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Welcome

2025-01-31T06:01:00.000-08:00

Second edition of the European Summer School on Social Economy

2011-03-26T02:25:00.000-07:00

Dear all,

I forward you the advice about a summer programme which will be held in Italy this summer:

Second edition of the European Summer School on Social Economy

You can find the information on the Website: www.esse.unibo.it

Could you please share this information with everyone you think could be interested in the programme?

Thanks in advance.

Kristian Buendia Mancinone

2011-03-04T01:48:00.000-08:00

well, you can see I'm not an expert with computers... I don't know why the photos are in the middle, but I hope you understand the text...

Greetings from Trento

2011-03-04T00:45:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody,

I promised to write some (or, at least something) in the blog, so maybe it's time to do it...

I usually don't have very interesting things to tell, at least aboth my PhD, but this week I have arrived Trento to do an stage in Euricse, an I can say this is a wonderful place to work. SOme of you were here in september in the summer school (at least Millàn...), so you know how beautiful the place is (and how wonderful the "cibo" is), and I imagine you have found the people ho works here, always ready to help you, and very good researchers. The activity of Euricse seems to increase constantly, with summer schools, publications, seminars, leading international research projects... so I'm really glad to have the opportunity to work in such active place and of such quality for some weeks. I really recomend you to "dive" in Eurisce's web.

I think I also owe you something....

And, by the way, some news and events that could be interesting for you... (I don't know if they are already in the blog...)

- A CIRIEC Spain study on social economy in Spain (of 2008), recently presented
- The page of CIRIEC Espana. Here, apart from other information on events, links on observatories, research projects... You can download their 2 scientific reviews on social economy (economics and law prespective)
- REVESCO, a scientific review of the UNiversidad COmplutense of Madrid. You can also download from internet.
- The website of GEZKI, an institute of the University of the Basque Country. You can also download their review and some publications.

And some events for the agenda...
- ICA Global Research Conference 2011 "New Opportunities for Co-operatives", 24-27 August 2011, Mikkeli (Finland) . Abstracts deadline: 31 March.
- Conference on "The social economy, corporate responsibility, private property & partnerships, workers' reights and cooperatives", in Onati (Basque COuntry), 6-8 July. First deadline: 8 March (I've just seen it!, but it seems it can be extended)

Bye!

DOCTORAL MEETING FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE UK PhD STUDENTS

2010-12-29T08:22:00.000-08:00

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

DOCTORAL MEETING FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE UK PhD STUDENTS -Durham University-

27-28 June 2011

Introduction

The Doctoral meeting for Social Enterprise UK PhD students is a unique opportunity for doctoral students in various stages of their research projects to present their work and engage in constructive discussion with fellow students in anon intimidating environment. A number of leading Academics and Professors will be available to give feedback.

Papers

We welcome abstracts from students undertaking doctoral research in social enterprise, social economy and cooperatives. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, type written (Times New Roman, size 12 font, single spaced) in A4 format. The title of the paper should be clearly stated as should the author’s full name, email address, university and stage of research. These should be submitted by email to micaela.mazzei@durham.ac.uk by 15^th February 2011. Contributors may apply to participate in panel discussions.

Review Panel

Abstracts will be carefully reviewed by a panel of academics who will endeavour to select a balanced set of papers. Contributors who are selected will be notified by email by 20^th March 2011.

Cost

This event is free. Participants are expected to book their own accommodation and travel. Bursaries are available for Durham and Middlesex Universities students.

Contact Details

Further information on the event is available from Micaela Mazzei and Sara Calvo, via email micaela.mazzei@durham.ac.uk and/or s.calvo@mdx.ac.uk.

Call for Papers: 3rd EMES International Research Conference

2010-11-29T05:46:00.000-08:00

The EMES European Research Network, in partnership with the Centre for Social
Entrepreneurship (Roskilde University, Denmark), is pleased to announce the 3rd EMES
International Research Conference, on the theme Social innovation through social
entrepreneurship in civil society, which will take place on 4-7 July 2011, at the
University of Roskilde, near Copenhagen (Denmark).

