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Below is a list of accepted panels organized by conference subtheme.
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Sub-theme 1
Staying true to IASC roots: environmental commons in a changing world
Theme Details
Commons scholars, particularly those from the Bloomington School tradition, have a long and rich history of studying various environmental commons such as forests, fisheries, pasturelands, and irrigation systems. These environmental commons have been thoroughly documented and analyzed across diverse contexts, providing a solid foundation for empirical research and theorization on social and environmental governance. Recently, new types of environmental uses and commons have been identified and analyzed, including coral reefs, the atmosphere and the space beyond the atmosphere, the high seas and the deep seabed.
This theme invites submissions that focus on the management of both traditional environmental commons—forests, fisheries, and irrigation systems—and newer and larger-scale environmental commons. We welcome contributions that explore the use, management, distribution, and conservation of environmental commons across different contexts, as well as the interconnections among them. In keeping with the IASC’s foundational principles, a central focus of this sub-theme will be on the theory and practice of building local institutions for governing environmental commons in a changing world.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Praneeta Mudliar, Maria Claudia-Lopez
Panels
Roundtable Game Frontiers: from understanding collective action to supporting it
Chair: Thomas Falk
International Food Policy Research Institute
Details
Session 1. 1.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW245
Participatory vision-building for Fostering Collective Action and Sustainability. Insights From an Economic Experiment in the Field
in-person1Department of Environmental Econommics, Osnabrück University, Germany, 2Environmental Behaviour and Planning Research Group, Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hanover, Germany
Effectiveness of Experiential Learning Games for Enhancing Sustainable Water Management and Governance in India
in-person1International Food Policy Research Institute, Germany, 2International Food Policy Research Institute, United States, 3Foundation for Ecological Security, India, 4International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India, 5International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Kenya
Experiential Learning to Support community-based Climate Change Adaptation in the Zambezi Region of Namibia
in-person1University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Germany, 3Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
A Conceptual Proposal for Impact Assessment of Serious Games
onlineWageningen University, The Netherlands
Learning About Cooperation by Aggregate Farmers Using the Netlogo Farmsquares Platform
in-person (Wei Zhang)1Cornell University, United States, 2IFPRI, United States, 3IFPRI, Kenya
Comprehensive and Lasting Solutions for 'Wicked Problems' in Commons Governance
co-Chairs: Prosper Tonderai Mataruse1 and Arthur Perrotton
1Department of Community and Social Development, University of Zimbabwe
Details
Session 1. 2.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOW205
How to Safeguard Biodiversity Commons Within Transformation Processes: Exploring How to Guide decision-making Processes in Spatial Planning
online1Environmental Centre fro Enviroenmental Research -UFZ, Germany/Chile, 2Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
How Might We Common the Weather? and Should We Even Try? Discussing the Potential Multispecies Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (MELSI) of Weather Commoning in Light of Japan’s Moonshot Goal 8 Project for Developing Weather Modification Technologies by 2050
onlineEhime University, Japan
Using Participatory Mapping for a Shared Understanding of Deforestation Dynamics in Murehwa District, Zimbabwe
onlineUniversity of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Water Commons Nested Platforms for Tackling the ‘Wickedness’ of Jakarta’s Flooding Problem
onlineTYK research & action consulting, The Netherlands
Collaborative Initiative for Securing Forest Commons: a Multi- Stakeholder Approach
in-personFoundation for Ecological Security, India
Water Governance Working Group Panel on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Exploring Water Governance and Irrigation
co-Chairs: Lavanya Suresh1 and Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka2
1Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India, 2University of Bristol, UK
Details
Session 1. 3. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS0134
Water Export Restrictions: Clear Boundaries or New Enclosures?
online1California State University, Chico, United States, 2IU Ostrom Workshop, United States
Pomegranate, Pumps, Pipes, and Ponds: Need for Reconceptualising the Irrigation Command Area in Sangola, Maharashtra, India
online1Water and Society Programme, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), India, 2Independent Scholar, India
A Framework for Addressing “Wicked Problems” of Groundwater Governance: Knowledge, Motivation, and Agency of Key Actors in Pakistan
in-person1International Food Policy Research Institute, United States, 2Consultant, United States
Supporting Groundwater Management in India Based on a Systemic and Behavioral Perspective
online1Foundation for Ecological Security, India, 2International Food Policy Research Institute, Germany, 3International Food Policy Research Institute, United States
Regulatory Pathways for Water Pollution Abatement: Comparative Analysis of Different Policy Regimes in the Ganges River
onlineIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Can Collaboration Thrive in a Private Water System? Comparison of Water Users’ Organizations in Chile
in-person1Universidad de Chile, Chile, 2Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, 3Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile, 4Arizona State University, United States, 5Colorado State University, United States, 6Saras Institute, Uruguay, 7Independent, Chile
Session 1. 3. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 PM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS0134
Global South Perspectives on the Commons: Emic Perspectives on co-management of Water as a Common Pool Resource in Rural semi-arid Settings of Rural Kitui County, Kenya
online1National Defence University- Kenya (NDU-K), 2University of Nairobi, Kenya
Social Norms and Governance in Groundwater Collectives in India: a Comparative Analysis
online1Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN), India2School of Public Policy - IIT Delhi, India
A Polycentric Framework to Understand small-scale Irrigation in Andhra Pradesh, India
onlineBirla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
The Community-based Rural Water Governance and Institutional Compliance
onlineUniversity of Management and Technology, Pakistan
Session 1. 3. C.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS0134
Irrigation Infrastructures, State Authority and Climate Crisis in Northern Kurdistan
University of Hamburg, Germany
Conflict and Collaboration in a Collaborative Forum: a Discourse Network Analysis of Stakeholder Interactions in the Santa Lucia River Basin Committee (Uruguay)
in-person1Syracuse University, United States, 2Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 3SARAS Institute, Uruguay
Cooperation and Asymmetries in self-governing Irrigation Systems
onlineUniversity of Bristol, United Kingdom
Ripples of Reciprocity: Navigating Trust and Collective Governance in Hydrosocial Territories
in-person1Universidad Católica Boliviana, Bolivia, 2Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Belgium
Potentials of commons for ecosystem services provision
Chair: Mateja Šmid Hribar
Research center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Details
Session 1. 4.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW205
Re-imagining Ecosystem Service Zones in Postcolonial Cities of the Global South
in-personDepartment of Architecture, Penn State, United States
The Role of Common Lands in Provision of Ecosystem Services of Pollination and Recreation in Triglav National Park in Slovenia
in-personResearch Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia
Commons, Coffee and Ecosystem Services in Honduras
in-personUniversity of Florida, United States
Challenges and Opportunities for Mountain Commons and Communities
Chair: Catherine Tucker
University of Florida
Details
Session 1. 5. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
Environmental Security Complex in the Himalayas: Challenges and Opportunities for Mountain Governance
onlineNational Institute of Advanced Studies, India
Living with Fire in the Mountains: Adaptation of Agricultural Practices by Quechua Farmers in the Peruvian Andes
in-personUniversity of Florida, United States
Grouping Common Lands as an Alternative for Forest Management in Depopulated Inland Portugal: Inconsistencies of Designing Public Policies From a Distance
onlineInterdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences - Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal
Unraveling the Political Ontology of Lithium: New Contested Imaginaries and Discourses in the Altiplano
in-personUniversidad del Pacífico, Perú
Session 1. 5. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
Forests Under Pressure. Commoning for Forest Preservation in the Context of the Anthropocene and Neoliberalism
in-personUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Shifting Landscapes: Climate Vulnerability and the Future of Small Farming in the Himalayas
in-personDepartment of Geography, Rutgers University, New Jersey, United States
Sustaining and Adapting Mountain Commons Through Biocultural Design: Insights From a Miao (Hmong) Family-based Initiative Towards Autonomous and Sustainable Rural Development in Guizhou, China
in-personUniversity of Manitoba, Natural Resources Institute, Canada
Ecology of the Commons: the Case of Leitza, Navarra
in-personPratt Institute, United States
Illicit Economies and The Commons
Chair: Maria Alejandra Velez
Universidad de los Andes
Details
Session 1. 6.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Campus Center 174
Llicit Economies and the Commons: Environmental and Social Transitions in Frontier Regions
in-personAndes University, Colombia
Coca-Based Local Growth and Its Economic and Socio Environmental Impacts in Colombia
in-person1Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2Northwestern Univeruity, United States, 3Solidary Economy Superintendency, Colombia, 4Universidad del Tolima, Colombia
From Miner-Level to Higher-Capital Interventions in Artisanal/Small Gold Mining: Potentially Profitable Private Interaction Where Public Institutions Have Failed the Commons
onlineDuke University, USA
Conservation Governance, Illicit Economies, and the Commons: Lessons From Guatemala’s Forests
online1Texas State University, USA, 2Texas Tech University, USA
Societal transformations and biodiversity: Understanding the interplay of institutional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal change
co-Chairs: Ilkhom Soliev1, Agnes Zolyomi1,2,3, and Alex Franklin3
1Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 2Groningen University, 3Coventry University
Details
Session 1. 7. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
Biocultural Conservation and the Commons: Exploring the Synergies and Tensions
in-personArizona State University, United States
Exploring Behavioural Theories for Biodiversity Prioritisation in Policy and Practice
in-person (Soliev)Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Actualizing the human-rights Approach in the Post-2020 GBF: Prospects and Challenges
onlineIUCN Commission for Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), United States
Intersectional Environmental Justice in Dutch-Brazilian Beef and Soy Supply Chains: Challenges for the EUDR
onlineRadboud University, The Netherlands
Session 1. 7. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
News on Biodiversity? an Analysis of the Biodiversity Discourse in European News Outlets in 2010 and 2022
onlineResearch Institue of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
Intersecting Gender, Land and Resource Rights: Structure, Commons, and Empowerment
onlineIndependent Researcher, India
Governing Nature-based Solutions: a Systematic Review of IAD and NAS Applications to Nbs
in-personGerman Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Germany
Urban-rural Transformations to Strengthen Social Cohesion and Biodiversity Prioritization Through Commons Governance in Germany
onlineMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Commons aflame: Collective fire management
co-Chairs: Kate Schreckenberg1 and Abigail R. Croker2
1King's College London , 2currently at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London and, from Nov 2024, at the Centre for BioComplexity, Princeton University
Details
Session 1. 8. A. Changing landscape dynamics, historical approaches
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
The Role of Integrated Fire Management on Climate Change Adaptation for Ecosystem Services in Tropical and Subtropical Regions
online1Imperial College London, United Kingdom, 2Pau Costa Foundation, Spain
Colonial Fire Governance: the Historical Roots and Contemporary Consequences of Fire Suppression
in-personUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Changing Commons and Their Implications for Fire Management in Northern Ghana’s Savanna Landscapes
onlineKing's College London, United Kingdom
The Role of Fire in Crofting in Scotland: Challenges to Muirburn in the 21st Century
onlineRoyal Holloway University of London / Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, United Kingdom
Fire Triangle: Law, Lived Realities, and Local Politics in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
onlineKing's College London, United Kingdom
Modernity, Coloniality, Decolonialty of Wildland Fire Management in Treaty #3 Territory, Canada
in-person1University of Manitoba, Canada, 2Grand Council Treaty #3, Canada
Wildfires and Changing Mediterranean Agroforestry Landscapes
in-personPolytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Session 1. 8. B. Focus on Values, knowledge systems
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
Fire Management Under Different Systems of Resource Ownership: Examples From California
in-personBinghamton University, USA
Forbidden Fire and the Role of Collective Action in community-based Fire Management
in-personUniversity of Florida, United States
Promoting Good Fire Nationwide: Successful Efforts From U.S. Outreach Professionals
online1Southern Regional Extension Forestry, United States, 2North Carolina State University Forestry Extension, United States, 3Oregon State University College of Forestry, United States, 4Southern Fire Exchange, United States, 5Pennsyvlania State University, United States, 6University of California Extension, United States, 7New Mexico State University, United States
Understanding the Development and Effectiveness of Community Wildfire Protection Plans
onlineKing's College London, United Kingdom
Understanding Wildfire Collaborative Archetypes: How Landscape Heterogeneity Influences Trust Diversity and Outcomes
online1University of California Merced, USA, 2New Mexico State University, USA, 3University of New Mexico, USA, 4Arizona State University, USA
What do wildfire plans protect? Analyzing community-driven values in wildfire protection plans
in-person1University of California Irvine, United States, 2DrySci, Inc., United States, 3Ohio State University, United States, 4Boise State University, United States
Beyond tenure: Implications for forest-based livelihoods
co-Chairs: Divya Gupta1, Prateek Gautam2, and Priyanshu Gupta3
1Binghamton University, 2XIM University, India, 3Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India
Details
Session 1. 9. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
Approaches for Facilitating community-led Forest Management in post-rights Scenario in Central India
onlineAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment (ATREE), India
Land Tenure and Conservation on Working Lands: a Synthesis of Promises and Challenges
in-personNorthern Arizona University, USA
Typology of Leadership in Nepal’s Community Forestry: Latent Class Analysis of Governance and Management Preferences
in-personNorth Carolina State University, United States
Anticommons-in-Action: Tenurial Reforms and Resource Conflict in Hasdeo Aranya Forests in Central India
in-person1IIM Lucknow, India, 2IIM Calcutta, India
Session 1. 9. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN211
Soliga Indigenous Community, Livelihood, and Conservation Under the Forest Rights Act in Western Ghats, India
in-personAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment (ATREE), India
Assessing the Gendered Impacts of the Forest Rights Act on India’s Marginalized Community
in-personBinghamton University, United States
Assessing Security of Land Rights Among Women in Caqueta, Colombia Using Mixed Methodologies
onlineUniversity of British Columbia, Canada
Interrogating Commons in the Neoliberal Regime: a Study of Forest Economy and Changing Land Tenures in India’s Himalayan Region
in-person1Jindal Global Business School, India, 2Jindal School of Journalism & Communication, India
Common concerns. Environmental literacy among commoners in early modern Europe
Chair: Tine De Moor
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Details
Session 1. 10.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN211
The Establishment of Innovative Protocols to Control Resource Management Among Early Modern Commoners
onlinePublic University of Navarre, Spain
Nature in Transition: Environmental Consciousness and the Struggle Over Common Lands in Ottoman Southeast Europe
in-personThe Cyprus Institute, STARC, Greece
Caring for Water Quality. the Interplay Between Government, Civil Society, and city-dwellers in Early Modern Holland
in-personRotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fostering Environmental Literacy Among Members of Early Modern Fishery Cooperatives in France and Spain
in-personRotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Adaptive ocean governance: novel approaches for navigating complex institutional and property rights arrangements
co-Chairs: Ben Nagel1, Stefan Partelow2, and Achim Schlüter1
1Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany, 2University of Bonn, Germany
Details
Session 1. 11. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HASA0124
Fishing for Fishmeal in Mauretania the Dynamics of Complex Property Rights Arrangement.
