Every week or so, our colleague Ruth will keep us updated on her ongoing research into the new Dutch law for the planning and design of the physical environment and how it…
This Week We Vote
Commons Network spent the last two years working on a programme called ‘Commons for Europe’. It was our way of streamlining our work in different fields into one coherent ‘campaign’, focused on…
New Book Out Now: Political Ideas for a New Europe
Our Commons: Political Ideas for a New Europe is a collection of essays, case studies and interviews about the commons, published right before the European Elections of May 2019. The book showcases…
The Top 10 Commons Network Publications: 2017-2019
It’s almost summer, so here is a selection of the ten most impactful publications (in no particular order) that we released in the past two years. 1. What can commoners do…
Democratise Europe: a Manifesto
Today, Commons Network kicks off a campaign for a truly democratic Europe with the publication of our manifesto: #DemocratiseEurope. The campaign, supported by the European Cultural Foundation, originated in a workshop Commons…
Let’s Talk: What Does a Truly Democratic Society Look Like?
Commons Network is going to the island of Texel this week to join our friends of the European Movement International and many others to participate in the ‘Democracy Alive’ Festival. We will…
Commons and Democracy: Challenges in Europe
Commons Network organized the workshop ‘The Challenge of Democratic Societies and Citizen Participation in Europe’, in cooperation with the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam. Bringing together advocates, community leaders, local policy makers,…
Commons Network in London: What would an alternative Internet look like?
#SummerNews: In this series, Commons Network writes about what we’ve been doing over the past few months. It’s been a busy summer. Our friends at netCommons organized a conference in London…