Important dates:
28 January 2011 Deadline for abstracts' submission
7 March 2011 Notification of acceptance/rejection to authors
27 May 2011 Deadline for final papers' submission
17 June 2011 Deadline for conference registration
4 July 2011 Conference starts

For more information, please consult:
http://www.emes.net/fileadmin/emes/PDF_files/Conferences/3EMESconf_call_FINAL.pdf

Reading Time with Picakled Olives (1) [Asaf]

2010-11-23T10:56:00.000-08:00

New on my bookshelf
I just came back from the post office to collect my recent on-line book purchase. It seems that winter in Israel refuse to visit. Meanwhile, the olive trees give their fruits as if the first rains, we all waiting for, are already here. So side by side on my bookshelf rests newly printed books next to a freshly pickled olives from my parents home garden in the Lower-Galilee.

I wonder whats new on your bookshelves this time of year.

(1)The idea for the title of this post is from this wonderful song by Regina Spector.

International workshop for philanthropy research students

The Center for the study of Philanthropy in Israel will hold an international conference on Sunday-Monday, May 15-16 2011 at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, Mt. Scopus campus. On Sunday, 15.5.2011 pre-conference workshops will be held for research students from Israel and abroad. The workshops will be lead by known researchers of philanthropy. On
Monday, 16.5.2011 the conference will take place. The Workshops will be held in English. The conference sessions will be held in Hebrew (The main lectures will be held in English).
!Abstract deadline Is December 15th, 2010!

Further details can be downloaded from here.

Please write to me if you apply (though I am not sure if I will attend the workshop, I promise to do my best to be a good host for your stay in Israel).

Asaf Stein

PhD Thesis by Chang Jo Lee

2010-09-24T10:32:00.000-07:00

Chang Jo Lee is a student in the UK. Thanks to the EMES Network, he could finish his Master´s dissertation.

Now, he is sharing with us his PhD dissertation. Enjoy!!

You can find the dissertation clicking here.

III Encuentro RILESS: V Encuentro internacional de intercambio entre investigadores y estudiantes egresados de postgrado (MAES-UNISINOS-EMES)

2010-09-24T10:23:00.000-07:00

Convocatoria para la presentación de trabajos

LA ECONOMIA SOCIAL Y SOLIDARIA: ALCANCES Y PRÁCTICAS

Campus de la Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (UNGS)

Los Polvorines, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

2 y 3 de diciembre de 2010

La Red de Investigadores Latinoamericanos de Economía Social y Solidaria (RILESS) se propone contribuir a dar fundamento científico y sólidas bases empíricas tanto al pensamiento estratégico como a las acciones referidas al desarrollo de formas de economía alternativa que vienen emergiendo en América Latina. Su objetivo es desarrollar una red de investigadores latinoamericanos que trabaje dentro de un marco plural, contribuyendo a la elaboración de proyectos, intercambios y diversas formas de cooperación científica, promoviendo trabajos multidisciplinarios, con el fin de fortalecer las iniciativas colectivas por otra economía, otra sociedad y otra política en América Latina. Una red que se vincule con pensamiento propio a las redes equivalentes en otros continentes, articulándose -desde su especificidad como red de investigación- con los estados y con los actores colectivos y redes que impulsan en Latinoamérica esas alternativas desde la sociedad.

RILESS es un proyecto conjunto de la Maestría en Economía Social (Instituto del Conurbano-UNGS, Argentina), del Grupo de Investigación sobre Economía Solidaria (Cátedra UNESCO-UNISINOS, Río Grande do Sul, Brasil), de El Colegio Mexiquense, y de FLACSO-Ecuador.

Asimismo, con este proyecto colabora URBARED (ICO-UNGS/IISUNAM-México). Tiene un Comité de Organización coordinado por José Luis Coraggio (UNGS-Argentina) y conformado además por Luiz Inácio Gaiger (UNISINOS-Brasil), María Arcelia González Buitrón (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México), Alberto Acosta (FLACSO-Ecuador) y Jean-Louis Laville (EMES-Europa). El comité de consulta está conformado por Aníbal Quijano (Perú), Luis Razeto (Chile) y Paul Singer (Brasil).

