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IASC 2013

COMMONERS AND THE CHANGING COMMONS: LIVELIHOODS, ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY, AND SHARED KNOWLEDGE

The forthcoming 14th IASC Global Conference will be held in Mount Fuji area, Japan.

UPDATE: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 31. For more info, please visit the Online Demo of Abstract Submission.

Conference Website: http://www.iasc2013.org

IASC 2011

The Conference held on January in Hyderabad provided a unique opportunity to resurface the discussion and debate on Commons and bring experience and evidence from across the world to show that Commons are not a relic of the past, but play a strategic role in maintaining ecological health, reducing poverty, and improving collective action.

IASC 2008

  • Dates - July 14 - 18, 2008
  • Location & Conference Site - Cheltenham, England
  • Sponsor - University of Gloucestershire, England
  • Papers Archives - 313 (Available online here)

IASC 2006

  • Dates - June 19 - 23, 2006
  • Location & Conference Site - Bali, Indonesia
  • Sponsor - Center for Agrarian Studies, Bogar Agricultural University, Indonesia
  • Papers Archives - 266 (Available on-line here)

IASC 2004

  • Dates - August 9 - 13
  • Location & Conference Site - Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Chair - Leticia Merino, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Papers Archived - 239 (Available online here)

IASC 2002

  • Dates - June 17 - 21
  • Location - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
  • Conference Site - Elephant Hills
  • Chair - Phanuel Mugabe, University of Zimbabwe
  • Theme - The Commons in an Age of Globalization
  • Participants - 300
  • Papers Archived - 150(Available online here)

IASC 2000

  • Dates - May 31, June 4
  • Location - Bloomington, Indiana, USA
  • Conference Site - Indiana University Memorial Union
  • Chair - Nives Dolsak & Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University
  • Papers Archived - 235 (Available online here)

IASC 1998

  • Dates - June 10 - 14
  • Location - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Conference Site - University of British Columbia
  • Chair - Evelyn Pinkerton, Simon Fraser University
  • Theme - Crossing Boundaries
  • Participants - 500
  • Papers Archived - 181 (Available online here)

IASC 1996

  • Dates - June 5 - 8
  • Location - Berkeley, California, USA
  • Conference Site - University of California, Berkeley
  • Chair - Louise Fortmann, University of California-Berkeley
  • Theme - Voices from the Commons
  • Participants - 500
  • Papers Archived - 81
  • Conference papers at the Digital Library of the Commons

IASC 1995

  • Dates - May 24 - 28
  • Location - Bodoe Norway
  • Conference Site - Agricultural University of Norway
  • Charis - Erling Berge & Audun Sandberg, University of Trondheim
  • Theme - Reinventing the Commons
  • Participants - 350 Participants
  • Archived Papers - 198 Archived Papers
  • Conference papers at the Digital Library of the Commons

IASC 1993

  • Dates - June 16 - 19
  • Location - Los Banos, Laguna Philippines
  • Conference Site - School of Environmental Science & Management, Univeristy of Philippines
  • Charis - Maria C. Cruz & Ben S. Malayang, University of the Philppines
  • Papers Archives - Digital Library of the Commons

IASC 1992

  • Date - September 17 - 20
  • Location - Washington, DC, USA
  • Conference Site - Stouffer Mayflower Hotel
  • Chair - Bonnie McCay
  • Host - Rutgers University
  • Theme - Inequality and the Commons
  • Participants - 100 Participants
  • Archived Papers - 77 Papers
  • Conference papers at the Digital Library of the Commons

IASC 1991

  • Dates - September 26 - 29
  • Location - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Conference Site - University of Manitoba
  • Chair - Fikret Berkes
  • Host - Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba
  • Participants - 350
  • Archived Papers - Digital Library of the Commons

IASC 1990

  • Dates - September 27 - 30
  • Location - Durham, North Carolina, USA
  • Conference Site - Sheraton Univ. Center Duke University
  • Papers Archived - 43
  • Conference papers at the Digital Library of the Commons

  • Chair - Margaret McKean, Duke University
  • Theme - Designing Sustainability on the Commons
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