International Association for the Study of the Commons
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The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) was founded in 1989 as The International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP). It is a non-for-profit organization that sees as its mission to further the understanding of institutions for the management of resources that are or could be held or used collectively as a commons by communities in developing and industrialized countries.
According to its vision statement, the goals of the association are:
- to encourage exchange of knowledge on the commons among diverse disciplines, areas, and resource types
- to foster mutual exchange of scholarship and practical experience
- to promote appropriate institutional design
International Journal of the Commons[]
IASC publishes the International Journal of the Commons, "an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed open-access journal ... dedicated to furthering the understanding of institutions for use and management of resources that are (or could be) enjoyed collectively."[1] The journal's editors-in-chief are Frank van Laerhoven (Utrecht University) and Michael Schoon (Arizona State University).[2]
Conferences[]
The association organizes biennial global conferences as well as regional conferences. In 2012, it also organized the first First Thematic Conference on the Knowledge Commons.
See also[]
- Common land
- Tragedy of the commons
- Information Commons
- Knowledge commons
- Commons-based peer production
References[]
- ^ "Editorial Policies," International Journal of the Commons. Accessed: January 21, 2014.
- ^ "Editorial Team," International Journal of the Commons. Accessed: January 21, 2014.
External links[]
- International Association for the Study of the Commons official website
- International Journal of the Commons
- First Thematic Conference of IASC on the Knowledge Commons
- Public commons
- International professional associations
- Organizations established in 1989
- Ecological economics
- International organization stubs