Organizadores:

- RILESS (www.riless.org)

- Maestría en Economía Social (Instituto del Conurbano-UNGS) (www.ungs.edu.ar)

- Cátedra UNESCO Trabajo y Sociedad Solidaria (UNISINOS) (www.ecosol.org.br)

- EMES (European Research Network) (www.emes.net)

Destinatarios:

- Estudiantes y egresados de la MAES (UNGS) y de los Programas de Posgrado vinculados a la Cátedra UNESCO Trabajo y Sociedad Solidaria (UNISINOS)

- Miembros de RILESS de otras instituciones de América Latina

- Miembros de la Red de Estudiantes de Doctorado de EMES

Modalidades de participación:

a) Presentación de ponencias

b) Presentación de proyectos avanzados de tesis de maestría o de doctorado

En ambos casos estará a cargo de un comité académico el examen y aceptación de las postulaciones, los trabajos seleccionados se organizarán en sesiones por afinidad temática, con comentarios de un profesor-investigador e intercambios entre los participantes.

a) Para la presentación de ponencias se han definido tres orientaciones temáticas amplias:

1. Teoría de la Economía Social y Solidaria (ESS): sus encuadres en los sistemas teóricos generales. Trabajos de contenido teórico y/o metodológico, que en lo posible vinculen los desarrollos conceptuales de la ESS con la discusión contemporánea más amplia sobre la teoría social.

2. Las prácticas de la Economía Social y Solidaria: variaciones nacionales o regionales. Trabajos con fundamento empírico, que contribuyan a: i) identificar diversas prácticas económicas de los sectores populares y/o de los programas públicos; ii) realizar análisis comparativos en la región.

3. Los alcances actuales y potenciales de la Economía Social y Solidaria, sus actores y sujetos. Trabajos relativos a los actores/sujetos sociales actuales o potenciales de la ESS, los alcances de sus proyectos y las posibilidades de convergencia y conflictos. Su relación con los movimientos sociales y el Estado.

- Envío de resúmenes (500 palabras) y CV abreviado a riless@ungs.edu.ar aclarando el área temática en la cual se presentan.

- Plazo límite: hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2010.

- Los resúmenes serán evaluados por un comité integrado por Luiz Inácio Gaiger (UNISINOS), Marilia Veronese (UNISINOS), José Luis Coraggio (UNGS), Aída Quintar (UNGS) y Jean-Louis Laville (EMES).

- Los autores de los resúmenes aceptados tendrán tiempo hasta el 10 de noviembre de 2010 para presentar sus ponencias completas (de 6.000 a 10.000 palabras) siguiendo el formato requerido por la revista Otra Economía

(ver http://www.riless.org/otraeconomia/convocatoria.html)

- El comité podrá evaluar o asignar la evaluación a referís y comunicar la aceptación de la ponencia antes del 20 de noviembre. Algunos trabajos podrán ser recomendados para su presentación en la revista Otra Economía.

b) Presentación de proyectos de tesis/investigación (abierto a miembros de RILESS en general o a estudiantes de postgrado de MAES, UNISINOS y EMES)

- Orientación temática abierta, dentro del campo de la ESS. Los trabajos serán organizados por afinidad temática para su exposición.

- Se deberá presentar una síntesis del proyecto de investigación (entre 1.000 y 2.000 palabras) que incluya problema y preguntas de investigación, metodología y resultados esperados.

- Enviar (junto con CV abreviado) a riless@ungs.edu.ar hasta el 30 de septiembre, aclarando si se trata de un proyecto de tesis de maestría o doctorado.

- Los proyectos seleccionados podrán enviar una actualización del mismo hasta el 15 de noviembre de 2010.

2010-08-31T08:50:00.000-07:00

Good morning guys,

I am writting from Trento (Italy) where we are attending to the EURICSE Summer School about behavioral economics and pluralism of organization structures. It is really interesting, and we are introducting ourselves in the new field for study non-profit, cooperative and other social organizations.

The first day and a half (yesterday and this morning), we attend the sessions by Urs Fishbacher. He is a Switcherland schorlar in experimental economics due to work about core of cooperation between people and the effect of comunication, punish and rewards over it.

And this afternoon and tomorrow, sesion are running by Enrique Fatas, from LINEEX experimental lab center. He is researching from a more applied point of view than professor Fishbacher, working about informational, globalization, and other effects on economic behaviors.

