<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">collective-action</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:collective-action@uu.nl">collective-action@uu.nl</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 3:20 AM<br>Subject: Launch Call for Practitioners' Labs IASC2017 Conference 'Practicing the Commons' (Utrecht, July 10-14, 2017)<br>To: <br><br><br>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Dear Sir, Madam,</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">As hosting team of the XVI Biennial IASC Conference ‘Practicing the Commons: Self-Governance, Cooperation, and Institutional Change’, to be held in Utrecht, July 10-14, 2017,
we are happy to inform you that we have received <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">over 1,050 abstracts</span></strong> for papers, panels, and posters for this conference.
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">With the abstracts for Practitioners’ Labs yet to come, we expect the IASC2017 Conference to become the largest international event on commons ever! All abstracts will now be
peer-reviewed by our Scientific Review Committee of over 50 international experts; the results are to be expected
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">in the course of December 2016-January 2017</span></strong>.
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">With this e-mail e would like to inform you about the
<b>Call for (Contributions to) Practitioners’ Labs</b> (deadline: March 31, 2017), but also about the current results call and developments regarding the 2017 Conference.</span><b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Call for Practitioners’ Labs</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">We have just issued a
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Call for (Contributions to) Practitioners' Labs</span></b></em>. As we intend to bring together not only scholars working on commons, but also practitioners involved in commons or organizations dealing
with commons from around the globe, several Practitioners’ Labs will be organized. At these labs, practitioners have the opportunity to put forward their experience on commons-issues and at the same time discuss the challenges and questions they encounter
with academics working on these issues, as well as with fellow-practitioners and policy makers.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Proposals can be submitted for
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">full panels of approx. 6 participants,</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">contributions to the panels mentioned as in 1.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">contributions to one of the already prepared
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Sponsored Practitioners’ Labs (see
</span></em><a href="http://www.iasc2017.org/practitioners-labs/" target="_blank">http://www.iasc2017.org/<wbr>practitioners-labs/</a><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">)</span></em></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">individual proposals of practitioners who would like to present their organisation at one of the Practitioners’ Labs</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">For all info and the full text of the call, visit
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.iasc2017.org/calls/call-for-practitioners-labs/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.iasc2017.org/calls/<wbr>call-for-practitioners-labs/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.
You will find the call also as attachment to this e-mail.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">We would kindly like to ask you to distribute this call among your contacts</span></i></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.
Please do notice that this call is also open to contributions by academics, but they should be aware that the Practitioners’ Labs are explicitly designed for exchanging experience on practical issues and not for the presentation of academic papers.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Become an IASC-member now and benefit from reduced fees at IASC2017</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">As you are probably aware of, the IASC is a non-profit, member-driven association that offers lots of benefits to its members. If you are not yet a member, now is the time to
become a member: you will be able to benefit from a reduced membership fee for IASC2017, but in the meanwhile you will also have<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> full access to IASC’s digital resources</span></i></strong> such as
the Digital Library on the Commons, <strong><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">reduced publication fees</span></i></strong> for accepted articles in the International Journal of the Commons and the
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">opportunity to use IASC’s social media and newsletters</span></i></strong> to draw attention to your own projects, publications, events, etc..</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">You can find the overview of our income-dependent membership fees and subscribe as member via
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="https://membership-iasc.commons.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://membership-iasc.<wbr>commons.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Help us promote the IASC2017 Conference!</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The IASC2017 promises to be one of the largest conferences on commons and common-pool resources ever! Help us make this conference to a success by following our social media and
using #iasc2017 as topic. If you see an opportunity to distribute promotional materials like posters or flyers on the conference, or on IASC in general, contact the IASC via
<a href="mailto:iasc@iasc-commons.org" target="_blank">iasc@iasc-commons.org</a>.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Questions?</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">For all questions about the conference, please contact us at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:iasc2017@iasc2017.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">iasc2017@iasc2017.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">For questions regarding the IASC, please contact René van Weeren, Executive Director, at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:iasc@iasc-commons.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">iasc@iasc-commons.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Kind regards,</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The Research Team ‘Institutions for Collective Action’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">In cooperation with IASC2017 Conference Team</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<pre><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Conference Website</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <a href="http://www.iasc2017.org/" target="_blank">http://www.iasc2017.org/</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><br></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Facebook</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/iasc2017/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>iasc2017/</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></pre>
<pre><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Linkedin</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <a href="https://nl.linkedin.com/in/iasc2017" target="_blank">https://nl.linkedin.com/in/<wbr>iasc2017</a></span><u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Twitter</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> @iasc_2017 #iasc2017</span><u></u><u></u></pre>
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