Dear all,
Apologies for cross-posting. For those interested in the Commons Research and Practice, the Right Seeds Group in cooperation with the International Association for the Study of the Commons (www.iasc-commons.org) <http://www.iasc-commons.org> is organizing a thematic workshop “*Conceptualizing the New Commons - the examples of Knowledge Commons & Seed and Variety Commons*” on 6-8 June 2018. Theoretical and conceptual contributions from current research, not restricted to, but particularly on the following issues are welcome to submit an abstract: · Theoretical advancements of Seed and Variety Commons and New Commons · Perspectives from the Global South and Global North on New Commons · Polycentric governance of Global Knowledge Commons and biodiversity/plant genetic resources · Global Commons character of Knowledge Commons and Seed & Variety Commons · New Commons as means for personal wellbeing and re-democratization · New Commons as means for social-ecological transformation The workshop includes keynotes from Brett M. Frischmann of Villanova University, Silke Helfrich of Commons - Institut e.V. and Jack Kloppenburg of University of Wisconsin. Individual contributions from participants will be discussed in detail. Please consider applying for participation with an abstract or forward to those who might be interested (on both post-Doc and PhD levels). Abstracts of 300-500 words excluding keywords and references should be sent to [email protected] by *February 25, 2018*. For more details on topics and objectives, please see the detailed call for abstracts (here: https://tinyurl.com/y7cnowg5) and visit the web-page of the workshop (here: https://tinyurl.com/y73lxj8t). The workshop, organized by the Right Seeds Research Group in cooperation with the IASC, will take place in Oldenburg, Germany (close to the City of Bremen). RightSeeds is a collaborative research project by the Department for Economics at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) and the Agroecology group at Georg-August-University Göttingen. For any inquiries, please feel free to contact Prof. Stefanie Sievers-Glotzbach and the organizing committee on the above email address. With best, Ilkhom -- Dr. Ilkhom Soliev Senior Research Fellow | Lecturer Global Environmental Policy | Methods of Institutional Analysis and Policy Evaluation Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Policy Martin Luther University (MLU) Halle-Wittenberg Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4 (R. 4.23) 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany Communications Officer – IASC Europe Tel.: +49 (0) 34 555 22 514 Fax: +49 (0) 34 555 27 327 Email: [email protected] Web: www.landw.uni-halle.de/prof/agrarpolitik/ www.iasc-commons.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