The fantastic thing is that Berhanu Gebremichael, Harri Kostilainen and me met in this Summer School, and we can recuperate the atmosfere we lived in Roskilde. I would like to share with you how the EURICSE Summer School is going in this blog during next days. We keep in contact through this blog.

About our presentations in 2nd Summer School in Roskilde

2010-08-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

Hi,

one of the first opportunities to this blog be alive is to upload the powerpoint presentations that we used in the group meeting during the Summer School in Roskilde. This way, everyone can be remember the ideas which emerged in the presentation of other colleagues and to fit them in a better way.

A proposal for doing in a structured way is:

1. To upload the presentation in www.slideshare.net. You can create our own profile or use the EMES profile sent to your personal e-mail.

2. To embed this presentation in this blog. There is a video below with the steps to do it. I hope that it is useful. Please, do not hesitate to contact if you have any problem with this.

Embedding a slide show in the blog using SlideShare

3. To quote the blog´s entry with the presentation with the following tags: 2nd summer school; Roskilde; slides; "your name"; group # (with the number in which you exposed).

Thank you very much. With this facts, little by little, we are able to create the research community that we wish.

Lecture by Elinor Ostrom

2010-08-27T05:10:00.000-07:00

Lecture by Elinor Ostrom - at Nobelprize.org
I guess we all know the 2006 Nobel peace prize winner Muhamad Yunus, (his name has become synonymous with business social entrepreneurship) but when someone (I can't remember who it was) talked about Elinor Ostrom as a side comment in one of the summer school events, I think it is fair to say that I wasn't the only one in the room hearing the name for the first time.
I want to thank Rocío for sending us this link. It is a lecture of the 2009 economic Nobel prize winner, where in less than half an hour brilliant lecture she manage to summarize her life project, about common pool resources and the governance regimes of those resources that aren't necessarily government nor private (though she did not mention the term Civicness or Civil Society once). Or as the anonymous PhD student from the 'A Fine Theorem' blog put it: "[Ostrom's] basic insight is that… …there are countless empirical examples of common property management without direct government involvement".

On several occasions in the summer school we talked about the important effort to make (somewhat restricting but usable) working definitions of social and organizational formations. We also talked about the importance of making visible, through theoretical and empirical research, other ways of what can be consider as part of the economy.
All these issues are being addressed in Ostrom's lecture. I particularly recommend watching the 17 to 24 Minutes of the video.

Technical note: If the streaming doesn't go well, you can download the whole video file from the nobel prize site. The lecture is also available as a pdf file.

Enjoy,
Asaf

1st International Conference on Cooperative Social, Economic and Cultural Capabilities‏

2010-08-27T01:17:00.000-07:00

The 1st International Conference on Cooperative Social, Economic and Cultural Capabilities

Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2010

For further imformation please visit:
http://www.icci2011.ir/english/index.asp

SERNUK (UK PhD Social Enterprises Students Network) AUGUST 2010

2010-08-18T23:25:00.000-07:00

UK CONFERENCES

2nd International Social Innovation Research Conference Partnerships, Hybrids and Networks

13-15 September 2010, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
more info: http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/skoll/news/Pages/isirc.aspx

33rd Annual ISBE Conference Promoting excellence in education, research and practice in small business and entrepreneurship.

This conference has a Social Enterprise Stream.
3-4 November 2010, Grand Connaught Rooms, London
Note that there is a doctoral day on 2 November, just before the main conference!
more info: http://www.isbe.org.uk/ISBE2010

NEWS

If you want to find news about UK social enterprise, look at the following websites:
- http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/channels/socialenterprise/
- http://www.socialenterpriselive.com/
- http://www.socialenterprisenews.co.uk/
- http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/

Revista Otra Economía

2010-08-18T07:09:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,
I would like to invite you to know and explore the RILESS' journal "OTRA ECONOMIA: Revista Latinoamericana de Economía Social y Solidaria".
http://www.riless.org/otraeconomia/
In the last edition we have published articles of researchers from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela and Argentina.
You can also acced to the previous editions entering in ANTERIORES.
Of course, all the materials are in spanish or portuguese...
I´m here for any doubt or question.
Abrazos,
Gonzalo Vázquez from Argentina

Call for papers

2010-08-12T01:08:00.000-07:00

Dear all, there are some more call for papers and events for you. Thanks.