online1ZMT, Germany, 2UvA, Netherlands, 3ARADES, Senegal, 4IMROP, Maurtianie
Mental Models of Coastal Marine Resource Governance in Sechura Bay, Peru
onlineLeibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany
Place-Based Management in a Networked Landscape: Marine Managers and the Implications of Social Media-Based Publics
in-personUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa, Communication and Information Sciences PhD Program, United States
A Global Assessment of Preferential Access Areas for small-scale Fisheries
in-person1Stanford University, United States / Mexico, 2Duke University, United States, 3FAO, Italy
Illuminating small-scale Producers’ Diversity for Food Systems Transformation
in-person (Ciseros)1Duke University, United States, 2Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Thailand, 3Michigan State University, United States, 4Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
Session 1. 11. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HASA0124
Who, When, Where, Why, How? a Global Scan of Temporary Marine Protection
in-person1UCSB, USA, 2University of Washington, USA, 3Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden
Sustainable Tourism, Community, and Marine Protected Areas: an Insight Into the Socio-Economic Implication on Conservation and Community Management
online1Department of Applied Economics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India, 2School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
Shoreline Change Analysis of Chellanam Coast Using Digital Shoreline Analysis System and Its Impact on Fishing Community
online1Marine and Atmospheric Science Department, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India, 2School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
Challenges and Prospects of Sustainable Shoreline and Its Impact on Fishing Communities with Special Reference to Chellanam
online1School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India, 2Marine and Atmospheric Science Department, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India
To be or Not to be: Space as Global Commons
co-Chairs: Scott J. Schackelford and Eytan Tepper
Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University
Details
Session 1. 13.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS140
A Cosmolocal Framework for Space Commons
onlineTallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia
Meeting “New Space” Challenges to the Vision of an Outer Space Commons: Critical Next Steps
in-personHousen-Couriel Law Offices, Israel
Governing the Lunar Habitat: Lessons From Colonial History
onlineIndiana University Bloomington, United States
Evaluating Proposals for Taxation of Space Activities From the Perspective of Space as a Global Commons
in-personBrunel University of London, United Kingdom
Low Earth Orbit Coordination as a Commons Problem
in-personThe Aerospace Corporation, United States of America
Contributing to the emergence of innovative approaches in governing common resources at the interface of protected areas and agropastoral activities
co-Chairs: Koffi Olulumazo and Everisto Mapedza
Details
Session 1. 14.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 137
Dissecting the Design of Collective Payments for Environmental Services
online1Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia, 2Laboratory of Economy and Rural Communities, Arid Regions Institute, University of Gabes, Tunisia
The Conservation Policy in Niger: a Critical Review After a Recent Project of Declassification
onlineAbdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger
Conflict Hotspots: an Innovative Approach to Increasing people’s Resilience and Reduce Conflicts in Northern Cameroon
onlineCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Finding an Appropriate Mode of Management of Interfaces Between Protected Areas and Agropastoral Activities in Wet and Central Africa Sahel: Contributions From the N’Djamena Conference of October 2024
onlineCentre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), France
Designing and Implementing Multistakeholder Platforms and their implications for Inclusive Collective Action
co-Chairs: Anne Larson and Ruth Meinzen-Dick
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Session 1. 15. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
Multistakeholder Platforms for the Governance of Agroecological Transitions: Insights and Lessons Learned From Eight Countries
in-personInternational Food Policy Research Institute, United States
Fostering Accountability in Multistakeholder Platforms: a Decolonial Approach to Community Engagement
in-person1CIFOR-ICRAF, United States, 2CIFOR-ICRAF, Peru
An Evolving Landscape for Nexus Governance in Transboundary Basins: Recognizing and Harnessing the Growing Role of Multistakeholder Platforms (Msps)
in-person1International Food Policy Research Institute, United States, 2International Water Management Institute, South Africa
Session 1. 15. B.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
Why Do Multistakeholder Processes Emerge and Flourish? Identifying and Operationalizing the Leading Hypotheses
in-personUniversity of Notre Dame, United States
Gender Inclusion in the Designing and Implementation of Multistakeholder Dialogues in Zambia
in-personInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Ghana.
Collective Action in Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
Chair: Sarah Appiah
Details
Session 1. 16.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
Learnings From Different Experiences on Community group-based Aquaculture Systems in Ghana
in-person1International Water Management Institute, Ghana, 2International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka
Dynamics of Collective Action Initiatives: an Integrated Framework for Studying Contextualized Socio-Political Dynamics
online1Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, 2International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka, 3Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany
Research on Voluntary Resource Management Efforts by Fishermen Based on a Rotation System: a Case Study of Scallop Fishing in Abashiri Fisheries Cooperative Association, Hokkaido, Japan.
in-personDoshisha Unicveristy, Japan
Straits as Commons: Rethinking Maritime Governance in the Wake of Environmental Disasters
onlineUniversité du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France
Communities, Collaboration and Stewardship
Chair: Stefan Partelow
Details
Session 1. 17.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 137
Community Stewardship to Address Dispossessions: Impressions From Karnataka Coast
online1Azim Premji University, India, 2Foundation for Ecological Security, India
A Systematic Review of the Commoning Literature: Definitions, Applications and Transformative Potential
in-personCenter for Life Ethics, University of Bonn, Germany
Strengthening Community Stewardship of Shared Natural Resources: Evidence From Meghalaya’s Payment for Ecosystem Scheme
in-person1Foundation for Ecological Security, India, 2Independent, India
Enhancing Demographic Diversity of scientist-community Collaborations Improves Wildlife Monitoring in Madagascar
in-personDartmouth College and the Nicholas School at Duke University, United States
Social Capital and Cooperative Behaviors in Public Goods Games: a Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling Application
in-personThe University of Tokyo, Japan
Community-based forestry: traditions and challenges
Chair: Lok Mani Sapkota
Details
Session 1. 18.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS0134
Emergence and Decline of Forest Commons: the Role of Social, Economic, and Political Factors in Sustaining Interest
in-person1Oregon State University, United States, 2The Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC), Cambodia
Tenure, Zoning and Forest and Landtype Classification: the Multiple Threats to and Strategies for Conserving and Regenerating the Mangar Bani Sacred Grove and the Aravalli Hill Forest Commons of the Urbanizing Delhi National Capital Region
onlineIndependent, India
Livelihood transitions and the commons
Chair: Jesper Larsson
Details
Session 1. 19.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS0134
The Decline of “Sheep Pastures” in Maharashtra During the British Colonial Times and the Idea of Common Pasturelands
in-personIndian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
From Field to Craft: Maya People’s Gendered Relations with the Jipijapa Palm in San Jose Village, Belize
in-personUniversity of Manitoba, Canada
Early Modern Arctic Inequality – Transition to Reindeer Pastoralism
in-personSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Re-imagining Youth and Irrigation Future: a Systematic Scoping Review
in-personSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Harnessing Local Knowledge: Analysis of Rangeland Governance Among the Borana and Rendile Pastoral Communities in Northern Kenya
onlineGerman Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture(DITSL), Germany
Experimental and policy tools for commons governance
Chair: Dominik Suri
Details
Session 1. 20.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
Designing Better Games and Experiments: a Tool for Calibration of Dynamic Systems
onlineWroclaw University of Economics and Business, Polska
Leveraging Social Norms for Sustainable Forest Management – Even During Income Shocks? Evidence From a lab-in-the-field Study in Rural Ethiopia
online1University of Bonn, Germany, 2Jimma University, Ethiopia
Exploring Leadership Styles in Social Enterprise Dual Mission Practice: Evidence From Healthcare Ses in Ghana.
onlineThe University of Newcastle, Australia
Diagnosing Agri-Food Value Chain Governance to Tackle Aquifer Depletion: Insights From Iran
onlineDepartment of Rural Development, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
Hydrological Governance and Stewardship
Chair: Kamal Devkota
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Session 1. 21.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
The Anambra Imo River Basin Development Authority in Water Governance and the Economic Development of Southeastern Nigeria
onlineHistorical Society of Nigeria (HSN), Nigeria
From Commons to Commodity: Water (in)access Through Infrastructure and Institutional Shifts in the Urbanizing Himalaya
in-personKU Leuven, Belgium
Participation Fatigue: an Emerging Challenge to Water Governance
in-person1Arizona State University, United States of America, 2University of Massachusetts Boston, United States of America
Coping with Water Insecurity in U.S. Colonias
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts Boston, United States
Innovative technology for commons governance
Chair: Matthew Victor
Details
Session 1. 22.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HASA0124
Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) Dynamics Within Ghana’s Automobile Industry
online1University of Ghana, Ghana, 2Technology Integration Point Ventures, Ghana
Reinvigorating Civic Threads with MAPLE, a Novel Digital Public Space
online1MAPLE - www.mapletestimony.org, USA, 2Berkman Klein Center, USA
Knowledge Organization as Governance: Lessons in Adaptive Infrastructure Design
onlineRMIT University / ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Australia
Institutional challenges for shared resources
Chair: Vijay Ramprasad
Details
Session 1. 23.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN255
Reclaiming the Commons of the Sky: the Challenge of Delivery Drones
onlineUniversity of Western Australia, Australia
Commons and anti-commons in Kapuas Hulu, Indonesia
onlineCenter for International Forestry Research, Indonesia
Governing Chemical Commons
in-personWilliams College, USA
Market-Based and Hybrid Governance Models
Chair: Anne MacKinnon
Details
Session 1. 24.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE480
Community-based Environmental Markets (Cbems): a Review of Hybrid Regimes for Natural Resource Governance
in-person1Dept. of Political Science & ICTA-UAB, Spain, 2Seattle University, United States, 3Michigan State University, United States, 4University of Waterloo, Canada, 5NOAA, United States, 6ZALF, Germany, 7University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 8Beijing University, China, 9Dartmouth University, United States
Looking at Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Through an Interactive Governance Lens.
