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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">The Research Team Institutions for Collective Action would kindly like to draw your attention to the call for papers for the 1<sup>st</sup> IASC Thematic Conference on Urban Commons (Bologna,
Italy, 6-7 November 2015; deadline abstracts: 9 August 2015) as well as to the other IASC-conferences scheduled for 2015-2017.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">René van Weeren<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Project Assistant Research Team Institutions for Collective Action<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">______________<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Call for Papers for the 1<sup>st</sup> IASC Thematic Conference on Urban Commons</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"> (Bologna, 6-7 November 2015),
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">hosted by the Laboratory for Governance of Commons (LabGov) and the Urban Law Center of Fordham University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Deadline abstracts</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> 9 August 2015<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Conference website</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span><a href="http://www.labgov.it/urbancommons" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">www.labgov.it/urbancommons</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Full version call for papers > see attachment</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Inspired by the recently implemented<i> Bologna Regulation on Collaboration for the Care and Regeneration of the Urban Commons</i>, 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">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 are:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Conceiving the Urban Commons<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span>ii.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Mapping the Urban Commons
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</span>iii.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">The Urban Commons and Democratic Innovation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span>iv.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">The Collaborative/Sharing Economy as the Basis for a Commons-Based Urban Economy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span>v.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Social innovation as the Basis for a Commons-Based Urban Welfare
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</span>vi.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Designing and Governing the City as a Commons<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">These thematic areas will be examined through two full days of plenary panels, keynote presentations, and parallel sessions with selected papers from the call for papers.
The conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion intended to reflect on the methods and future directions for urban commons research.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstracts may be submitted for any of the six thematic tracks described above from June 20 onwards via
</span><a href="mailto:urbancommons@labgov.it" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">urbancommons@labgov.it</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">.. 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 abstracts should be submitted
<b>before 10 August 2015, 12:00 AM CET.<u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Other upcoming IASC-Conferences 2015-2017<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">In addition to the conference mentioned above, the following IASC-conferences have been scheduled for 2015-2017:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">IASC Regional Conference (Europe), 10-13 May 2016, Bern, Switzerland (see flyer in attachment)<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">‘Commons in a 'glocal' world: global connections and local responses’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Hosted by the University of Bern.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">3rd IASC Thematic Conference on Knowledge Commons, 20-21 October 2016, Paris, France<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">‘Advancing knowledge commons through legal and social changes’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Hosted by SciencesPro and The Université Catholique de Louvain<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">IASC Regional Conference (N. America/Arctic), Fall 2016, Anchorage, Alaska, USA<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">‘Reality, richness, and responsibility of an arctic commons’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Hosted by the Institute of the North<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">XVIth Biennial IASC Conference, 10-14 July 2017, Utrecht, The Netherlands (</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">See
</span><a href="http://www.iasc2017.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">www.iasc2017.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">)</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">‘Practicing the commons’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Hosted by Utrecht University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">A poster overview of these conferences can be found tin the attachments of this e-mail.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Keep updated on all these and other conferences via the website of the IASC<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.iasc-commons.org/conferences" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">http://www.iasc-commons.org/conferences</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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