Call for papers:
1. Eighth Workshop on the Challenges of Managing the Third Sector (Galway, Ireland; 9-10 June 2011)
Submission of full papers: 3 March 2011

2. Benchmark 3.5- 2011 Conference on Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies (California, USA; 24-26 March 2011)
Submission of proposals: 4 October 2010
http://www.naccouncil.org/benchmark

More events:
2010
November 15-16
10th Biennial Australia New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference, “The Third Sector as Civil Society in Australasia: Identity, Role and Influence in the New Century”(Australia)
Contact: Melissa.Edwards@uts.edu.au

November 18-20
ARNOVA’s 39th Annual Conference, “Governments and the Voluntary Sector: Redefining the Relationships?” (USA)
Contact: www.arova.org; conference@arnova.org

December 29-30
Redefining the Roles of Business, NGOs and Governments: A Mission for a Better Global Society (India)
Contact: conference@jkshim.ac.in

2011
February 15-18
1st Academic International Conference ‘Exploring Leadership & Learning Theories in Asia (Malaysia)
Contact: inquiries@ellta.org

March 24-27
Benchmark 3.5 – Fourth conference on the development of NPO/NGO management, voluntarism, and philanthropy as a field of study in higher education
Contact: www.naccouncil.org

June 9-10
8th Workshop on the Challenges of Managing the Third Sector. The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), Galway, Ireland.
Contact: http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=761

Request for help: Asian section of SE Teaching Resources Handbook

2010-08-12T00:15:00.000-07:00

Dear all, we have a message from Lisa requesting for information and contacts for Asian section of SE Teaching Resources Handbook (hereafter). Your inputs and help would be highly appreciated!
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Dear friends,

I've been asked to write a short overview on the state of social entrepreneurship in Asia and to provide information on institutions, programs and faculty (with email addresses) actively engaged in teaching, education/training program development and research on social entrepreneurship in our region for the 2011 Social Entrepreneurship Teaching Resources Handbook. This is a project of Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship for the University Network on Social Entrepreneurship. This hopes to update a 2008 effort which you can view online at http://www.universitynetwork.org/handbook.

The Asian region is very much under represented in this effort. I would appreciate your inputs in the following format (or contacts who could provide inputs):

Description of state/key developments on social entrepreneurship initiatives in your country:

Institution (with 1 paragaph description if focused on social entrepreneurship teaching, program development and research):
SE Program (name and 1 paragraph description):
Contact Person, position and email:

Faculty name:
Institutional and program affiliation/position:
Email:
Actual involvement in teaching, education/training program development and research on social entrepreneurship:

I would highly appreciate your inputs and information. Please fill in the enclosed form and send back to me by August 20, if possible. Should you need more time but intend to input, kindly make arrangements for a later submission.

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Lisa's contact information:
Marie Lisa M. Dacanay [lisa_isea@yahoo.com]
Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA)
2F Ateneo School of Government
ADMU Katipunan Ave.
Diliman, Quezon City 1108
Philippines
Tel. (632) 703-8912
Telefax (632) 426-6001 local 4640

EMES News Alert

2010-08-06T07:47:00.000-07:00

· New working paper series launched by Euricse
· New book by EMES Italian member Carlo Borzaga
· New book by EMES German member Adalbert Evers
· EMES Belgian member CIRTES organises the 30th Conference of the Association d'Economie Sociale on 9-10 September 2010 in Charleroi (Belgium)

Call for papers

2010-08-02T07:33:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Here are some "calls for papers" for events in 2011... Again, feel free to share some more information about "call for papers" with everyone...

Symposium "International voids and the governance of developing economies" (May - Rotterdam, Netherlands): deadline for submission is 15 Sept. 2010
3d International CIRIEC Conference in Social Economy (April - Valladolid, Spain): deadline for submission of paper proposals is 15 Oct. 2010
EURAM Doctoral Colloquium (May - Tallinn, Estonia): deadline for submission is 11 January 2011
EURAM Annual Conference (June 2011 - Tallinn, Estonia): deadline for submission is 17 January 2011

More information by clicking on the event in the calendar...

Some Events in September...

2010-08-02T07:14:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Here are the next conferences schedulded in September... As many opportunities to see each other again... So let us know if you are taking part in one of these events... And feel free to share other events and to fill in the calendar...

