Amsterdam is gentrifying and becoming more homogeneous. Over the past few years, many free cultural spaces have been terminated. Diversity and creativity, said to be quintessential Amsterdam values, are disappearing. Our friends…
What we are reading…
In this blog we keep you updated about the books we are reading, what we learnt from them and how they inspire us and our work. Spreading politics and economics, technology and…
A Syrian democratic social economy in the making
In the war torn region of Rojava, Syria, a communal economy has been steadily growing as people form cooperatives and local administrations actively support an economic transition. We crosspost a blog that…
Caring and Thriving: Bollier and Helfrich on the Future of Social Security
Caring and Thriving: Bollier and Helfrich on the Future of Social Security. A conversation about commons-based security, care income, alternative currencies, self-organisation and resillience.
Urban commons: utilizing the Right to Challenge in Rotterdam
With a bang we published a booklet on urban commons two years ago: Urban Commons: Shared Spaces. Among the policy recommendations in the paper was the Right to Challenge, one of the…
Cape Town: Towards a Municipal Regulation for the Commons
Crowdsourcing a Commons Transition Plan in Cape Town
Why We Need a People’s Vaccine Right Now
A People’s Vaccine for COVID-19 is based on shared knowledge and must be freely available to everyone, everywhere worldwide.
Digital Rights on top of the agenda
The corona pandemic – and especially the development of a Dutch corona-app, has reignited debate about online security and digital rights. This week, for instance, there was RESET, an online conference that…
Interoperability #2: The fork in the road
Updates about our deep dive into the digital interoperability debate from the Shared Digital Europe team
Interoperability #1: Policymaking is worldbuilding
Updates from our deep dive into the digital interoperability debate, brought to you by the Shared Digital Europe team