Social Enterprises and Institutions for Collective Action

Open Seminar Talk: Max Harleman (GCSU)
2023-10-31 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Paris)
Max Harleman, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the Georgia College & State University, will start off the new season of the SEICA Open Seminars. He will present his upcoming paper: Can Collective Action Institutions Outperform the State? Evidence from Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage.

This seminar is online. If you would like to attend, please send an e-mail to collective-action@rsm.nl and you will receive a Teams-invite shortly.

Webinar - Accelerating actions in living and caring for the elderly
2023-10-27 10:30 - 12:00
We would like to invite you for an online session hosted by De Haagse Hogeschool and CollectieveKracht. During this webinar we exchange ideas about the collaboration between health institutions, housing cooperatives, local governments and organizations for the elderly in creating spaces where living and caring for the elderly are combined.

This event is in Dutch. More information will follow later on the CollectieveKracht website. Would you like to join this webinar? Send an e-mail to collectievekracht@rsm.nl and you will receive an invite for the Teams meeting.

Book launch + Q&A - Together: Towards Collaborative Living
2023-10-24 20:00 - 22:30
During the book launch of ‘Together: Towards collaborative living’, the authors will explain why collaborative living is experiencing a revival in the Netherlands and what best housing practices enable this living form. Join us for an evening about why collaborative living is experiencing a revival and what best housing practices enable this form of living.

Authors: Darinka Czischke – Associate Professor, Housing and Social Sustainability | TU DelftMarije Peute – Qualitative researcher & LecturerSara Brysch – Architect, PhD researcher and Co-founder of etscha studio

SEWF Fringe Day
2023-10-10 00:00 - 23:59
From 9 to 13 October SEWF Week ’23 takes place, organized by the Social Enterprise World Forum. On the 10th is Fringe Day: a collections of related (and mostly free) events independent of SEWF.

Charging the Commons #1 - (Be)Commoning
2023-10-04 20:00 - 21:30 | Pakhuis De Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam, 1019HC, Netherlands
This is the first episode of the series Charging the Commons and it will center around the process of becoming a commons. What does establishing such a community entail? What steps does a group of people need to go through in order to become a commons? This early setup stage can profoundly shape the development process of such communities, for instance: its (economic) viability, the management of the shared resources, everyday practices, members’ relationship with each other or the community affiliation with the broader environment. Exploring the process of becoming a commons (becommoning) can reveal useful insights around challenges and external factors.

Lukas Held from CollectieveKracht participates in this conversation with Zsuzsanna Tomor (researcher at AUAS), Darinka Czischke (professor at TU Delft) and Joachim Meerkerk (PhD at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences).

Housing Cooperatives Day
2023-09-16 10:30 - 16:30 | Basecamp, 16A Nijverheidsweg, Utrecht, 3534AM, Netherlands
Cooplink organizes an event (in Dutch) around housing cooperatives. How do you organize, finance, design and manage the property? Professor Tine De Moor from the Rotterdam School of Management, gives the opening speech.

The event takes place on September 16, from 10:30h-16:30h in Utrecht. If you’re interested in coming to the Landelijke Wooncoöperatiedag, sign up and claim your free ticket.

Debate on commons, with Tine De Moor
2023-06-27 20:00 - 21:00
On Tuesday 27 June, debating podium Debatpodium Arminius organizes a debate on ‘commons’, featuring Energie van Rotterdam, Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie and de Knarrenhof. Prof. Tine De Moor (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) is one of the speakers, along with political philosopher Yara Al Salman (Utrecht University), Femke Stam (Knarrenhof), Jelte Boeijenga (Energie van Rotterdam), Annet Van Otterloo (Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie), Sebastiaan Bonte (Leefbaar Rotterdam) and Tim de Haan (D66).

Zijn ‘commons’ de oplossing voor falen van overheid en markt?

'Collectieven en overheid: Genoeg geëxperimenteerd?!'
2023-06-16 11:30 - 18:30 | Parktheater Eindhoven, Elzentlaan 50, Eindhoven, 5615 CN
Collectieven en overheid: Genoeg geëxperimenteerd?! ​

CollectieveKracht and Europe Direct Eindhoven are organising an event on Friday 16 June with the theme ‘Collectieven en overheid: Genoeg geëxperimenteerd?!’. In the Parktheater in Eindhoven, we will share inspiring stories and examples, stimulate dialogues and share new insights from practice and science from The Netherlands and other European countries. Do we need more experiments and pilots or is it time to scale up? Have a seat and join the discussion during the 16th!

