Social Enterprises and Institutions for Collective Action

by Damion Bunders

with Tine De Moor

with Tine De Moor and Damion Bunders

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.

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. … Continue reading Open seminar talk: Nadia von Jacobi (UniTrento)

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 … Continue reading Open seminar talk: Sverker Jagers (CeCAR)

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)'

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 … Continue reading Open seminar talk: Yvonne de Kluizenaar (SCP)

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 … Continue reading Symposium: ‘From science to society: evidence-based lessons for (cooperative) social enterprises’