Category: CollectieveKracht 2025

Citizen Collectives Monitor maps the development, resilience, and challenges of Dutch initiatives

Dive into the data from the first Citizen Collectives Monitor by CollectieveKracht (Dutch publication). Based on information from 431 initiatives, the monitor shows how citizen collectives are increasingly developing into important actors in the public domain.

The first copy was presented on 8 December to Claartje Brons, Programme Manager for Democracy at the Ministry of the Interior. Brons: “When I visit citizen collectives, I see people who want to make a difference, who want to do something meaningful or good, and that happens across many sectors. It is a richness in the Netherlands that is very important and that we can tap into even better. The monitor can help us with that.”

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10EMESConf – Extreme Citizen Science as a research approach

During the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, Lukas Held, scientific project coordinator of CollectivePower.eu, gave a presentation, titled: ‘Engaged research on citizen collectives in the Netherlands through an Extreme Citizen Science platform’ (by Lukas Held and Tine De Moor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and Montserrat Prats López, Open University).

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€6.8 million for research on the collective power of citizens in societal transitions

A broad consortium of scientific and societal organizations, including the national government, umbrella organizations, universities, municipalities, and funding bodies, will collaborate over the coming years on the research project Empowering Citizen COllectives in societal transitions (ECCO). For this project, €6.8 million has been awarded by the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA).

Part of the ECCO-consortium.
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Two additional team members to strengthen CollectieveKracht’s activities

The research group Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Action welcomes Brechtje Polman and Mickey Steijaert as part of the team. Both of them will work as community builders on the CollectieveKracht platform, developing its scope by connecting with citizen collectives and relevant stakeholder groups, such as scientists, civil servants and financiers. They look forward to bringing their enthusiasm for collective action to CollectieveKracht and to help bridging the gap between citizen collectives and science.

Welcome! See the profile pages of Mickey and Brechtje for more information.

Join our symposium with Ruth Meinzen-Dick

We are delighted to invite you to a thought-provoking symposium featuring Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Ruth is a renowned scholar whose research spans governance of natural resources, agricultural development, and gender issues, with a strong focus on the management of commons and innovative field methodologies. 

This symposium, titled Aspiring Commons – (Re)discoveries and Learning Opportunities from the Global South, aims to explore how practices from the Global South can inspire and inform collective action initiatives in Europe. The event will also include presentations and a panel discussion on how transdisciplinary approaches, reciprocity between academics and practitioners, and innovative frameworks can address wicked problems and support sustainable resource management. 

The program, panel speakers, presenters and other details will be added to the event page. This event will take place at Campus Woudestein, Erasmus University Rotterdam. If you would like to attend, sign up through the form.

CollectieveKracht platform awarded €100,000 KHMW Brouwer Vertrouwensprijs

We are honored and proud that CollectieveKracht, our knowledge sharing platform for citizen collectives, has received the 1st KHMW Brouwer Vertrouwensprijs (Brouwer Trust Prize). ‘The jury – together with the people behind the knowledge platform – believes that trust must be anchored in the collective power of a society’, according to the jury report.

The accolade comes with €100,000 in funding, which will contribute to the continuity and consolidation of the platform. ‘This prize validates the value of supporting science to strengthen trust within society,’ said Tine De Moor, founder of CollectieveKracht and professor at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. ‘It shows that our efforts to bridge the gap between science and society are resonating. Initiatives like this remind us that trust is an essential foundation for collective action and societal progress.’ Read more about the award and our knowledge platform.