onlineIndependent, Ghana
Water: How Fear of Unilateral Change Drives locally-designed Institutional Change
in-person1University of Wyoming, United States, 2Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Social-Ecological Systems and Adaptive Governance
Chair: Jacopo Baggio
Details
Session 1. 25.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS211
An Embedded Model of Adaptive Capacity for the Sustainable Governance of Common Pool Resources
in-person1University of Central Florida, USA, 2Utah State University, USA
Understanding the Failure of Soil Management in Tunisia: Social-ecological Misfits and Lack of Administrative Capacity
in-person (Theil)University of Kassel, Germany
Shaping Conditions for Commoning Through Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) in Indonesia
online1TYK research & action consulting, The Netherlands, 2Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, University of Hawaii, Manoa, U.S.A., 3Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia
Property rights and collective action in rural China
Chair: Yiqing Su
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Session 1. 26. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 PM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center NORTH 111
Beyond Property Rights: All Roads Lead to Sustainable Grassland Management
in-person1School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, China, 2School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China
Family-based Property Rights, Farm Household Differentiation and Land Transfer
online1School of Public Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China, 2Economics and Management School of Wuhan University, China
The Effects of Leadership and Social Capital on the Governance of the Irrigation Commons—-Evidence From China
in-personGuangxi University, China
Session 1. 26. B.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center NORTH 111
Navigating Tenure Security and Social Identity: Nested Property Rights in state-owned Grassland Governance
in-personZhejiang University, China
The Impact of Land Fragmentation on Collective Action of Farmers Under the Impacts of Disaster: Evidence From 902 Rural Households in China’s Border Region
in-personGuangxi University, Nanning, China
Sub-theme 2
Climate Change, Resilience, and the Commons
Theme Details
Global climate change is arguably the most challenging collective action problem of our time, affecting everyone on the planet. It also involves complex dynamics that classic collective action theories struggle to capture, such as power imbalances and disparities in influence. Addressing climate change requires that we consider issues of mitigation, adaptation, and the long-term task of building resilient economies and societies amidst evolving climates and shifting social and technical systems.
In this subtheme, we invite scientists and practitioners to propose presentations on topics including, but not limited to: polycentric approaches to managing climatic commons, carbon markets and carbon offsets, nature-based climate solutions, people-centered and gender-inclusive strategies for adaptation and mitigation, ecosystem restoration, climate-smart agriculture, clean energy cooperatives, collective action and climate resilience, the Earth Regeneration movement, and the power dynamics and contestations in global climate engagements. We seek contributions that connect climate change to collective action and the commons, offering theoretical insights and practical solutions.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Forrest Fleischman, Everisto Mapedza
Panels
Commoning in response to climate change
co-Chairs: Hillary Smith1 and Alejandro Garcia Lozano2
1University of Maine, 2John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
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Session 2. 2. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW101
Understanding the Critical Roles of Informal Networks in Addressing the “Hidden” Impacts of Coastal Climate Hazards
in-person1Brown University, USA, 2Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative, USA
Grassroots Learning Through Indigenous co-design of land-based Tools for Community Economies in Coastal Lake Budi, Chile
onlineMaple, Chile
History, Governance and Restoration of the Biocultural Commons of the Ayllarewe Budi
onlineUniversidad de Concepcion, Chile
Climate Change in Freshwater Food Commons
in-personMichigan State University, USA
Commoning for Coastal Spaces in New York City
in-personJohn Jay College, City University of New York, United States
Session 2. 2. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW101
Supporting Coastal Commoning with Infrastructures for More Abundant Futures
in-personEckerd College, USA
Addressing Climate Change Impacts From African Perspective: African Indigenous Science as a Workable Prospect for Mitigation
in-personUniversity of Delta, Agbor, Nigeria
Commoning for Climate Adaptation in Maine’s Coastal Fisheries
in-personUniversity of Maine, United States
Our Common Coast: more-than-human Community Formations in the Transition Towards a Blue Economy in Tamil Nadu
in-personRutgers University, United States of America
Equity-Centered Engagement Through Climate Resilience Policy in Massachusetts
in-personUMass Amherst, United States
Relationality and the Climate Commons: Understanding, Feeling, Connecting, and Working with Others
co-Chairs: Raul Lejano1, Marcela Brugnach, Juan-Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo, and Fikret Berkes
1New York University
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Session 2. 3. A.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 162
Can Relationship Quality Influence the Collective Management of Common Pool Resources?
in-person1Basque Centre for Climate Change - BC3, Spain, 2CEE-M, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, SupAgro, France, 3UMR G-Eau, CIRAD, France
Perspective-taking, Social Connection, Norms and Prosocial Behaviour in Natural Resource Management. a Field Study.
in-person1Department of Environmental Economics, Osnabrück University, Germany, 2London School of Economics, UK
Relationality and the Commons: Theory and Practice
in-person1New York University / Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Frozen Commons for Addressing Climate Change by Converging Different Ways of Knowing
in-person1The George Washington University, United States, 2University of Northern Iowa, United States, 3Arizona State University, United States
Session 2. 3. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Campus Center 162
Relationality and Indigenous Knowledge: a Case From the Canadian mid-North
in-personUniversity of Manitoba, Canada
Commoning as Lifeway: Some Decolonization Required
in-personCarleton University, CA
Building Institutional Relationships, Transmission of Knowledge and Social Learning for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
in-person1University of Manitoba, Canada, 2University of Queensland, Australia
Virtual Reality Overcoming Distance for Sustainable Consumption
in-person1Osnabrück University, Germany, 2Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Community stewardship towards commonization to address dispossessions
co-Chairs: Pranab Choudhury1, Amalendu Jyotishi2, Bhavana Rao3, and Bibhu Nayak4
1Landstack, 2Azim Premji University, 3Foundation of Ecological Security, 4TISS, Hyderabad
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Session 2. 4.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOW101
From Contemporary Forest Management to Community Stewarded Management : a Climate Imperative?
in-person1Landstack, India, 2CIFRO, USA, 3FES, India
Are Shepherds Stewards? Learnings From Pastoralists and Forests in Two Indian Landscapes
online1Foundation for Ecological Security, India, 2Center for People's Collective, India, 3CENSE, India
Shrinking Commons: Experiencing the Transition
onlineTata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Psychological Ownership, Community Stewardship and the Management of the Commons
in-person1Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India, 2Landstack Research and Advisory, India
Restoring Energy Commons: Adapting Established and Creating New Forms of Collective Action for the Green Energy Transition
co-Chairs: Tobias Haller and Jeanne Feaux de la Croix
University of Bern, Switzerland
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Session 2. 5. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOW101
Top-Down Vs. Energy Commons: Comparing Electrification Approaches in Traditional Amazonian Communities
in-personDepartment of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, USA
Ocean Commons and MRE Discourses in Indonesia: Potential Tensions, Imagination and Perception
onlineInstitute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Commons, Politics, and Power in Public Power Struggles
in-personIndependent Scholar, Metro Justice, USA
Calling for a Commons: the Critique of Power in Rural Opposition to Renewable Energy Infrastructure
in-personUniversity of Wisconsin Platteville, United States
Session 2. 5. B.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW101
Bottom Up or Top Down? Commons, Elites, and Water in Switzerland and Norway
onlineUniversity of Bern/University Of St Andrews, Switzerland
Decarbonised District Heating: an Emerging Energy Commons?
in-personMarburg University, Germany
Rethinking Energy Commons with Ocean: Marine Renewable Energy Development in Taiwan
onlineUniversity of Bern, Switzerland
Session 2. 5. C.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW101
Balancing the Energy Commons: Opportunities and Challenges of Timber for the Green Energy Turn in Switzerland
onlineInstitute of Social Anthropology, University Of Bern, Switzerland
Contradictions in Energy Commons Research and Practice
in-personUniversity of Vermont, USA
Policy Frameworks and the Commons: Examining the Role of Renewable Energy Policies in Shaping Energy Commoning Practices in the United States
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts, United States
Agrivoltaics: Weaving Together the Food Commons and Energy Commons
in-personStanford University, USA
Empowering Communities, Democratizing Energy: the Transformative Effects of Rural Energy Communities in Spain
onlineInstitut De Ciència I Tecnologia Ambientals- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain
Tidal Power in Nova Scotia: Who Is It for and Who Decides?
onlineUniversity of Bern, Switzerland
Agriculture, conservation, and a changing climate
Chair: Bimal Sharma
Details
Session 2. 6.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW101
Resilience Through Local Knowledge: Analysing Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes (Sepls) in the Agro-Ecological Zones of the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam Plain, India
in-personUniversity of Canberra, Australia
Understanding Farmer Diversity: a Typology of Conservation Behavior in Indiana to Enhance Cover Crop Adoption
in-personO'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, USA
Participatory Governance for Planning and Diffusion of Climate Smart Agriculture by Combining Institutional Analysis and Network of Adjacent Action Situations
online1Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University Dinajpur, Bangladesh &, University of Kassel, Germany, 2University of Kassel, Germany, 3Rafiq Traders Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh,4Cosmic Agro Ltd. Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Managing Lakes as Commons: Stakeholder Priorities and land-use Challenges in Ethiopia
in-personLaboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University and Research
Communities and energy
Chair: Shannon Callaham
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Session 2. 7.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOW101
Powering a Collective Vision for the Energy Transition in Holyoke
in-personUMass Amherst, USA
CSR Signaling and Collective Action: Exploring the Role of Trust in Fostering Prosocial Responses to Climate Challenges
in-personArizona State University, US
Energy Commoning as a Public Policy Analysis Tool: Lessons From the History of Electricity Governance in Ontario
online1University of Guelph, Canada, 2 Royal Roads University, Canada
Knowledge, power, money and the commons
Chair: Natasha Hulst
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Session 2. 10.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOW245
Climate Finance and Environmental Justice: Navigating the Commons for Sustainable Development in Vulnerable Regions
in-personFudan University, China
Relationalized Finance: Supporting Commons and Community Resilience in Amsterdam
in-personSchumacher Center, United States
Leveraging Informal Governance to Enhance Climate Resilience in African Urban Settings
onlineThe University of Cape Town, South Africa and The University of Nairobi, South Africa
Unlocking Trillions in Funding: Rethinking Governance of National Money Systems
onlineDuke University, United States
To feel(think) Our Own Research as Researchers
onlineUniversity of Vermont, United States
Formulating Credible Climate Commitments in the European Union: the Role of Ex Ante Commitment Devices in the Formulation of Nationally Determined Contributions
in-personUniversity of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Water in a changing world
Chair: Tamee Albrecht
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Session 2. 12.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW101
The Role of Institutional Dependencies in U.S. Water Utility Adaptation
in-personColorado State University, USA; University Of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA
Tracing Principles of Adaptive Management in German Water Management Strategies – Understanding the Potential of Institutional Design
onlineUniversity of Osnabrück, Germany
Sub-theme 3
Public Policy, the Commons and State-Reinforced Self-Governance
Theme Details
There is a strong relationship between the study of the commons, collective action, and public policy analysis. Public policy is often justified as a means for governments to incentivize individuals to act in the public interest, which may involve creating new types of commons, fostering collective action, and/or regulating these activities through state mechanisms. Many analyses of commons governance explore the interaction between state and non-state actors, considering both informal norms and formal rules that enable diverse forms of cooperation to address complex social-ecological dilemmas, often referred to as state-reinforced self-governance.
