On November 28, 2023 as part of our Open Seminar Series, visiting fellow dr. David Soto-Oñate from the University of Vigo presented a work in progress called “A polycentric approach for a post-growth social order”. This project attempts to elaborate a theoretical framework on the intersection between the post-growth universe and polycentric governance. He invited the attendees to a collective deliberation on what this intersection could be and how to approach it theoretically.
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Research group Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Actions welcomes, once more, Shreya Paudel. After an internship with SEICA and completing her Erasmus Mundus Master, she now joins the team as a PhD candidate within the UNICA-VICI project, supervised by Tine De Moor. Her previous experience includes research on the short-term evolution and adaptation of institutions for collective action, policy analysis, and political economy analysis in contexts of South Asia and Africa.
“I am thrilled to join the research team, and RSM for the diversity of ideas and expertise. I see this as a great platform to build on my research interest and direct the outcomes towards actionable initiatives.”
Welcome back! See her profile page for more information.
Research group Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Actions welcomes Daniel Aguilar Viňas as a PhD candidate within the SCENSUS project, supervised by Thomas Bauwens. His experience includes a bachelor in International Relations, an Erasmus Mundus master in Global Development Policy, and roles within organizations such as the Conservation International Costa Rica and Red Cross Spain.
“I am intrigued and fuelled in particular by the interconnections between socio-political and economic factors. This new phase at RSM is an incredible opportunity to keep growing personally and academically.”
Welcome! See his profile page for more information.
Postdoctoral researcher Véronique De Herde is taking her next step after working with Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Action for 1,5 years. She starts a three-year postdoctoral mandate at the University of Liège, Center for Social Economy, with professor Frédéric Dufays. The research will focus on cooperative models of value chain organization in the agri-food sector. The objective is to disentangle the complex factors contributing to their strategic relevance for sustainable transitions.
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On October 31, 2023 as part of our Open Seminar Series, Dr. Max Harleman from Georgia College & State University presented an early draft of his paper entitled Can Collective Action Institutions Outperform the State? Evidence from Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage. The paper is motivated by the fact that relatively few studies examine how collective action institutions perform relative to the state at providing public goods, and they fail to account for the possibility that the state might self-select into providing public goods in the most challenging contexts. If this were the case, finding that the state performs worse than collective institutions could reflect its more challenging context rather than differences in knowledge, skill, or motivation.
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The Encyclopedia of Social Innovation offers an interdisciplinary and comprehensive overview of the field of social innovation, providing an insightful view into potential future developments both practically and theoretically.
The 77 entries by prominent international scholars cover a variety of key themes including social innovation ecosystems, co-creation, new technologies and methods, education, governance and policies. One of the chapters focuses on the revival of the commons. It is written by professor Tine De Moor from the Rotterdam School of Management. Find more information on the book here.
Knowledge exchange platform CollectieveKracht, founded by research group Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Action, has received an award from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The platform provides citizen collectives with reliable, science-based knowledge to help them develop into more resilient organisations.
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What if there was an alternative to capitalism that was more desirable, but still viable and feasible? A system that promotes well-being and restoration of ecosystems? As a guest on the Circular Metabolism Podcast, dr. Thomas Bauwens from Rotterdam School of Management shared his vision on a post-capitalist economic system.
This bi-weekly podcast (in French) is hosted by Aristide Athanassiadis. He interviews both researchers and practitioners about the metabolism of our societies and how to reduce our environmental impact in a systemic, fair and contextualized way.
Listen to the episode with Thomas here: iTunes – Spotify – Youtube – Google
The Dutch paper Trouw interviewed professor Tine De Moor (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and researcher Roel During (Wageningen University & Research) about how to succeed with you citizen initiative. The interview was published alongside the disclosure of this years Duurzame 100, a list ranking sustainable citizen initiatives. The article can be found here.
Damion Bunders and Tine De Moor from the Erasmus University Rotterdam published their paper “Paradoxical Tensions as a Double-Edged Sword: Analysing the Development of Platform Cooperatives in the European Gig Economy” in the Journal of Management Inquiry. It’s open access and can be found here.
Platform cooperatives promise to provide an alternative organizational model of worker ownership and governance to heavily criticized investor-owned gig platforms, but have until now remained relatively rare. This study examines the development of platform co-ops to gain insight into the reasons and mechanisms behind their slow but steady growth in Europe.