Registration for the event is free and can be done here.

More information about the event will follow soon!

Open seminar: Dr Anastasia Sergeeva
2023-05-16 10:00 - 11:30 | online
Dr. Anastasia Sergeeva (RSM) will present her paper “Values-based Trust as a Shift Parameter for Collective Organizing: The Case of Magnum Photos“.

The paper discusses how economic agents can address the concern of opportunism when organizing collectively. The study examines Magnum Photos, a cooperative of freelance photographers, and identifies two mechanisms by which shared values engender non-calculative trust, making collective organizing economically viable. The shared values attenuate hazards of opportunism, promote risk-bearing and innovation when property rights are assigned appropriately, and the size of the collective remains relatively small. The study concludes that Magnum Photos is a form of collective entrepreneurship adopted by risk-bearing agents bound by shared values, and provides unique insights into how economic agents can organize around shared values to mitigate opportunism and innovate in industries with measurement problems.

Please send an email to collective-action@rsm.nl if you would like to attend this seminar.

Webinar Herenboeren: Participation of Members
2023-03-15 20:00 - 21:30
On 15 March, Herenboeren’s Winter Webinar will take place with the theme ‘Participation of Members’. A key pillar of the Herenboerderij is social connectedness. The local community makes these cooperatives possible and is the buyer of the products. But how do we ensure sustainable connection and participation of cooperative members on the Herenboerderij? This question is the focus of the webinar. Two interesting speakers will give their insights during the webinar. Christiaan Bikker, project officer at the HAS, will share his findings on sustainable participation of cooperative members. And Professor Tine De Moor, initiator of CollectieveKracht, will talk about the resilience and development of citizen collectives.

The webinar is in Dutch and free and will take place from 20:00 to 21:30. Registration is mandatory and can be done via the registration form. More information can be found here.

ROTARY UTRECHT CELEBRATES ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY WITH INSPIRING AFTERNOON ON ‘DOING GOOD’
2023-03-10 13:00 - 17:00
Rotary Utrecht celebrates its 100th anniversary on Friday 10 March with an inspiring afternoon on ‘doing good’ in this day and age. The programme includes short lectures by interesting speakers, discussions, impressive live music, video clips of social initiatives and a closing drink.

The afternoon will take place at a special location in Utrecht: Gasthuis Leeuwenberg. Walk-in starts at 13:00 and the programme starts at 14:00. For more information about the afternoon and the speakers, click here.

Inaugural lecture Tine De Moor
2023-02-17 16:00 - 17:15
Prof.dr. T. (Tine) De Moor will publicly accept her appointment as professor of Social Enterprises and Institutions for Collective Action at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University on Friday 17 February 2023 with an inaugural lecture entitled Shakeholder society? Social Enterprises, citizens and collective action in the community economy.

How to deal with the grand challenges of our current society? We know what to do, often discuss who should be taking the lead in this (governments? Companies? Consumers?) and there are many technological innovations that could help but we still fall short of making our economy more regenerative. Can a focus on an economy steered by the needs and collective action of citizens help us forward? Do citizens want to be involved and if so what happens already today? What are the benefits but also potential negative effects and pitfalls of enabling cooperative social enterprises? In “Shakeholder society?” Tine De Moor looks at the possibilities of bringing the roles of stakeholders and shareholders closer together.

For details, please see the official invitation.

If you wish to attend the lecture in person, we kindly request you to register via this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/445089333177. A digital copy of the lecture will be provided afterwards.

If you are unable to attend, you can also attend the inaugural lecture via livestream: https://eur.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=73044ca2-67ab-477c-ad70-af5b00a38398

Symposium: 'From science to society: evidence-based lessons for (cooperative) social enterprises'
2023-02-17 11:00 - 15:45 | Erasmus Paviljoen, Burgemeester Oudlaan 350, Rotterdam, 3062PA, Netherlands
We have invited eleven fellow-scientists from various universities and different disciplines to talk about their research findings. What is the meaning of their research for society, particularly for citizen collectives, commons, and cooperative social enterprises. What insights from science can people put into practice on a daily basis?