This subtheme encourages participants to submit presentation abstracts that explore a range of topics related to commons governance, the State, and public policy. Potential topics include institutional design, polycentric governance, co-management (e.g., co-provision and co-production), and interventions that facilitate diverse outcomes at the intersection of public policy and the commons. We are particularly interested in submissions that advance policy theory, methodology, or practice.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Daniel DeCaro, Tanya Heikkila, Ilkhom Soliev
Panels
Collective Action Around Negative Externalities in Agroecosystems
co-Chairs: Landon Yoder1, Minwoo Ahn2, Courtney Hammond Wagner3, and Pranay Ranjan4
1Indiana University, 2University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 3USDA ARS, Burlington, VT, 4Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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Session 3. 1.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS140
Theoretical Explanations for Farmer Cooperation to Reduce Negative Externalities in Agroecosystems
in-personIndiana University, USA
Collective Action Dilemmas in Agricultural Drainage and Irrigation Systems – a Property Rights Perspective
in-person1Northern Arizona University, USA, 2Management Development Institute Gurgaon, India
Why Do Farmers Use the Courts? a Content Analysis of Groundwater Crisis in California and Arizona
in-personUniversity of Arizona, United States
Restoring the Commons: Linking ecosystem restoration to people and institutions
co-Chairs: Forrest Fleischman1 and Ida Djenontin2
1University of Minnesota, 2Penn State University
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Session 3. 3.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS140
The Administrative History of Commons Restoration in the Western Himalayas of India
in-personUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities, United States
Reconciling Global and Local Benefits of Forest Restoration: a Shared Interdisciplinary Perspective
in-personUniversity of Lausanne, Switzerland
Role of Actors in Enabling nature-based Conservation and Restoration of Urban Commons in the Global South
online1Azim Premji University, India, 2Arizona State University, USA
Examining the Institutional and Power Dynamics in Landscape Restoration Schemes in Ghana
onlinePennsylvania State University, United States
Participatory Action Research to Promote Commoning Practices in the Restoration of Wetlands in Indonesia
in-person1CIFOR-ICRAF, Dartmouth College, United States, 2CIFOR-ICRAF, Indonesia, 3CIFOR-ICRAF, Research Center For Population BRIN, Indonesia
Ecological Restoration or Reforestation: Conflicts around Tree Planting in the Western Ghats, India
in-personO. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India
Mapping Commons-State Partnerships Practices: Neighbourhoods as Nexus of Sovereignty
co-Chairs: Torange Khonsari1 and Gifty Amma Adusei2
1London Metropolitan University, 2Daniel DeCaro
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Session 3. 4. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Campus Center 162
Towards a Commons-Public Partnership: Redistributing the Power of Political Decision Making
in-personLondon Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Vogelmorn: Wellington Commoning Practices 6 Years on (Please Use This Version)
onlineTe Herenga/ Waka Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Deliberative Democracy and Water Governance: the Case of Contratti Di Fiume (River Contracts)
in-personUniversity of Milan, Italy
Balancing Power in Urban Commons: Lessons From U.S. Neighborhood Revitalization Policies
in-personUniversity of South Alabama, United States
Undisciplined Encounters in the Neighbourhood
in-personArchitectural Association, United Kingdom
Session 3. 4. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS140
Everyday Law in the Commons-Public-Entanglement
in-personUniversity of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The Changing Place of People, Policy and Practice in the Speculative City: 3 Cases of Urban Regeneration in London
in-personLondon Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
From Ineluctability to Possibilities
in-person1Ecole Nationale Supérieure D'Architecture De Saint-Etienne, Research Unit "Architectures Et Transformations", France, 2Independent, Italy
Advancing an Institutional Grammar of the "State" in State-Reinforced Self-Governance
co-Chairs: Daniel DeCaro1, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah2, Ute Brady3, Christopher Frantz4, Tanya Heikkila5, and Saba Siddiki6
1University of Louisville, 2University at Buffalo, 3Arizona State University, 4Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 5UC Denver, 6Syracuse University
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Session 3. 5.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HASA0124
Analyzing State Reinforced Self-Governance Principles Using the Institutional Grammar: a Case Study of U.S. Fishery Management Councils
in-person1Syracuse University, United States, 2University of Louisville, United States, 3Arizona State University, United States
Conceptualizing Learning and Constitutional Decision-Making in the Evolution of Self-Governing Systems: an Agent-Based Model of Boundedly Rational Constitutional Agents
in-person1University of Louisville, United States, 2Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, 3University at Buffalo, United States, 4Syracuse University, United States
Adaptive Governance and Innovative Solutions in the Commons
Chair: Nicholas Poggioli
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Session 3. 6.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 162
Central Banks and the Commons: Insights From the Peruvian Experience
onlinePontificia Universidad Catolica Del Perú, Peru
Solving the Sustainability Journey Problem: a Novel Measure of Whether an Organization Has Achieved Ecological Sustainability
onlineAppalachian State University, United States Of America
Polycentric Governance of Climate Adaptation – Constraints and Challenges
onlineMonash University, Australia
Barriers and Opportunities in Polycentric, State-Reinforced Governance of the Commons
Chair: Andreas Thiel
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Session 3. 7.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS140
Collaborative Watershed Management: a Q-methodology Analysis of the Drivers and Barriers to Collective Action in France
in-personINRAE, France
Modernization of Forest Commons During the Six Decades in Japan: Iriai Forests and Fields From Industrialization Era to post-industrialization Era
in-person1The University Of Shiga Prefecture, Japan, 2Kyoto University, Japan, 3Kyushu University, Japan, 4Ritsumeikan University, Japan, 5Tokyo University Of Agriculture, Japan
Reclaiming Water: the Struggle for Commons-Based Governance in Naples
onlineUniversity of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Modes of Coordination and Performance in Polycentric Governance: Disentangling Complexity
in-person1University Of Kassel, Germany, 2University Of Arizona, USA, 3Washington State University, USA, 4University of Barcelona, Spain
Behavioral Foundations of Collective Action in the Commons
Chair: Steffen Schneider
Independent, Germany
Details
Session 3. 8.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS140
Exploring the Perceived Legitimacy of Citizens’ Juries in the Context of Environmental Policy: a Survey Experiment in Colombia
onlinePhilipps-Universitét Marburg, Germany
Research on Public Affairs Governance Practices and Paths Under the Perspective of Interactive Ritual Chains
onlineHuazhong Agricultural University, China
CPR Governance, Democratic Quality and Legitimacy: a Conceptual Framework
in-personIndependent, Germany
Decision-Making in Social-Ecological Systems and Commons Dilemmas
Chair: Jessica Williams
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Session 3. 9.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS140
The Potential of Collective Action in Promoting Sustainable Rangeland Management：Evidence From Pastoral China
in-person1School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, China, 2Department of Global Development, Cornell University, United States
Determinants of Community Collective Action in a REDD+ Project
onlineNagoya University, Japan
Assessing NGO Interventions for Community Welfare and Conservation in Amazonian Buffer Zones: a Mixed-Methods Study
onlinePontificia Universidad Católica Del Perú (PUCP), Peru;
Participatory Approaches to Ecosystem Service Assessment: Integrating Community Assessment and Values in Revitalising peri-urban Systems
in-personCentre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Roundtable discussion: Vincent Ostrom’s Contributions
co-Chairs: Anas Malik1, Ron Oakerson2, Keith Taylor3, and Mike McGinnis4
>1Xavier University, USA, 2Houghton College, USA, 3UC Davis, USA, 4Indiana University Bloomington, USA
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Session 3. 10.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Campus Center 163
Roundtable Discussion: Contemplating Opportunities and Challenges in the Integrative Study of State-Reinforced Self-Governance via the Institutional Grammar
co-Chairs: Daniel DeCaro1, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah2, Ute Brady3, Christopher Frantz4, Tanya Heikkila5, and Saba Siddiki6
1University of Louisville, 2University at Buffalo, 3Arizona State University, 4Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 5UC Denver, 6Syracuse University
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Session 3. 12.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 163
Sub-theme 4
The Nonprofit Sector and the Commons
Theme Details
At the broadest level, our willingness to give time and money for the public good creates a commons that forms the foundation of civil society. This willingness to give manifests itself in many different governance arrangements, including international nongovernmental organizations, nonprofit service providers, philanthropic institutions, social enterprises, and many others. Often these operate outside the realm of either the market nor the state. Some of these institutional arrangements rely on donor appeals, giving traditions, or endowments, while others rely on government funding to deliver services. This theme explores the institutional arrangements for giving time and/or money and how they help or hinder civil society. We invite dialog between and among scholars and practitioners focusing on commons, commoning, and governance arrangements for giving for the public good.
We welcome submissions that explore a range of institutional arrangements for giving time and/or money, including diverse and novel formal and informal institutions used to govern philanthropic and voluntary resources. Additionally, we welcome scholarship that considers how current institutions aggrieve or deplete such resources. Contributions that explore how giving is expressed through various institutional arrangements, both historical and contemporary, are highly encouraged. The theme leaders welcome diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Brenda Bushouse, Brent Never, Anas Malik
Panels
On Giving and Taking: Unpacking ‘support’ for coastal and ocean commons
Chair: Aarthi Sridhar
Dakshin Foundation
Details
Session 4. 1.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 137
The Give and Take of India’s Blue Economy: Development and Resistance in the Aghanashini River Estuary
onlineAmerican Museum of Natural History, USA
Between Khoti and Cooperative: Practices of Commoning in Coastal Bengal
onlineYale University, United States
Supporting Women in Fisheries: How ‘Giving’ Shapes Gendered Commons Governance in Coastal Tamil Nadu
onlineDakshin Foundation, India
Giving Trends in India’s Coastal and Ocean Commons
onlineDakshin Foundation, India
Faith-based initiatives and eco-social commons
Chair: Anas Malik
Xavier University
Details
Session 4. 3.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Campus Center 162
The Morality of Money Creation
onlineDuke University, United States
Religious Norm Entrepreneurship for Covenantal Stewardship of eco-social Commons: Al Mizan and Laudato Si
in-personXavier University, USA
Beyond Interest: Partnership-Based Financial Models for Regenerating the Commons, with an Application to Housing in Canada
in-person1Independent, Canada, 2Xavier University, USA
Waqf Beyond Borders: Governance and Sustainability in Non-Islamic Contexts
in-personIndiana University, United States
Co-creating Social Value and Innovation
Chair: Brenda Bushouse
Details
Session 4. 4.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN101
Nonprofits’ Participation in co-governance: an Analysis and a Typology
in-person1Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2Chongqing University, China
Exploring Instrumental and Expressive Dimensions of Social Value Creation in a Rural Irish Social Enterprise
onlineTrinity College Dublin, Ireland
University-NGO Collaborations for the co-creation and Scaling of Social Innovations
in-personCentre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
The Power to Unmute: Collective Action in Response to Pandemic Closures
in-person1University Of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, 2Duke University, USA
Philanthropic Commons
Chair: Brenda Bushouse
Details
Session 4. 6.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN101
Sustaining Local Philanthropic Commons Through Community Leadership: the Case of Community Foundations
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Higher Education Giving in the US: the Commons and the “Cliff”
online BlomquistIndiana University, United States
Place Matters: Geographic Concentration in the Philanthropic Commons
in-person1University of Missouri - Kansas City, United States, 2Coe College, United States
Sub-theme 5
Knowledge Commons
Theme Details
Knowledge Commons has become a standard and growing sub-theme at IASC conferences, and this continues in IASC 2025. The Knowledge Commons refers to fora that facilitate the sharing of data, information, and technical and cultural knowledge. This type of commons includes shared scientific research, data repositories, cultural heritage, and created or creative works, including knowledge commons that operate as part of or adjacent to natural resource commons.
