University in Berlin, IASCP | ||
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | Regional Meeting Latin-America ‘Bridging the Commons Gap in Latin America’ Oaxaca, México 2003, May 17 National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), IASCP Leticia Merino and Jim Robson, National Autonomous University of México [tba] [tba] not applicable University of México (UNAM), IASCP | ||
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | South Asia Network Meeting ‘South Asia Network Meeting’ New Delhi, India 2001, December 14-15 Winrocks International, IASCP Michelle Curtain (IASCP), in collaboration with Winrock International [tba] [tba] not applicable Winrock International, IASCP | ||
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | West-Africa IASC Network Workshop ‘IASCP Regionalization network in French-speaking West-Africa’ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2001, September 24-25 IASCP Boubacar Ba (Mali) and Hubert Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso) 11 thematic presentations c. 15 participants not applicable IASCP | ||
| Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chair Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | Inaugural Pacific Regional Meeting ‘Tradition and globalization: Critical issues for accommodation of CPR’s in the Pacific region’ Brisbane, Australia 2001, September 2-4 Queensland University of Technology John Sheehan, Australian Property Institute 22 presentations number of participants not available not applicable Australia Property Institute, University of Technology (Brisbane), IASCP | ||
| Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | Common Property Theory Workshop and Conference ‘Common Property Theory Workshop and Conference’ Zonguene Lodge, Mozambique 1999, July 20-25 Center for Forestry Research Ken Wilson, Ford Foundation 15 presentations 30-40 participants not available not applicable Ford Foundation, |Center for Forestry Research, Mozambican Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Gaza Province (Mozambique), IASCP | ||
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chairs Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | The Workshop in Political Theory & Policy Analysis ‘Reflections on Common Property Theory & Research’ Bloomington IN, USA 1999, June 7 The Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University Clark Gibson and Fabrice Lehoucq, The Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University 10 presentations [tba] not applicable The Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, IASCP | ||
 | Conference Theme Location Dates Hosted by Chair Presentations Attendants Website Supported by | Workshop on Future Directions for Common Property Theory and Research ‘Workshop on Future Directions for Common Property Theory and Research’ New Brunswick NJ, USA 1997, February 28 Rutgers University Bonnie McCay, Ecopolicy Center / Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University 6 presentations [tba] Proceedings Ecopolicy Center for Agricultural, Environmental, and Resource Issues at Rutgers University, IASCP |