We kindly invite you to attend the symposium. Click on the register button down below to get your tickets. Can’t attend the symposium in person? Then watch the livestream here.

After the symposium, Professor Tine de Moor will hold her inaugural lecture: “Shakeholder society? Social Enterprises, citizens and collective action in the community economy”.

Program

The symposium will be hosted by Karoline Heitmann and Damion Bunders, two PhD candidates at our own research team. The following scientists will speak at the symposium:

11.00 Karoline Heitmann (EUR-RSM) and Damion Bunders (EUR-RSM) – Introduction

11.10 Irene van Staveren (EUR-ISS) – The community economy as post-capitalism

11.25 Lucas Meijs (EUR-RSM) – The return of direct solidarity

11.40 Koen Frenken (UU) – Beyond the hype of the sharing economy

11.55 Jovana Karanovic (EUR-RSM) – Beyond Uber and Airbnb: Promises of Collective Ownership

12.15 Darinka Czischke (TUDelft) – Collaborative housing: Rethinking housing systems from a collective action perspective

12.30 Thomas Bauwens (EUR-RSM) – Scaling the Societal Impact of Community Enterprises for Sustainability: Challenges and Promises

12.45 Rob van Tulder (EUR-RSM) – A new area where theory and practice align: cross-sector partnership portfolio management

13.00 Lunch

13.45 Maryline Filippi (Bordeaux Sciences Agro) – Responsibility and collective action, the new perspectives offered by the territories

14.00 Karin Geuijen (UU) – How do social and community enterprises contribute to solving the challenge of the reception and inclusion of asylum seekers and refugees?

14.15 Arthur Feinberg (EUR-RSM) – Social interactions toward community resilience: learning from the urban commons

14.30 Amineh Ghorbani (TUDelft) – The social life of businesses: golf course, piggy banks and net-zero emissions

14.45 Round of questions

15.00 Coffee and tea

Afterwards at 16.00 Professor Tine de Moor will hold her inaugural lecture in the Aula of Erasmus University (a 3-minute walk away).

Open seminar talk: Yvonne de Kluizenaar (SCP)
2023-02-14 11:00 - 12:00
Dr. Yvonne de Kluizenaar studied Environmental health at Wageningen University & Research and did her PhD research in Societal health care at ErasmusMC. At the Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau, she recently did a study to energy cooperatives, mapping how both citizens and civil servants think about the responsibilities of the different stakeholders in this field. N.B: the presentation will be in Dutch.

Open seminar talk: Bram van Helvoirt (HAS)
2023-01-31 11:00 - 12:00
Dr. Bram van Helvoirt is a lecturer and researcher Future Food Systems at HAS Green academy. His current research focuses on agrarian and food collectives, including the concept of ‘food as a common(s)’

Open seminar talk: Sverker Jagers (CeCAR)
2023-01-24 11:00 - 12:00
Prof. Sverker Jagers is professor at University of Gothenburg and guest-professor at Luleå University of Technology, director of CeCAR (Centre for Collective Action Research). His research is mainly focused on various aspects of environmental politics, from public opinion ot institutional theory. Currently he is working on corruption and wildlife management: the Logics of collective action in transnationally protected reserves, as well as on citizens’ support for environmental policy measures in a comparative perspective.

Open seminar talk: Nadia von Jacobi (UniTrento)
2023-01-17 10:00 - 11:00
Dr. Nadia von Jacobi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento. She is a development economist with particular interest in institutions: where they come from, which role they play for human development. She has been investigating how/when/under which conditions social innovations actually achieve some institutional and social change. Moreover she’s interested in ways to ‘amplify’ citizen knowledge in the management of natural capital to increase their voice.

Open seminar talk: Agata Zborowska (IPC)
2023-01-10 10:00 - 11:00
Dr. Agata Zborowska is a researcher at the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw, Poland. Her research interests lay in material culture, property relations, critical theory, and cultural history of the 20th century. She is currently working on the experience of ownership changes in socialist and post-socialist transitions in Poland.

Workshop Value creation & design
2022-01-27 09:00 - 2022-01-28 18:00
with Tine De Moor and Damion Bunders

Workshop Coöperatieven maken de stad
2022-01-17 20:00 - 22:00
with Tine De Moor

Lecture Digitalisation: Work, organization and politics
2022-01-04 09:00 - 18:00
by Damion Bunders