8-10 Sept. 2010 : Journées de l'Association d'Economie Sociale "Transformations et innovations économiques et sociales en Europe" (Charleroi, Belgium)
8-10 Sept. 2010 : Conference "Ten years of war against poverty" (Manchester, UK)
8-10 Sept. 2010 : Colloque "Transport et développement des territoires" (Le Havre, France)
10-11 Sept. 2010 : International Conference "Migration & Development" (Paris, France)
13-15 Sept. 2010 : International Social Innovation Research Conference "Partnerships, Hybrids and Networks" (Oxford, UK)
15-17 Sept. 2010 : International RULESCOOP Conference "Collective entrepreneurship and social cohesion" (Granada, Spain)

More Information by clicking on the event in the section "Calendar"...

Government Data within reach of our investigations

2010-07-31T06:24:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

this is an article from the Spanish newspaper that I think it can be interesting for carrying some of our research. In this piece of news they tell Goverments around the world are opening databases for the use of individuals and enterprises.

It is possible that they are also useful to create new ideas for new researches or for improving your current research.

You can find the piece of news clicking here.

It is in Spanish, but you can use the Google translator for reading it in other language without huge information´s looses.

Bulletin de veille sur la recherche en économie sociale, vol. 5, nº 7

2010-07-28T14:42:00.000-07:00

The July 2010 ECO-SOC INFO bulletin of The Canada Research Chair on Social Economy is now available on its website!

To read it, click here!

There you will find up to date references on the research on the social economy as well as a review of related events (new research centres and projects, events, call for papers)

Towards a Global History of the Consumer Co-operative Movement

2010-07-28T14:13:00.000-07:00

Revue Internationale de l´economie sociale

Towards a Global History of the Consumer Co-operative Movement
(until 1st September)

The aim of the project is to produce a comparative survey of the history of the consumer co-operative movement, from the nineteenth century onwards, in all regions of the world. This will take the form of an anthology, to be written in English and edited by the project leaders, which will include chapter-length surveys of co-operative history in as many regions and countries as possible, together with thematic analyses of the transnational connections, processes and entanglements which have shaped co-operative history throughout the world. Combined with statistical information and bibliographies, the anthology is intended above all to create a resource for future studies on the co-operative movement.

The work will be produced to the highest scholarly standards by professional historians, but we will also use other forms to disseminate the results of the project to a wider audience, including co-operative activists. The project builds upon important earlier studies in this field, including for example the work of Johnstone Birchall, and the anthologies edited by Brazda and Schediwy (1989) and Furlough and Strikwerda (1999) but it is nonetheless still the case that consumer co-operation has been surprisingly neglected by economic and social historians.

The project is concerned primarily with consumer co-operatives, many of which though by no means all state their adherence to the principles of the so-called Rochdale model (based on the eponymous co-operative society founded in northern England in 1844). Many consumer co-operatives are concerned with retailing, but it will also be necessary to consider consumer co-operation in other fields, e.g. energy, healthcare, social services including care for the elderly etc. Other forms of co-operative organisation will be considered where necessary in relation to consumer co-operation, including for example producer co-operation (especially where co-operative production was run as part of co-operative wholesale federations serving consumer societies), agricultural co-operation and credit co-operation.

By presenting a global perspective on a truly global movement, the project also attempts to move beyond the Euro-centric perspectives that continue to dominate much trans-national historical research, and thus contribute to the growing interest in globalised history. The aim of the project is to understand consumer co-operatives as a global phenomenon, and it thus requires a careful consideration of methodology. We seek to understand why consumer co-operation existed all over the world, but at the same time it is important to avoid over-emphasising entanglements, and adopting a euro-centrist or neo-colonialist view. It is thus important to pay attention not just to Rochdale but also to different models of co-operation and their diffusion. Further, although the framework for the nation state was often the main context for the historical development of co-operatives, similarities and differences will have to be treated very carefully in order to avoid generalisations that hide local and regional developments.

All info: http://www.recma.org/node/1042

2010-07-28T03:18:00.000-07:00

Dear Member, dear Friend

Some of our colleagues, European members of the academic world, have taken the initiative of sending an Open Letter to the European Commission claiming for a larger recognition of the role Social Economy can play in the development of Europe. This letter is headed by Carlo Borzaga, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Trento (Italy). He contacted us to solicit CIRIEC's support to the open letter, notably the European members of its scientific network and its European national sections.