In this sub-theme we welcome submissions on a wide variety of topics including: open scholarship; open source software and hardware governance; open educational resources; open licensing; open data and data governance (including data pools, data trusts, data privacy and data security); internet commons and platform cooperativism; Smart Cities; commons governance of AI and other intelligence-generating systems; open science/science commons (including sharing of information in health and medicine); indigenous knowledge and science; and the sharing, preservation or protection of cultural and heritage commons. Other related areas not listed here are also welcome.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, Brett Frischman, Michael Madison, Kathy Strandburg, Christine Turner
Panels
Building alternative seed commons: new challenges and international perspectives
co-Chairs: Armelle Maze1, Fabien Girard2, Maria Gerullis3, Cathleen McCluskey4, and Morgane Leclerq5
1INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, 2Université de Grenoble, France, 3Universitât Gottingen, 4University of Wisconsin-Madison, Organic seed alliance, 5Université de Laval
Details
Session 5. 1.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
Cultivated Agrobiodiversity Beyond the Human and non-human Divide. a Legal Pluralism Perspective
in-personUniversité de Sherbrooke, Canada
Data Blanks by Design: Intellectual Property Rights Used on U.S. Maize, Restrictions on Public Research, and Implications
online1Organic Seed Alliance, United States, 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Participatory Breeding of Phaseolus Coccineus: Strengthening Collective Action in Favour of Small Farmer Agency and Crop Variety Resilience
onlineSustainability Science Graduate Program, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
A Biocultural Approach to the Seed Commons
in-personUniversité Grenoble Alpes, France
A Framework for Coevolution in Modern Knowledge Systems: Mainstreaming Our Understanding of Human-Crop Coevolution by Integrating Cultural Evolution in Seed Systems
onlineUniversity of Göttingen, Germany
Wild Native Plants: Origin Labelling as a Paradigm Shift for Seed Certification. an Exploratory Analysis in France
in-person1INRAE, UMR SADAPT, Université Paris-Saclay, France, 2CNRS, ESE, Université Paris-Saclay, France, 3AgroParisTech, ESE, Université Paris-Saclay, France
Common Seed Diversity and Its Inseparable People
onlineUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Geographical Indications as Global Knowledge Commons – new challenges in the context of agroecological transition and climate change
co-Chairs: Armelle Maze1, Marie Odile Noziîres2, and Matthew J. Zinsli3
1INRAE University Paris-Saclay, 2Virginie Baritaux and Etienne Polge (INRAE, France), 3University of Wisconsin–Madison - University of Quito
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Session 5. 2.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
Climate Change and Collective Rules: How Are Agricultural Practices Changing? the Case of the Picodon PDO
in-person1INRAE-UMR SELMET, France, 2Isara Lyon-Avignon, Laboratoire D’Etudes Rurales, France, 3Institut Agro Montpellier-UMR SELMET, France
Challenges with Collaborative Promotional Efforts: Development of a Certification Mark/ Geographical Indication for a Fruit Industry in the United States
in-personMichigan State University, United States
The Opportunities and Challenges of Collective Territorial Valorization Through Geographical Indication: the Case of Galápagos Islands Coffee
in-person1University Of Wisconsin–Madison And Universidad San Francisco De Quito, United States, 2Universidad San Francisco De Quito, Ecuador
Geographical Indications as Sustainable Territorial Commons? Expanding the IAD/SES Framework at Landscape Levels.
in-person1INRAE, France2UMR SADAPT, France, 3Université Paris-Saclay, France, 4VetAgroSup, France, 5UMR Territoires, France, 6UMR SELMET, France; 4INRAE, UMR Territoires, France; 5INRAE, UMR SELMET, France
Geographical Indication “Ceylon Tea”: a collective response to the crises in the tea industry in Sri Lanka?
in-personCIRAD, France
Towards a pedagogy of the commons
co-Chairs: Alekos Pantazis1, Yannis Pechtelidis1, and Noah De Lissovoy2
1University of Thessaly, 2The University of Texas at Austin
Details
Session 5. 3.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
Bridging Knowledge Commons and Educational Commons: Exploring Collaborative Approaches in Libraries
onlineLille University, France
How Can Education Be re-imagined as an Institution of the Commons?
in-person1The University of Thessaly, Greece, 2The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Ecologies of Eros: the Desire Called Utopia and the Educational Commons
onlineSouthern Illinois University Edwardsville, United States
Reimagining Educational Roles Through Common-based Pedagogical Practices
onlineUniversity of Thessaly, Greece
Schools as Educational Common Places in an Era of Superdiversity
onlineUniversity of Vic. Barcelona, Spain
Cultural Commons
co-Chairs: Valeria Morea1, Erwin Dekker, and Carolina Dalla Chiesa
1Erasmus University Rotterdam
Details
Session 5. 4. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 174
Informal Artistic Practices as Cultural Commons: Insights From the Practice of ‘Associazione Bastione’ and the Occupation of Cavallerizza Reale in Turin, Italy
onlineMagna Graecia University at Catanzaro, Italy
Cinema as a Commons: the Invention of Het Filmlokaal in Rotterdam, NL
onlineErasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Rise of the Commons, Cultural Spaces and Policy in Southern Europe: Why Did This Happen and Why Do We Care?
online1University Côte d'Azur, France, 2University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 3Université de Toulon, France
It Takes a Village to Care for Heritage: Italian Practices of Collaborative Cultural Management
onlineUniversità Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy
Practical Knowledge in Cultural Commons. a Study of the Maker Community in Delft
onlineErasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The Implications of Embodied Knowledge on the Valuation of Creative Craft Goods
online1School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2Department of Humanities, University of Catania, Italy
Session 5. 4. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN101
The Organisation Side of the Commons: the Contribution of the Collectivist Format and the Incentive Problem of (Cultural) Participation
in-personErasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
What Is Cultural Within Cultural Commons?
online1Center for Research in Arts and Economics (CREARE), The Netherlands, 2Burgundy School of Business, France
Rethinking Cultural Commons: Is There a Research Agenda?
online1University of Turin, Italy, 2University of Indiana Bloomington, USA
Copyright Infringement and AI: A Cultural Commons Perspective
onlineThe IAD-NAAS Framework as a Tool for Evaluating UNESCO Site Governance
online1La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy, 2Universitá di Torino, Italy
Understanding Governance Across Peer-Produced Knowledge Commons' Lifecycles
co-Chairs: Sneha Narayan1, Benjamin Mako Hill2, and Sohyeon Hwang3
1Carleton College, 2University of Washington, 3Princeton University
Details
Session 5. 5.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 137
Centralization and the Impact of Community Stature on English Wikipedia’s Dispute Resolution Process
in-personCarleton College, USA
The Growth and Decline of Digital Knowledge Commons
in-personThe Introduction of README Files and Contributing Guidelines in FLOSS Peer-Production
in-personNorthwestern University, United States
Power, Participation, and Heterogeneity in Knowledge Commons
co-Chairs: Michael Madison1, Brett Frischmann2, Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo3, and Katherine Strandburg4
1University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2Villanova Law, 3Illinois iSchool, 4NYU
Details
Session 5. 6.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
Collective Action and Public Participation in AI: Bridging Frameworks for Societal Impact
online1Indiana University, USA, 2USAID, USA
The Grammar of Polycentricity in International Conservation Governance
in-person1Arizona State University, USA, 2Purdue University, USA
Open Data Leading to Closed Knowledge Commons? Responding to the Commodification of Open Data
onlineCentre for Internet and Society, CNRS, France
Extending the Bundle of Rights to Digital Commons Governance
onlineCenter for Internet and Society at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CIS-CNRS), France
An entry-door for Polycentricity in the GKC Framework: External Actors’ Involvement in Rulemaking for Protecting Origin Products in Italy and France
in-personLaboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche sur l’Economie, les Politiques et les Syst&eacut;mes Sociaux (LEREPS), Sciences Po Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, France
Institutional Leadership and Institutional Dynamics: Two Studies Over Thousands of Communities
in-personUC Davis, USA
Climate/Bioregional/agricultural knowledge commons
co-Chairs: Bill Baue and Rodger Mattlage
Details
Session 5. 7. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
Designing and Stewarding Federated Bioregional Knowledge Commons
in-personr3.0 (Redesign for Resilience & Regeneration), United States
Session 5. 7. B.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
A multi-pronged Approach to Increasing the Accessibility of Information Coastal Climate Change: Early Lessons From a Transdisciplinary community-engaged Project
in-personBrown University, USA
The Role of Agrarian Communities in Governing Lake Cerknica Through a blue-green Infrastructure Approach
in-personFaculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kachchh’s Agropastoral Weavers, Environmental Imaginaries and New Knowledge Commons in a Frontier of Capitalist Expansion
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Learning in Small Peasant Resistance and Dispossession of Rural Commons in Indonesia
onlineIndependent, Indonesia
Digital Knowledge Commons and Intellectual Property
Chair: Greg Bloom
Details
Session 5. 8.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
Emergence of Digital Commons in Indian Agriculture: the Role of Public Policy
in-personSchool of Public Policy - IIT Delhi, India
The “Anticommons” Phenomenon in the Field of Intellectual Property Rights in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Its Legal Thinking
in-personMacao Polytechnic University, China
The Commons and Education
Chair: Melissa Awbrey
Details
Session 5. 9.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
The Educational Commons: Transformative Learning with Love and Care
in-personIndependent/Land to Sea Network, USA
Addressing the Challenge of Governing the US Educational Knowledge Commons When Stakeholders’ Goals, Interests, and Resources Are Misaligned
in-personBrown University, USA
The Study of the Knowledge Commons in Latin America: Barriers and Bridges
in-personNational Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Sub-theme 6
Transdisciplinary Collaborations for the Commons
Theme Details
Many commons scholars, especially those engaged in field research, collaborate with local communities, Indigenous Peoples, community-based organizations, NGOs, and other non-academic partners to develop and implement their research, advancing both theory and practice. This co-created work has significant implications for the knowledge and information generated. In this subtheme, we will delve into the intricacies of such collaborations, asking the following types of questions: What goals are pursued and achieved, and for whom? How are these collaborations perceived by different partners, and how can they be improved? What challenges and opportunities arise in these collaborations? How can successful collaborations be replicated or scaled up?
We welcome contributions from scholars and practitioners interested in exploring transdisciplinarity across various contexts, experiences, and perspectives. Themes of interest include, but are not limited to: methods, challenges and limitations of transdisciplinary work, co-production in community-engaged work and science-policy-society engagements, the dynamics of participation, the influence of power relations and asymmetries, and the impact of transdisciplinary commons research on sustainability and other important outcomes.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Graham Epstein, Mateja Nenadovic, Ida Djenontin
Panels
Transdisciplinary research and the commons: addressing communication and worldviews gaps between academia and local communities in Latin America
co-Chairs: Luisa Galindo1, Emilie Dupuits, Adriana Saldaña-Espejel, Micaela Trimble, Estrella Chevez, and Paúl Cisneros
1Red de Investigación Participativa en América Latina
Details
Session 6. 1. A.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN101
Community of Practice as a Learning Approach to Address Threats to Collective Decisions About Nature
online1INECOL, México, 2LANCIS‚ÄëUNAM, México, 3U Yich Lu'um, México, 4Ka Kuxtal Much' Meyaj, México, 5Kanan, Derechos Humanos, México, 6Independiente, México
Collective Weaving for Advocacy
online1Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México, 2CII Tejedores de Territorios, México
Communication Challenges and Opportunities When scaling-up Participatory Research: Lessons From a national-level Project on Artisanal Fisheries Adaptation
online1Universidad de la República (Udelar), Uruguay, 2 SARAS Institute, Uruguay, 3Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, 4SUNTMA, Uruguay, 5La Fundación Humedal La Conejera, Colombia, 6CURE-Udelar, Uruguay, 7Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile, 8Municipio de Salinas, Uruguay, 9En Comunidad y con los Ecosistemas, Mexico
The Net-Map Tool for Participatory Social Network Analysis as a Communication Tool in Transdisciplinary Projects – Lessons From Latin America
onlineResearch Institute for Regional and Urban Development (ILS), Germany
Session 6. 1. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN101
Shared Narratives: Exploring Pathways to Strengthen Communication in Latin American Transdisciplinary Research
in-person1Fundación Humedal La Conejera, Colombia, 2Red de Investigación Participativa en América Latina, 3Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, United States
What Do Rural Youth Dream of? Agroecological Transitions and Rural Youth Leadership in Andean Hydrosocial Territories of Ecuador
in-person1Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, 2Universidad Tecnica de Ambato, Ecuador
Equity in Action: Empowering Indigenous Women Scholars in Mexico Through STEM to Revitalize the Commons
in-person1Harvard University, United States, 2Wageningen University, Netherlands, 3Rice University, United States, 4University of York, United Kingdom, 5The Cigna Group, United States
Transdisciplinary Research in/with the Communes of Rural Ecuador
onlineUniversidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Long-term co-production of commons governance: Lessons from Mexico's 10-year partnership among fishers, practitioners, and researchers
co-Chairs: Mateja Nenadovic1 and Xavier Basurto2
1University of Rhode Island, 2Duke University
Details
Session 6. 2.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS231
Different Ways to Measure Changes in the Process of Strengthening Fisheries Organizations: a Collaboration for the co-production of Knowledge
online1Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C., Mexico, 2Duke University, USA, 3University of Rhode Island, USA, 4Stanford University, USA
What Have We Learned From Each Other? Lessons From a Decade of co-production of Knowledge and policy-making Among Academics, Civil Society Actors, and Fishers
in-person1Stanford University, USA; 2Confederación Mexicana de Cooperativas Pesqueras y Acuícolas, Mexico; 3Duke University, USA; 4Univer+O567sity of Rhode Island, USA; 5Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C., Mexico
Assessing the Performance of a Program to Strengthen small-scale Fishing Cooperative Functionality in Mexico
in-person1University of Miami, USA; 2Duke University, USA; 3Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C., Mexico; 4Confederación Mexicana de Cooperativas Pesqueras y Acuícolas, Mexico; 5Stanford University, USA; 6University of Rhode Island, USA
Organization and Management of Fisheries common-pool Resources in the Mexican Central Pacific
