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Highlights from 2025
Citizen Collectives Monitor maps the development, resilience, and challenges of Dutch initiatives
Dive into the data from the first Citizen Collectives Monitor by CollectieveKracht (Dutch publication). Based on information from 431 initiatives, the monitor shows how citizen collectives are increasingly developing into important actors in the public domain.
Kick-off research project ECCO: strengthening the power of collectives
On 8 December, the official kick-off of the ECCO research project took place at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The gathering brought together more than 30 academic and societal consortium representatives. The day concluded with a festive launch event in the Erasmus Pavilion.
10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise
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.
SEICA paper presentations during WEHC 2025
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.
Research on historical insights on institutional spread awarded during AOM Annual Meeting
For the paper ‘Contagious Institutions? A Longitudinal Study of Institutional Spill-Over of European Guilds‘ Tine De Moor and Fijnanda van Klingeren have been honoured with the Journal of Management History Award for the Best International Paper. The award announcement was during the Management History Business Meeting, which took place on Monday, July 28.
SEICA poster and paper presentations during AOM Annual Meeting 2025
During the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Copenhagen, Denmark, team members of the research group Social Enterprises & institutions for Collective action presented the work of Tine De Moor, Shreya Paudel, Arthur Feinberg and Fijnanda van Klingeren.
€6.8 million for research on the collective power of citizens in societal transitions
A broad consortium of scientific and societal organizations, including the national government, umbrella organizations, universities, municipalities, and funding bodies, will collaborate over the coming years on the research project Empowering Citizen COllectives in societal transitions (ECCO). For this project, €6.8 million has been awarded by the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA).
Contribution to the IASC 2025 Conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
From 16 to 20 June, representatives of Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Action were present on the 20th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC). On 16 June, our research group organized the session ‘Common concerns. Environmental literacy among commoners in early modern Europe’, chaired by Marianne Groep-Foncke.
Tine De Moor gave lecture on managing commons in western Europe
On 10 April, Professor Tine De Moor (RSM, Erasmus University) gave a lecture at the Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, College of Economics and Management in Xianyang, China. The lecture was titled “Why History Matters for Today’s Community-Based Solutions: managing commons in Western Europe from past till present.”
Symposium on lessons from the Global South as inspiration for commons in Europe
On March 27, the symposium ‘Aspiring Commons – (Re)discoveries and Learning Opportunities from the Global South’ took place. This event brought together academics and practitioners to explore the lessons we can learn from commons initiatives in the Global South.
Presentation on Large Language Models in historical studies
Can researchers in the field of humanities speed up and scale up their research by making use of AI-driven aides? Dr. Marianne Groep-Foncke of Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam) presented her research during the International Symposium on Grids and Clouds 2025. Her presentation was titled ‘Easily accessible LLMs in historical studies: opportunities, limitations, pitfalls‘.
Highlights from 2024
Grant for project on data memory of citizen collectives’ movement
Professor Tine De Moor (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) has obtained additional funding from the NWO Impact Explorer. This gives us the opportunity to take a big step in … Continue reading Grant for project on data memory of citizen collectives’ movement
Rotterdamlezing by Tine De Moor – How value becomes resilient: building the community economy in Rotterdam
On May 13, Tine De Moor, professor of Social Enterprises and Institutions for Collective Action at Rotterdam School of Management, explored the value of citizen collectives during this year’s Rotterdamlezing. … Continue reading Rotterdamlezing by Tine De Moor – How value becomes resilient: building the community economy in Rotterdam
PhD Defence Damion Bunders about resilience of platform cooperatives
On March 15, Damion Bunders successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: ‘Gigs of their Own: Can platform cooperatives become resilient?‘ The dissertation is about platform cooperatives as an alternative form … Continue reading PhD Defence Damion Bunders about resilience of platform cooperatives
Event sheds light on financing challenges of citizen collectives
On 25 January, we brought together 130 initiators of citizen collectives, policymakers, scientists and financiers to look for concrete solutions to the financial bottlenecks of citizen collectives. We organised the … Continue reading