We think that this initiative is very opportune and pertinent and we therefore ask for your support. If you are a scientist and you agree with the contents of the attached open letter, we invite you to send at ciriec@uv.es your professional data before August 4 (name, department, university or research center). Please feel free to distribute this message. Thanks!

Yours Cordially,

José Luis Monzón
Catedrático de Economía Aplicada de la Universidad de Valencia
Presidente de CIRIEC-España

Pictures from Roskilde

2010-07-26T15:38:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
As we all went back from the summer school each to its own local ivory tower, I extended my semi-summer vacation in a different outdoor setting: a whole month in the middle of the Israeli Negev desert. But now (thanks to a wireless cellular router borrowed form Bar-Ilan's student union) I'm beck into (Virtual) civility again, so I was able to uploaded most of my pictures from Roskilde to picasa

Naturally, the pictures reflect my group and personal experience, so I hope some of you will fill in the gaps, and share with us all their visual impressions form the summer school.
Asaf.

Call of Proposals for the 3th international CIRIEC Conference

2010-07-23T11:31:00.001-07:00

First Call of Papers for 3th International CIRIEC Conference on Social Economy
Valladolid, Spain. 6 - 8 of April, 2010

The conference is organized by Spanish-section CIRIEC, CIRIEC-Internacional, ENUIES Network of Institutes and Centers of Research on Social Economy and the Universidad de Valladolid. The slogan of the Conference is "Social Economy, basis for a new model of sustainable economic development".

There are four main themes:
1) Social Economy as a socio-economic agent in North and South countries,
2) Social Economy as vector of social and economic change,
3) Allies of Social Economy in a new model of sustainable economic development,
4) Role of States and international institutions related to Social Economy.

The deadline for presenting proposals of communications is October, 15th. On December, 20th the notification of approval of such proposals will be provided. And January, 31th is the deadline for conference with registration discount.

At this moment, two international conferences has been carried out, firth one was in 2007 in Victoria (Canada) and the second one was in 2009 in Östersund (Sweden).

For call of papers, click here.

Welcome

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Welcome. This is the blog of EMES PhD Students Network. We hope that this blog is useful to be updated in the research on Social and Solidarity Economy, Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneur. In it, you can find a calendar with the call of papers for conferences in the next months as well as the papers that young researches of this network are writting in order to know our progression and research lines.

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EMES PhD Students Network

Welcome

Second edition of the European Summer School on Social Economy

Greetings from Trento

DOCTORAL MEETING FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE UK PhD STUDENTS

Call for Papers: 3rd EMES International Research Conference

Reading Time with Picakled Olives (1) [Asaf]

PhD Thesis by Chang Jo Lee

III Encuentro RILESS: V Encuentro internacional de intercambio entre investigadores y estudiantes egresados de postgrado (MAES-UNISINOS-EMES)

About our presentations in 2nd Summer School in Roskilde

Lecture by Elinor Ostrom

1st International Conference on Cooperative Social, Economic and Cultural Capabilities‏

SERNUK (UK PhD Social Enterprises Students Network) AUGUST 2010

Revista Otra Economía

Call for papers

Request for help: Asian section of SE Teaching Resources Handbook

EMES News Alert

· New working paper series launched by Euricse· New book by EMES Italian member Carlo Borzaga· New book by EMES German member Adalbert Evers· EMES Belgian member CIRTES organises the 30th Conference of the Association d'Economie Sociale on 9-10 September 2010 in Charleroi (Belgium)

Call for papers

Some Events in September...

Government Data within reach of our investigations

Bulletin de veille sur la recherche en économie sociale, vol. 5, nº 7

Towards a Global History of the Consumer Co-operative Movement

Pictures from Roskilde

Call of Proposals for the 3th international CIRIEC Conference

Welcome

Welcome

· New working paper series launched by Euricse
· New book by EMES Italian member Carlo Borzaga
· New book by EMES German member Adalbert Evers
· EMES Belgian member CIRTES organises the 30th Conference of the Association d'Economie Sociale on 9-10 September 2010 in Charleroi (Belgium)