in-person1Ecosystem and Sustainability Research Institute (IIES), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), México, 2Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, USA, 3Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island, USA
Learning from the Commons to improve conservation action
co-Chairs: J.T. Erbaugh1, Aji Anggoro2, Helena Cardenas1, Nikki DeMello1, Alexis Nakandakari1, Nabin Pradhan3, Priya Shyamsundar1, and Nicholas Wolfe1
1The Nature Conservancy, 2Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara, 3University of Michigan
Details
Session 6. 3.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE480
Could Commoning Unlock the Potential of Integrated Landscape Approaches
in-person1Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR; 2The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
A Multi-Level Cultural Landscape Approach to Understanding Governance Institutions in Community-based Conservation Organizations in Northern Kenya
in-personUniversity of Exeter, United Kingdom
The Survival of co-management Initiatives Varies Across Sets of social-ecological Features That Drive Collective Action
in-personInstituto de Socio-Ecología Costera, Chile
Joined-up Governance and Sustainable Finance for Inclusive Ridge-to-Reef Conservation in Southwest Papua, Indonesia
in-person (Tomi Haryadi)World Resources Institute (WRI), indonesia
Improving Conservation Action in Chinese Small-Scale Fishery Commons
in-personStanford University. US
Deliberation Shapes Preferences for Local Spending on Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
in-personDartmouth University, USA
Advancing Governance in Web3 Public Goods
Chair: Anke Liu
Stellar Development Foundation
Details
Session 6. 4.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 174
Sub-theme 7
Methodological Approaches and Computational Institutional Science
Theme Details
The study of the commons has always benefited from complementary use of a variety of methodological techniques. Advances in the computer-based collection, processing, and analysis of data continue to bring rewards to methodological experimentation and innovation. Simultaneous advances in conceptually grounded institutional analysis approaches, such as the Institutional Grammar, support the integration of theory with these methodological techniques. Through this theme we welcome submissions that are applying various methodological techniques (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, and computational) to advancing institutional science. Computational methods include, for example, automated coding procedures, computer-supported qualitative research, digital commons, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and computer simulation. Also welcome are submissions that apply the Institutional Grammar in concert with these techniques.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Seth Frey, Saba Siddiki
Panels
Model Based Institutional Development
Chair: Michael Zargham
BlockScience
Details
Session 7. 1. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS211
Operationalizing Calm Technology: a Framework for Evaluating Human-Computer Attention Impacts
in-personCalm Tech Institute, United States
Engineering Protocols for Collaborative Knowledge Production
in-person1BlockScience, United States, 2COGSEC, United States
Organizational Navigation Via Institutional Statements
in-person1BlockScience, United States, 2Metagov, United States, 3The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Session 7. 1. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS211
From Strategy to Rule (and Back Again): Generative Modelling of Endogeneous Institutionalization Processes
online1Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, 2University of California, Davis, USA
Polycentric Knowledge Commons Via Knowledge Organization Infrastructure
in-personBlockScience, USA
A Platform for Platform Cooperatives: Notes From a Work in Progress
in-personIndependent Researcher, India
The roles of constitutive statements in the governance of social ecological systems
Chair: Edella Schlager
University of Arizona
Details
Session 7. 2.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS211
A Defining Moment: an Analysis of the Constitutive Statements That Parameterize the U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy Effort to Combat Climate Change
onlineUnited States Air Force Academy, United States
From Aspiration to Action: Comparing the Internal Institutional Fit of Constitutive and Regulative Rules in International Conservation Treaties
in-person1Arizona State University, USA, 2Syracuse University, USA
Principle of Inclusion: Where Law Meets the Commons
in-personJagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
Using the Institutional Grammar to Systematically Map Democratic Features in Constitutional Texts
in-person1Syracuse University, USA, 2Arizona State University, USA, 3Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Incorporating Constitutive Statements Into the IAD Framework: Adding a Constitutives Rule Typology and Expanding the Action Situation
in-person1University of Arizona, USA, 2Syracuse University, USA
Long-term institutional change in polycentric commons governance
Chair: Elizabeth Baldwin
University of Arizona
Details
Session 7. 3. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS211
Fighting a “Common Bad” in the Sonoran Desert: a Study of long-term Institutional Change
in-personUniversity of Arizona, United States
Why Does Polycentric, Territorially Embedded Water Governance Fail? the Case of the Southern Portuguese Region of the Algarve
in-personUniversity of Kassel, Germany
Shuffling Toward Polycentric Effectiveness in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
in-person1American University, USA, 2University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
Urban Transformation Leading to Polycentric Lake Governance: How Do Actors Interact?
onlineAzim Premji University, India
Vaccines for Legitimacy: Building State Legitimacy Through Service Provision and Polycentric Governance Learning Mechanisms
onlineIndiana University, USA
Session 7. 3. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS211
Understanding Institutional Change in Open Source Software Commons: a Multi-Level Analysis of the Apache Software Foundation
in-person1Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States, 2 School of Public Policy, United States, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 3University of Washington, United States
How Did We Get Here? the Evolution of a Polycentric System of Groundwater Governance
online1University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, 2University of California, Berkeley, USA
Urban Polycentric Government: Fundamental Principles
onlineWashington State University, United States
The Effect of Contextual Developments on Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives in the Southern Slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
onlineUniversity of Kassel, Germany
Quantitative Institutional Diversity
Chair: Irene Pérez Ibarra
University of Zaragoza, Spain
Details
Session 7. 4. A.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN255
Risk and Response: Identifying (Mis)matches in Climate Adaptation Plans of 137 European Cities
onlineHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Quantifying the Diversity of Formal Rules to Compare Governance Systems of common-pool Resources
in-person1Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, 2Institute of Sociology, University of Innsbruck, Austria, 3Department of Rural Economics and Management at Higher School of Agriculture of Mograne, University of Carthage, Tunisia, 4ICARDA, Science for Resilient Livelihoods in Dry Areas, Morocco
Session 7. 4. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN255
Tracing Institutional Evolution in Industrial Agriculture: a Multilevel Epistemology for Applying Sociogenomic Methods to Crop Genetic Diversity
onlineUniversity of Göttingen, Germany
Institutional Diversity: Significance and Methodologies for Its Study
in-personUniversity of Zaragoza, Spain
Quantifying Institutional Diversity: a Comparative Analysis of rules-in-use in Pastoral Systems.
in-personUniversidad de Zaragoza, Spain
Assessing Institutional Coordination in Interstate Water Institutions: a Rule-Based Quantitative Approach
in-personTsinghua University
The Institutional Grammar at 30: Revisiting Conceptual Foundations
co-Chairs: Ute Brady1, Edella Schlager2, and Saba Siddiki3
1ASU, 2U of Arizona, 3Syracuse U
Details
Session 7. 5.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN101
Norm Typology and the Study of Commons
in-personBrunel University of London, United Kingdom
The Institutional Grammar – More to Explore
in-personSyracuse University, USA
Addressing Inter- and Intra-Participant Discrepancies in Rules-in-Use with the IG 2.0
in-person1University of Zaragoza, Spain; 2The United States Air Force Academy, USA; 3Arizona State University, USA
Advancing the Study of Collective Action in Governing the Commons with the Institutional Grammar
co-Chairs: Ute Brady1, Edella Schlager2, and Saba Siddiki3
1ASU, 2U of Arizona, 3Syracuse U
Details
Session 7. 6.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Campus Center 174
Methodological Contributions of Institutional Grammar to the Study of Translating International Obligations Into National Decision-Making: a Case Study on Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contributions Under the Paris Agreement
in-personUniversity of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Studying Historical Environmental self-governance with the IG and Llms
in-personErasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Expanding the Comprehension of Governance in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Using the Institutional Grammar: a Case Study in Heilbronn
in-personEuropean University Viadrina, Germany
Norm-based Resource Management: an Institutional Grammar Analysis of Groundwater Laws in Iran
onlineInstitute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
AI and environmental governance
co-Chairs: Brent Never and Lin Zhou
Details
Session 7. 7.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS211
Constitutional AI and the Nesting of Institutions
in-personUniversity of Missouri- Kansas City, United States
Blueprints for Success: Leveraging Advances in Natural Language Processing to Synthesize and Assess the Role of Ostrom Institutional Design Principles
in-person1University of Central Florida, USA, 2University of Waterloo, Canada
From Conflict to Consensus: Agent-Based Modeling for Collective Decision-Making in Rural Collectively Owned Land Marketization
in-person1University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, 2Technical University of Munich, Germany, 3College of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, China
Sub-theme 8
Indigenous commons
Theme Details
The Indigenous commons refers to lands, resources, and cultural traditions that are collectively owned and implemented by Indigenous communities. Such practices are rooted in traditional Indigenous ways of living with the natural environment, which emphasize communal stewardship, sustainability, and respect for the natural world. We welcome submissions on various topics related to the commons and Indigeneity, including traditional human-environment relationships, ancestral ecological knowledge, sacred spaces, geopolitical processes, and political alliances among Indigenous Peoples, as well as multi-stakeholder processes. Submissions that explore the impacts of these topics on Indigenous peoples, their sovereignty, and self-determination are also welcome, as are those that examine different ontological views on the commons and the institutions Indigenous communities have created for its management, both past and present.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Deborah Delgado Pugley, Juan Pablo Sarmiento, Elke Kelner
Panels
Defending the commons in the Peruvian Amazon
Chairs: Christine Hunefeldt
Details
Session 8. 1.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HASA0124
How Drug-Trafficking is affecting the Commons in Peru
onlineCiencia Andina, Universidad del Pacífico, Perú
Land Scarcity in Indigenous Territories of the Peruvian Amazon: a New Sustainability Challenge for Forest Commons
onlineClark University, USA
Between Climate and Criminal Governance: Indigenous Defense of the Commons in the Extractive Frontier of the Peruvian Amazon
onlinePontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
From Community Early Warning Systems to Indigenous Territories: Formulas to Protect the Amazon Commons
onlineLaw Environment and Natural Resources DAR, Peru and Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Should I stay or should I go? Youth, outmigration and engagement in commons management
co-Chairs: Gabriela Lichtenstein1 and James Robson2
1INAPL/CONICET, 2SENSE, University of Saskatoon
Details
Session 8. 2.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOE470
Strengthening Youth Ties to Land and Forest Culture: Examples From Asia, Africa, and the Americas
in-person1Forest & Climate Training (FACT), USA, 2CITRO, Mexico, 3University of Veracruz, Mexico, 4SPNKK, Philippines, 5People & Plants International, USA
Pathways for Youth Integration in Indigenous Territorial Governance and Climate Action
in-person1Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal - IBIF, Bolivia, 2Central Indígena de Comunidades Originarias de Lomerio - CICOL, Bolivia
Youth Migration, Community Responses, and What It Implies for Commons Scholarship
onlineSENS, University of Saskatchewan
Youth and Migration in the Argentinean Andes: How the Commons Can Work to Strengthen Community Ties
in-person1CONICET, Argentina, 2INTA, Argentina, 3USASK, Canada
Re-imagining Youth and Irrigation Future: a Systematic Scoping Review
in-personSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Indigenous Environmental Governance and Land Back
co-Chairs: Sibyl Diver1 and Mehana Vaughan2,3
1Stanford University , 2University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa3, U.H. Sea Grant College program
Details
Session 8. 3. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE470
Reviving the Commons in Japan: Restoring land-human Relationship for climate-resilient Future
in-person1Organic Civial Engineering Association, Japan, 2Independent researcher, Japan, 3Fellow at the Organic Civial Engineering Association, Japan
ʻĀina Kupu: Lessons from collaborative care and governance of the commons in Hawaiʻi
in-person
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kīpuka Kuleana, Hawaiʻi
Ancestors and Angry Seas: Decolonizing Climate Frameworks for Resource Soverignty in Madagascar
in-person1Middlebury College, USA, 2Bobaomby Conservation Project, Madagascar, 3University of Madagasar, Toliara, Madagascar
Session 8. 3. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE470
Transformative Climate Adaptation with Love and Care
in-personIndependent/Land to Sea Network, USA
Kīpuka Kuleana: Restoring Relationships to Place and Strengthening Climate Adaptation Through a Community-Based Land Trust
in-person
Kīpuka Kuleana (Kauaʻi, HI), USA, and Land to Sea Network, USA
A rights-based Approach to Advance Indigenous-led Community Health in Climate Disaster Events
onlineStanford University, USA
Visiting for Shared Learning: Collaborations Among Re-Matriation Efforts
in-personLoyola University New Orleans College of Law, USA
Building Equitable Community-Academic Partnerships: Lessons From Collaborative Research on Water Justice and Commons Governance
in-person
1Clear Current Consulting, LLC, USA, 2University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kīpuka Kuleana, Hawaiʻi
Session 8. 3. C.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE470
Kanaka ʻŌiwi Planning for Coastal Adaptations
online
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, US
Indigenous Leadership in Commons Governance Through Tribal Assessment Science: Collaborative Research on Klamath Dam Removal with the Karuk Tribe
in-person1Stanford University, USA, 2Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources, USA, 3Karuk Tribe, USA
Indigenous Knowledge in Managing the Commons: Case Study of the Bedouin’s Management of Rangelands in the Jordanian Southern Badia
in-personBrandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenburg, Germany
Power Shift: the Future of Indigenous-Led Renewable Energy
in-personStanford University, United States
Indigenous rights and public policy
Chair: Jean Paul Benavides Lopez
Details
Session 8. 5.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOE470
Alter-Native Constitutionalism: Common-ing ‘Common’ Law, Transforming Property in South Africa
onlineUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Bottom-up Conservation: Sub-national Protected Areas and Local Governance in Bolivia
in-person1Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Bolivia, 2Center for Environmental Economics - Monpellier, France, 3Paris School of Economics, France
Indigenous Leadership and Environmental Stewardship in Wangari Maathai’s Unbowed: A Memoir
onlineAhmadu Bello University, Nigeria
Sub-theme 9
Commons and Commoning from a Critical Lens
Theme Details
There is now a well-established literature and movement to apply a critical lens to commons analysis. This approach emphasizes the effects of power and considers the impact of larger social, economic, and political structures. Power dynamics, inequality, and environmental justice have become central to this discourse. A growing body of literature from this perspective has pointed to the ways in which the commons are produced and sustained in relation to historic and geographically-varying processes. These broader influences have been shown to shape the conditions that either promote or hinder local collective action. Topics in this subtheme include queering the commons; postcolonial /anticolonial/decolonising ideas around the commons; Black and Indigenous theories around the commons and commoning; subaltern/Global South perspectives on the commons; feminism and the commons; ableness and the commons; political ecology and the commons, and anarchist and communist theorizations of the commons. The theme leaders encourage contributions from a diverse group of scholars, including early career researchers and scholars from the Global South.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Lavanya Suresh, Diana Ojedo, Prakash Kashwan
Panels
Public policy, institutions, and the state: Tracing power in decision-making processes of commons governance in postcolonial societies
co-Chairs: Tejendra Pratap Gautam1, Lavanya Suresh, Hita Unnikrishnan, Naira Dehmel, Maria Gerullis, Verena Hackmann, and Désirée Schwindenhammer
1Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
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Session 9. 1. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS0134
Role of States in Supporting Commoning: a Comparative Case Study of Facilitating Post-Recognition Processes in Maharashtra and Odisha States of India
online1Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India; 2Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Forest Commoning for Sustainable Livelihoods: a Case of Gram Sabha Federation of Kurkheda Block in Vidarbha, India
onlineIndian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Shadows of the Postcolonial State in rights-based Forest Governance in Central India
onlineAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), India
Power Differentials in Collective decision-making Forums for Indigenous Peoples’ Tenure (in)security in India’s Forests
onlineThe Australian National University, Australia
Session 9. 1. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS0134
Strategies for Conservation and Management of Sacred Groves in India: a Case Study of Rajasthan
online1BITS-Pilani, India, 2Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
Demarcating Community Forest Resources: Narratives From Postcolonial Eastern India
onlineIndian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Re-imagining Freedom: a Spatial History of Postcolonial Unfreedom Through the Relational Geography of Mumbai’s Salt Pans.
in-personUniversity of California, Berkeley, India
Analysing Gender and Displacement: Rethinking Conservation Policies in Post-Colonial India
onlineMichigan State University, United States
Power Dynamics and Social Inequalities in Commons Governance
co-Chairs: Praneeta Mudaliar1 and Prakash Kashwan
1University of Toronto Mississauga
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Session 9. 2. A. Power and Inequalites: Care and Commoning
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW245
The Power of Care in Youth-Led Commoning
in-person1University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada, 2University of Toronto St. George, Canada
Caring with and Against Commoning in Two Contested Green Spaces in Montréal
in-person1Concordia University, Canada, 2Université de Liège, Belgium, 3McGill University, Canada
Patterns of Commoning at the Intersection of Being Together and Sustaining fair(er) Relationships
onlineFriedensau Adventist University, Germany
Communities for Autonomy: Building Local Institutions for Territorial Defense and self-determination in Indigenous Mexico
in-person1Fairleigh Dickinson University, United States, 2Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund, Mexico
Session 9. 2. D. Environmental Justice
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW245
Power in Collaborative Watershed Governance: the Case of the Hudson River Watershed in Upstate New York
in-person1Brandeis University, USA, 2University of Toronto, Canada
Agri-Food System Governance in Bangladesh’s Coastal Regions: Why the Socio-Ecological Systems Approach Needs to Be Politicized
online1International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka, 2International Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh
Decolonising Practices of North – South Research Collaboration: a Scoping Review
online1University of Ghana, Ghana, 2National Defence University, Kenya, 3University of Nairobi, Kenya, 4Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Switzerland, 5University of Bern, Switzerland
Session 9. 2. B. Gender and urban commons
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOW245
If Green Grass Is Burning, We don’t Talk About the Dry: Power Dynamics and Collective Action Responses to the Threat of Increased Economic Insecurities in Northern Ghana.
in-personUniversity of Wisconsin-Platteville, USA
Rejuvenating the Commons or Reinforcing Exclusion? Power Dynamics and Marginalization in the Ecorestoration of Bengaluru’s Kempambudhi Lake
onlineInstitute for Social and Economic Change, India
Reversing the Narrative: Women as Stewards in Commons Governance
in-personFoundation for Ecological Security, India
Boundary of Distributive Commons as an Institutional Design Problem.
in-personLondon Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Session 9. 2. C. Micro-politics
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE480
Who Benefits From Mangrove Commons? Moneylenders, Captive Markets, and Livelihood Realities in the Banladesh’s Sundarbans
in-personUniversity of Calgary, Canada
Unveiling Everyday Politics and Power Dynamics in a Multi-Use Commons in Maharashtra, India
online1Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), India, 2University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
Power Relations in the Co-Management of Fisheries in Ghana: Experiences of the Fishers in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Aberim Municipality
onlineKomenda College of Education, Ghana
Collective Action Amidst Agency Constraints: the Experience of Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia
online1Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, 2International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka, 3Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 4Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany
How patron-client Relations Influence Fisheries co-management: a Case Study of Bangladesh
in-personUniversity of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Goods, games, and power: Indivisibility, asymmetry, and the politics of interdependence
co-Chairs: Bryan Bruns1, Hita Unnikrishnan, Maria Gerullis, Sara Lorenzini
1Independent Researcher and Consulting Sociologist
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Session 9. 3.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 137
Playing on Uneven Ground: Agency in Asymmetric Situations
in-personIndependent Researcher and Consultant, Greenbelt, Maryland USA, US
Institutional Preferences in the Laboratory
in-person1MPI Human Development, Germany, 2UC Davis, USA; 3Cornell University, USA
Inequality, inequity, and the commons: Experimental advances
co-Chairs: Nathan Cook1 and Sechindra Vallury2
1Indiana University Indianapolis, 2University of Georgia
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Session 9. 4.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW245
Effects of Information and Framing on Behavior in Unequal Social Dilemmas: Evidence From a Groundwater Experiment
in-person1University of Georgia, USA, 2Indiana University Indianapolis, USA, 3University of Arizona, USA
Inequality Shapes Equity Perceptions of Conservation Enforcement Mechanisms
in-person1Indiana University Indianapolis, USA, 2NMBU, Norway, 3Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Gender Quotas & Broadening Participation in Forest User Groups
in-person1Indiana University Indianapolis, USA, 2Purdue University, USA, 3University of Notre Dame, USA
Does Inequality Influence the Effectiveness of Collective PES Among Small and Medium Farmers?
in-person1Indiana University Indianapolis, United States; 2School of Economics and Business, Norway
Restoring the Commons in 20th and 21st century Latin America: opportunities and challenges
co-Chairs: Christian Búschges and Lisa Alvarado Grefa-Lúscher
University of Bern
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Session 9. 5.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOE470
From Commons to Comodities. Commoning Responses to Extractivism in Latin Ametica
in-personUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Impact of Payments for Environmental Services on Sustainable Management of Community Forests in State of Mexico
onlineNational Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Who Is More Ancestral? Territory, Property, and Legal Fetishism in the Ecuadorian Amazon
onlineUniversidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Solidarity Economy and the Commons
co-Chairs: Emily Kawano1 and People's Network for Land & Liberation (Cooperation Jackson, Cooperation Vermont, Wellspring Cooperative, Native Roots Network, Incite Focus, Community Movement Builders)
1US Solidarity Economy Network
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Session 9. 6.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 163
The Solidarity Economy and the Commons – A Fishbowl-based Discussion
in-personWellspring Cooperative, USA
Caste and Gender in the Village Commons
co-Chairs: Gummadi Sridevi1 and Amalendu Jyotishi2
1School of Economics , University of Hyderabad, 2School of Development, Azim Premji University. Bangaluru, India.
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Session 9. 7.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HASA0124
Sustainable Commons Management in India: a Gender Perspective
onlineUniversity of Hyderabad, India
Caste in Village Commons: Ontological Insights From a Telangana Villages in India
online1School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 2School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, 3School of Arts & Science, Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India
Caste , Gender and Common Agricultural Land in North India: Insights from Punjab
onlinePanjab University, India
Local impacts of global regimes of Enclosures: Perspectives from Global South
co-Chairs: Saurabh Chowdhury1, Sujoy Subroto, Sammy Snachez, and Ana Watson
1University of Calgary
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Session 9. 8. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
Justice in Access to Climate Finance: the Role of Territorial Funds
in-personBrown University, USA and PUCP, Peru
Revealing Nature-Based Solutions in the Anthropocene: Insights From Local Contexts and Indigenous Narratives
online1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina; 2Centro de Acciones por el Desarrollo, la Educacion y la Cultura, Bolivia; 3ENJUVES- encuentro de Juventudes por Escaú, Bolivia; 4Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada; 5Political Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada
Parallel Projects: a Historical Examination of Land Reform, Enclosure, and the Expansion of Mining Concessions in Rural Mexico, 1988-2012
onlineUniversity of Calgary, Canada
Redefining a Shared Space: the Case of Coastal Communities of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi
onlineUniversity of Calgary, Canada
Session 9. 8. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
External Vulnerability of the Commons: a Universal Condition Requiring International Protection
in-person1Houghton University, United States, 2State University of New York at Stony Brook, United States
Neoliberal Entwined: Narratives of Enclosed Ecological Commons From the Protected Areas of Duars, North Bengal
in-personIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Adapting to Shrinking Commons: a Study on Rabari Pastoralists in Drylands of Western India
onlineAmbedkar University, India
Have ‘Life Plans’ Delivered on Their Transformative Aspirations for Indigenous Empowerment Through Conservation? Evidence From Four Watersheds in the Peruvian Amazon
in-personAmherst College, USA
Alternative imaginaries of commons
Chair: Jean Bacchetta and Roberta Agnifili
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Session 9. 9. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOE480
Challenging Corporate-Community Imbalances in Commons Governance Within Italian Corporate Law
onlineUniversity of Macerata, Italy and University of Ottawa, Canada
Reclaiming the Digital Commons: Social Justice in the Global South
onlineIndependent, India
Relational Architecture and Commons: a New Paradigm of Sharing
in-personUniversity of L'Aquila, Italy
Commons, the state and remoteness as socio-material condition : the Domestic Estate of Kythira
online1Harokopio University of Athens, Greece; 2KU Leuven, Belgium
Session 9. 9. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOE480
Rewilding non-human Species as Commoning Perspectives: the “Bison Comeback”
in-personUniversity of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Commoning by a Community of Beings: Implications for Institutional Analysis and Governance
in-person1University of New England, Australia, 2Independent Researcher and Consultant, USA
Local Circular Economy – Reimaging an Alternative Economic Model
in-personFoundation for Ecological Security, India
Liberated Zones: Creating and Defending Self-Governing Communities in the US
Chair: David Cobb
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Session 9. 10. A.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW245
Liberated Zones: Creating and Defending Self-Governing Communities in the US
in-personPeople's Network for Land & Liberation, United States
Session 9. 10. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW245
Liberated Zones: Creating and Defending Self-Governing Communities in the US
in-personPeople's Network for Land & Liberation, United States
Community response to disturbance
Chair: Flor Angel Perez Sanchez
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Session 9. 11.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN101
Inclusive Governance and Land Tenure: Addressing Decision-Making Challenges in Common Land Ejidos of Quintana Roo, Mexico
onlineUniversity of Toronto, Canada
Social Perception and Socio-Evironmental Conflicts in the Interoceanic Corridor: the Influence of Land Tenure and Territorial Governance
in-personCentro de Investigaciones Tropicales (CITRO), México
Micro-Mobilities as Adaptive Strategies in Climate-Affected Communities in the South Pacific
online1Griffith University, Australia; 2National University of Samoa, Samoa; 3Independent Researcher, Fiji
Commons and Territorial Security: Challenges Faced by Artisanal Fishery Communities Impacted by Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
online1Federal Unviersity of Bahia, Brazil, 2Paraná State Unviersity, Brazil, 3Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil
Everyday experiences, in-between spaces and subversive practices around the use/governance of commons
Chair: Rachanadevi Vaishnav
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Session 9. 12.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 137
Community Claims
onlineTata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Tourism as a Decolonization Project: How a Village Challenge the State Encroachment Through the Practice of Commoning
onlineForest and Society Research Group, Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia
Solidarity Economy and Community land-trust : a Case Study of Cultural Commons Facing Urban Speculation.
