Projects
We tell the stories of economic practices and inspiring developments that shows that there is an alternative horizon. We aim to stretch people’s imagination of what is possible in order to enact change.
Designing for Collectivity
The Designing for Collectivity project focuses on developing a digital education platform and expanding a network of students, teachers and […]
Cities Beyond Growth
(The course ended in November 2025) Cities Beyond Growth is an adult education program that demystifies postgrowth concepts and translates […]
Digital Infrastructure for the Community Economy
What if digital technology could support the development of a locally-rooted, social economy in the city of Amsterdam? Together with […]
Digital Commons Unpacked
MeentCoop: The incubator for the Community Economy
Commons Network is always looking for new ways to activate the commons. That’s why we’ve launched MeentCoop, together with a […]
Postgrowth Pan-European Network
About the project Commons Network has established the Postgrowth Pan-European network which brings together Members of Parliament, trade union representatives, […]
Community Wealth Building
What’s the project about:How do you democratise the economy? How do you ensure that the value people create together stays […]
Money, debt, and postgrowth
Many of the societal challenges we face today find their roots in our current monetary and financial system. Debt-based monetary […]
Code of Conduct for Data Sharing in the Social Economy
Europe’s social economy spans a diverse range of businesses and initiatives. Data-driven social enterprises—such as health data cooperatives, platform cooperatives, […]
Municipalist Skill Share Podcast Series
Over the last year Commons Network led the peer-to-peer exchange space of the European Municipalist Network (EMN). EMN is an informal […]
Interparliamentary Workgroup for Post-growth
More and more people are realizing that a growth-oriented economy is ecologically unsustainable and socially undesirable on the long run, […]
Human Stories of Digital Transformation
What’s the project about: With Human Stories of Digital Transformation, Commons Network aims to further the idea of online spaces […]
Article series: Responding to Degrowth Critics
‘We need growth to eradicate extreme poverty.’ ‘We need growth to fund the energy transition and invest in public health’. […]
Fearless Cities: Cities for Change
From 2019 tot 2021 Commons Network was a core member of the municipalist thinktank ‘The 99 of Amsterdam’, a node […]
Book on Degrowth, Health and Caring Commons
Much of our world is organized around the imperative of economic growth, so much so that we’ve come to believe […]
Public-Civic Spaces Online
Just like we need public and civc spaces offline, we need them online. The organisation of digital space has become […]
