<div dir="ltr"><div>GeoForAll urban science thematic folks (especially in Europe) - see below. </div><div><br></div><div>It would be great if we had someone from GeoForAll Urban go to this and present something...</div><div>I know this is a very different kind of conference, but I want to see GeoForAll and OSGeo connect to IASC. There are common synergies.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Charlie</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">IASC</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iasc@mailservice.iasc-commons.org">iasc@mailservice.iasc-commons.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:26 PM<br>Subject: IASC Newsletter - August 2015<br>To: "Dr. Charlie Schweik" <<a href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a>><br><br><br><p><span style="font-family:helvetica"> </span><span style="font-family:helvetica"> </span><span style="font-family:helvetica"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="color:#003300"><strong>Newsletter of   the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC),</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="color:#003300"><strong>the leading   professional association dedicated to the Commons</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>Venue:</strong> Bologna, Italy</span></span><br><br> <span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"> </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>Conference   Website</strong><strong>: <em><a href="https://membership.iasc-commons.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1046&qid=107003" target="_blank">www.labgov.it/urbancommons</a></em></strong></span></span><br><br> <span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"> </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">How can city   squares, urban green spaces, cultural heritage, abandoned buildings, roads   and other urban infrastructure, services or other resources and goods be   governed as commons? Can cities be conceived as institutions for collective   action and therefore run as commons?<br><br></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">Inspired by the recently implemented Bologna   Regulation on Collaboration for the Care and Regeneration of the Urban   Commons, as well as by other commons-based experiments in cities around Italy   by the LabGov project (e.g. Co-Mantova,   Co-Battipaglia and Co-Palermo), the 1st IASC   Thematic Conference on the Urban Commons will bring together leading   scholars, researchers, policymakers, practitioners and social innovators to   take stock of the developments in the interdisciplinary study of the urban   commons and related questions of urban governance. Although the urban commons   has increasingly appeared as a topic of scholarly
inquiry, there has yet to   be sustained attention to the research questions, methodologies, and disciplinary   approaches necessary to more fully conceptualize and develop the idea of the   “urban commons” and the new challenges and facets it introduces into the   ongoing study of the commons in diverse fields.<br> </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">The conference will seek to better understand the idea of urban commons at   different scales, under what circumstances and contexts urban commons emerge,   what contributes to their durability and effectiveness, and what undermines   them. The conference will stress the importance of an "urban commons narrative"   for urban infrastructure, urban welfare, and urban development. Additionally,   the conference will focus on questions of urban governance and will explore   different frameworks for governing common urban resources, and the city, in a   collaborative manner. The conference will   highlight six thematic questions, which
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<li><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">Conceiving the Urban Commons</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">Mapping the Urban Commons </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">The Urban Commons and Democratic Innovation</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">The Collaborative/Sharing Economy as the Basis for a Commons-Based        Urban Economy</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">Social innovation as the Basis for a Commons-Based Urban Welfare</span></span></li>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">The international call for papers is still open   until <strong>August 10th, 2015 at 12:00 AM CET</strong>. Abstracts may be submitted to   <a href="mailto:urbancommons@labgov.it" target="_blank"><strong><em>urbancommons@labgov.it</em></strong></a>. <strong> </strong>Abstracts   may be submitted for any of the six thematic tracks described above. The   abstracts shall consist of a 500 word maximum description of the research or   paper and its originality or value for urban commons studies. All submissions   will be reviewed by an international review committee on the basis of   scientific quality, relevance to the conference themes, and
originality.   Those with accepted abstracts must confirm attendance by registering and   paying the conference fee through the conference website. The deadline for   registration by presenters (to be included in the final program) is <strong>September   13th, 2015</strong>. The registration deadline for other attendees is <strong>October   2nd, 2015</strong>. For accepted full paper presentations, the paper must be   submitted no later than <strong>October 12th, 2015 at 12:00 AM CET</strong>. Conference   organizers are undertaking all efforts to ensure funding from to reimburse   travel costs and participation fees of presenters coming from non-OECD   countries.</span></span><br><br></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">The IASC, being the leading leading   professional association dedicated to the Commons, is planning to redesign   its websites, transforming the current members' platform CommonsNet   (<a href="https://membership.iasc-commons.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1050&qid=107003" target="_blank"><strong><em>https://membership.iasc-commons.org/</em></strong></a>) into the one-stop hub for all   IASC-members to find all relevant information on commons, such as new   developments, bibliographies, audiovisual and teaching materials, project   descriptions, case studies, job offerings, et cetera. To make the new   websites fit to your
needs as an IASC-member as much as possible, we would very   much like to know what you would expect to find on this platform. So fill out   or survey and let us know! Filling out the survey takes only about 5-10   minutes and will enable us to design the new website to your needs. You can   find the MonkeySurvey questionnaire by <a href="https://membership.iasc-commons.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1049&qid=107003" target="_blank"><strong><em>clicking this link</em></strong></a>. Deadline for filling out   the survey is<strong> 31 August 2015</strong>.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>6-7 November   2015, 1st IASC Thematic Conference on Urban Commons (Bologna, Italy)</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>10-13 May   2016, Regional IASC Conference Europe (Bern, Switzerland)</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>20-21 October   2016, 3rd IASC Thematic Conference on Knowledge Commons (Paris, France)</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">‘Advancing   knowledge commons through legal and social changes’</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>Fall 2016,   Regional IASC Conference N. America/Arctic (Anchorage AK, USA)</strong></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>10-14 July   2017, XVI Biennial IASC Conference (Utrecht, The Netherlands)</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">Please note that the secretariat of the IASC has moved to Utrecht   University as of 1 July 2015. The new correspondence address is: <strong>IASC,   att. René van Weeren (Executive Director), Drift 6, 3512 BS, Utrecht, The   Netherlands, phone +31 (0)30 253 63 28. </strong>The legal address of the IASC in   Bloomington IN as well as the e-mail address have remained the same:   <a href="mailto:iasc@iasc-commons.org" target="_blank"><strong><em>iasc@iasc-commons.org</em></strong></a>. The Executive Council of the IASC wishes to express its thanks to the former ED   Simone Buratti for his dedication and excellent work over the past
years and to the   National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and in particular Leticia Merino for hosting the IASC Secretariat in the same period.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="color:#ffffff">The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC),  founded in 1989 as The International Association for the Study of Common  Property (IASCP) <a href="https://membership.iasc-commons.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1091&qid=107003" target="_blank">(Read about the Association's name change)</a>,  is devoted to bringing together multi-disciplinary researchers,  practitioners and policymakers for the purpose of improving governance  and management, advancing understanding, and creating sustainable  solutions for commons, common-pool resources, or any other form of  shared resource. Visit our webpage to find out more: <a href="https://membership.iasc-commons.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=1092&qid=107003" target="_blank"><strong><em>www.iasc-commons.org</em></strong></a><br></span></span></p>
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