20th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons
Regenerating the Commons:
Addressing Pressing Concerns Through Learning about the Past and Innovating into the Future
About | Conference Themes
Important News
In-Person Presenters! Use this Google Form to upload a Powerpoint or PDF file or share a link to a Google Slides presentation for your panel’s podium computer. Online presenters: NO NEED to do this — you will share your screen over Zoom.
ZOOM PARTICIPANTS — IMPORTANT! All IASC 2025 Zoom Lines require a passcode. Registrants – check your email. If you have registered and cannot find the email, message the IASC 2025 Help WhatsApp Group (best) or email the online engagement team
You can view the conference Panel Schedule here.
Online participants – read about all the available participation options for you here. Our Teamup calendar provides you with a daily rundown of the events, zoom links, and allows you to see it in your timezone.
IMPORTANT FOR participants for Monday AM!
- [NEW] Early Career Network meeting today (5:15-6:00 pm) in room ILCS140 and on zoom
- [NEW] Tonight (Wednesday) – dinner on your own
- Amherst Restaurant Guide
- Bus information to downtown Amherst and Northampton
- Conference discounts in Amherst
- Live Jazz music at The Drake ($10 cover)
- Free stroll at poet Emily Dickinson Museum‘s outside garden
- All IASC 2025 Zoom lines require a passcode. This was emailed to registrants on June 10 and June 15th. If you have registered and cannot find the email, message the IASC 2025 Help WhatsApp Group (best) or email the online engagement team.
- WHEN
June 16-20, 2025
- WHERE
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
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SOCIAL
#iasc2025
Important Dates
- April, 2024
Program Committee finalized – DONE!
- May, 2024
Conference themes finalized – DONE!
- June, 2024
Conference themes finalized – DONE!
- August 1, 2024
Call for Panels Abstracts due — DONE!
- September 20, 2024
Call for Contributions announced — DONE!
- November 15, 2024
Abstract submission due date extended to November 15th, 2024! — DONE!
- December, 2024 and January 2025
Papers, Presentation and Poster acceptances communicated so people can begin to make travel arrangements (e.g., visas, flights, etc.). — DONE!
- February, 2025
Conference registration and accommodations posted to this website.
Panels placed on in-person room timetable and online timetable and these are communicated to all accepted participants. -- DONE!
Information on various in-conference excursions and costs and registration posted -- DONE! See Excursions menu.
- March, 2025
Pre-conference online community engagement event begins and will continue to expand/grow and operate through April. See pre-conference menu item for more information. -- DONE!
- April-May, 2025
Preparations continue on both the in-conference and online aspects of the conference. We will continue to communicate our progress via the bi-weekly IASC newsletter. -- DONE!
- June 14-15, 2025
In-person pre-conference events and workshops.
- June 16-20, 2025
