During the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, Tine De Moor gave a presentation, titled: ‘Scaling community-based enterprises: the multipurpose proposition’ (by Arthur Feinberg, Tine De Moor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University).
During the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, Shreya Paudel gave a presentation, titled: ‘Beyond the Blueprint: Rethinking Heterogeneity in the Commons’ (by Shreya Paudel and Tine De Moor).
During the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, Marianne Groep-Foncke gave a presentation, titled: ‘Studying commons with low-treshold LLMs: an exploration’ (Marianne Groep-Foncke and Tine De Moor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University).
During the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, knowledge exchange platform CollectieveKracht (CollectivePower.eu) launched a new lab, strengthening the field for citizen collectives even further.
During the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise professor Tine De Moor gave a presentation titled ‘Visualizing the long-standing past of the current citizen collective movement by building a taxonomy’ (by Tine De Moor and Marianne Groep-Foncke, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University).
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).
How do trust, solidarity, and collective action take shape within the theme of financial security? On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Broodfonds De Halve Maan, Professor Tine De Moor gave a lecture, titled: ‘From broodfonds to security of livelihood: the role of citizen collectives in a society under pressure.’ The setting was a first: a typical Rotterdam café, with the audience on bar stools.
From 3-7 November is the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise. This years’ theme is Scaling Through Communities: The Role of Social Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprises in Boosting Societal Transitions. As co-organizers, our research group is looking forward to welcoming you in Rotterdam and Utrecht. If you haven’t registered yet, don’t wait too long. Registration is open until October 6.
Research group Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Action welcomes Janna Vink as knowledge broker. She will identify relevant information for the movement of citizen collectives and to develop data structures that support organizations in data collection and management. This is made possible by an additional grant from the NWO Impact Explorer for the UNICA project.
Team members and affiliated researchers of the SEICA research group visited the World Economic History Congress 2025 (Lund, Sweden). The theme for the congress was “Equality and Sustainability Challenges.” This theme underscores some of the pressing issues humanity faces today and draws connections to a diverse array of historical problems. To both understand and address these challenges and to derive insights from the historical record, a range of perspectives is essential.
Professor Florian Grisel, professor Tine De Moor, professor José-Miguel Lana Berasain, and Dr. Marianne Groep-Foncke presented their work as part of the session ‘Common Concerns. Environmental Literacy Among Commoners in Early Modern Europe’ on July 30, 2025.