Social Enterprises and Institutions for Collective Action

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, … Continue reading Charging the Commons #1 – (Be)Commoning

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.

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: … Continue reading Book launch + Q&A – Together: Towards Collaborative Living

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. … Continue reading Webinar – Accelerating actions in living and caring for the elderly

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, … Continue reading Open Seminar Talk: Max Harleman (GCSU)

Join us for the next Open Seminar Talk where SEICA visiting fellow Dr. David Soto-Oñate will present a work in progress project called "A polycentric approach for a post-growth social order". Below you can find the abstract. Please send an email to collective-action@rsm.nl if you would like to attend this seminar online. 

Professor Darinka Czischke and PhD researcher Sara Lia Brysch organize a discussion that will feature insights of two recent publications: 'Together: Towards Collaborative Living' (Czischke, Peute & Brysch) and 'Towards a new Existenzminimum: defining principles for the design of affordable collaborative housing' (Brysch). The seminar brings together a group of renown European scholars in the field of collective self-organized housing to reflect … Continue reading Research seminar -‘Together: The Dimensions of Collectivity in Collaborative Housing’

In cooperation with KNHM and Triodos bank. More info follows.

During the event, a panel discusses the role of energy communities in the energy transition. The panel consists of: The event also includes the presentation of two European Union projects:

The Oxford Centre for Economic and Social History organizes the workshop 'Non-rivalrous, non-excludable: an interdisciplinary workshop on the evolution of public goods in history'. It explores the evolution of public goods and how their provision is shaped by institutions and norms over time.  Economists have defined public goods as resources whose consumption by one individual … Continue reading Workshop: Public Goods in History

As part of the Economic and Social History Seminar, professor Tine De Moor from the Erasmus University Rotterdam will present a paper titled 'Spreading from below. on the diffusion and scaling of institutions for collective action in early modern Europe.' More information.

Professor Tine De Moor from (Erasmus University Rotterdam) will give a presentation titled ‘Spreading from below. on the diffusion and scaling of institutions for collective action in early modern Europe.’ Read more about the event here.