onlineLaboratoire Crise et transition - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord / Labex ICCA, France
Women's rights, agency and vulnerabilities
Chair: Cheryl Doss
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Session 9. 13.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 137
Urban Commoning as a Process: the Role of Trust and Solidarity Mechanisms From Italian case-studies.
onlineUniversity of Genoa, Italia
Community Stewardship Towards Securing Land Rights and Economic Empowerment of Slum Women in Odisha
in-person1Independent Researcher, India, 2Housing & Urban Development Department, Government of Odisha, India, 3Urban Management Centre, India
Womens multi-faceted Roles in Peacebuilding Initiative: Insights From Pastoral Communities in West Pokot County, Kenya
onlineUniversity of Cape Town, South Africa and University of Nairobi, Kenya
Women’s Land Rights Under Collective Tenure
in-person1Tufts University, United States, 2International Food Policy Research Institute, US, 3International Livestock Research Institute, Italy, 4International Institute for Environment and Development, US, 5Center for International Forestry Research, US, 6Climate and Land Use Alliance, Guatemala
Water Anxiety in Disaster Led Displacements
in-person1WODER and WforW Foundation, India, 2WODER and WforW Foundation, Netherlands, 3NID Gandhinagar, India
Roundtable on Commons for Environmental and Climate Justice
Julian Agyeman, Sheila R. Foster, Prakash Kashwan, Diana Ojeda, Jesse Ribot and Moderator Praneeta Mudaliar
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Session 9. 14.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 163
Author Meets Critics Roundtable: Decolonizing Environmentalism: Lessons for Governing the Commons
Kiran Asher, Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji, Sindiso Mnisi Weeks, Prakash Kashwan, and Moderator: Dolly Daftary
UMass, Amherst, USA
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Session 9. 15.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 174
Sub-theme 10
Commoning the Commons - Integrating Knowledge and Practice
Theme Details
The practice of commoning involves the collaborative management of shared resources by a community, guided by principles of mutual aid, sustainability, and equitable access. Commoning is widely seen as a response to privatization, technocentric approaches and historical enclosures of the commons, which continue today through processes like large-scale land grabs and diversion of commons for alternate ‘developmental’ usages. Commoning as a practice challenges traditional power structures and promotes collective, inclusive decision-making. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of social and ecological systems, advocating for community-driven governance of shared resources that enable both human and environmental well-being.
Examples of commoning include community governance of forests, pastures, water bodies, gardens, community land trusts, time banks, and open-access publishing and data sharing. This theme particularly welcomes submissions from practitioners and scholars collaborating with practitioners to analyze the impacts of commoning initiatives and explore the practice of commoning in their specific contexts, especially through the lens of gender equity, ecological well-being, and social justice.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Kiran Singh, Ted Rau, Cecile Green
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Transmission and Innovations in Commons and Commoning
co-Chairs: Catherine Tucker1 and Mateja Smid-Hribar2
1University of Florida, 2Anton Melik Geographical Institute, The Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana
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Session 10. 1.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Campus Center 162
Diving in Complexity: a Commons Approach to the long-term Governance of Tangible, Intangible and Hybrid Resources Shaping Agroecosystems in the Aubrac Highlands (France)
in-person1Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche sur l’Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux (LEREPS), France, 2Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche sur l’Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux (LEREPS), Université de Toulouse, ENSFEA, IEP, France
The Sociobiodiversity Value Chains and the Diversity of Organizational Arrangements in the Brazilian Amazon
online1State University of Campinas, Brazil, 2University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3Indiana University, United States of America
Indigenous Institutional Innovations for Managing Communal Forest Resources: How Community Forest Enterprises Adapt Formal Rules to Fit Both Conservation and well-being
in-person1Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, United States, 2Oregon State University, United States
The politics and policies of urban commoning: understanding transmissions and innovations under diverse state-society relations
in-person1Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil, 2University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Principled and pragmatic approaches to formation and governance of knowledge sharing communities
Chair: Greg Bloom
Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University
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Session 10. 2.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN255
Examining Digital Commons Movements and Their Values, Strategies, and Alignments
Commons Network / DWeb, USA
Values in Governance Technology
in-personMetagov
The Value of Declaring Your Values: Normative Instruments for Collective choice-making
in-personCommons literacies: theory and practice
co-Chairs: Seth Frey1 and Cecile Green
1UC Davis
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Session 10. 3.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOE245
Commons Literacy as Political Work of Collective Learning
in-personSchumacher Center, Grond van Bestaan, Voedselpark Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Instantiating a Global Governance Commons
Self-Governance Commons / Round Sky Solutions, USA
A Popular Travel Guide to the Commons
onlineUC Berkeley, United States
How Patterns of Commoning Reveal Commons as Relational Social Systems
co-Chairs: David Bollier1,2 and Johannes Euler
1Schumacher Center for a New Economics, USA, 2Commons-Institut, Germany
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Session 10. 4.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Campus Center 163
How Patterns of Commoning Reveal Commons as Relational Social Systems
in-personUsing commons and cooperative games for education and science communication
Chairs: Elizabeth Baldwin
University of Arizona
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Session 10. 5.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center NORTH 111
Grassvasion: a semi-cooperative Game About a Common Bad
in-person1University of Arizona, United States, 2Omniscape Games, United States
Governing the Commons in Classroom Games
in-person1University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada, 2University of Washington Tacoma, United States of America
Using Strategic Games to Illustrate Environmental Policy Concepts for Undergraduates
in-personUniversity of Arizona, United States
A Digital Fisheries Game Using QR Codes in the Classroom
in-personDartmouth University, United States
SDGs after 10 years
Chair: Tobias Haller
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Session 10. 6
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Campus Center 174
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) after 10 years
onlineUniversity of Bern, Switzerland
Heightened states: Emergency as an accelerator of commoning practices
Chair: Sophie Jerram
Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington
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Session 10. 7.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:00 AM – 5:00 AM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 138
From the Emergence of Fires to the Emerging Urban Commons: Muschio Ribelle’s Struggle in Sicily for Collective and Civic Uses
onlineMuschio Ribelle, Italy
Weather Commoning? Searching for Ways to Live Well with Increasingly “Bad” Weather in the Coming Age of Weather Modification Technologies
onlineEhime University, Japan
Disaster Theatre: Disaster at Vogelmorn (a Case Study)
online1Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2Independent, New Zealand, 3Ehime University, Japan
Growing an astro-ecological Knowledge Commons: Post-Detection SETI and Unprecedented Planetary Events
onlineUniversity of Sussex, UK
Water conversations towards water conservation and making water everybody’s business
Chair: Mansee Bal
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Session 10. 10. A.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE245
Unpacking the Myths of Water Users Associations: Diverse Organizational Modalities of Grassroots Irrigation Management in Rural China
onlineSchool of Global Development, University of East Anglia, UK
Rural and Urban Water Conservation in India
onlineWICCI, India
Inclusivity, Resilience and Commons in Wastewater Management: Odisha’s Innovative Approach
online1CPHEEO, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India, 2Odisha Water Supply & Sewerage Board, Govt. of Odisha, India, 3Independent Consultant, India
Community-led, Decentralized WASH Management – the Odisha (India) Story
in-person1Urban Management Centre, India, 2Housing & Urban Development Department, Government of Odisha, India, 3CPHEEO, MoHUA, Govt. of India, India
Session 10. 10. B.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOE245
Community-led Decentralized Water Conservation for Dignified Livelihoods in the Chambal Badlands of India
onlineIndian Himalayan River Basins Council, India
Power, Access, and Governance: an Urban Political Ecology of Urban Springs in Shimla, India
onlineAdministrative Staff College of India, India
Process of Archival Activities by Citizens and Information Tool Development on Watering Places for Shared Use
onlineOsaka University of Economics, Japan
Water Anxiety in Disaster Led Displacements
in-personHarnessing community capital
Chair: Marie-Anne Perreault
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Session 10. 12.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOE245
‘Thengapalli’: a Case Study on Kondh women-led Governing System and Integration of Their Local Knowledge Into Forest Governance
onlineDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani- Hyderabad Campus, India
Japanese Forest Commons Cultivate Shared Purposes by Discovering New Values: a Variation in the Pattern of Commoning
in-personThe University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Ricochet Effect of Commoning Through Social Capital
in-personSaint-Paul University, Canada
Commoning Across Context
Chair: Forrest Fleischman
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Session 10. 13.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE245
Digitisation, Participation and Commoning in Rural Homestead Lands: an Analysis of SVAMITVA Scheme Using PRA Tools
onlineFLAME University, India
Regenerating Knowledge Commoning for Richer Relationality with Life
online1Independent, Belgium, 2Independent, Portugal
Why and How Do We “Common”? Answers From Inside and Among Us
in-personAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Social-Ecological Systems – Missed Opportunities and Paths Forward
in-personUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities, United States
Commons adaptations and self governance
Chair: Stephen Healy
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Session 10. 14.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN101
Living with Heat in Social Housing in Sydney Australia: Commons as Social Infrastructure
in-person1Western Sydney University, Australia, 2University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 3Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Patterns of Commoning in Deliberative Democracies?
in-personFree University of Bolzano, Italy
Governing the Commons: an Ethnographic Exploration of Local Response to Complex Global Problems.
in-person1SAJIDA Foundation, Bangladesh, 2 University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Management of Common Goods in the Face of Climate Change in Chiquitano Indigenous Communities: an Interdisciplinary Approach to Raise Awareness and Empower
in-personUniversidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo", Bolivia
Early Climate Mitigation as a Social Dilemma
onlineUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
Collaborative Research in and of Land Decommodification
co-Chairs: Boone Shear and Deborah Keisch
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Session 10. 15.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOE480
Mapping Land Decommodification
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Communizing Land and Housing Through Activist Research
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Commoning Principles
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Building Other World(s) On/With/As Part of a 12-Acre Plot of Land
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Sub-theme 11
Urban commons
Theme Details
According to the latest United Nations projections, over 68% of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050. Cities present a landscape of opportunities, challenges, and inequities, within which urban commons play critical roles in providing social and natural infrastructure that sustain lives and livelihoods. Urban commons refer to resources within cities that are formally or informally managed by diverse communities for shared use and benefit. These resources can be physical spaces, services, and digital platforms accessible to community members. Urban commons are a significant source of social and ecological development but also have the potential to exacerbate social exclusion.
We invite submissions that explore various aspects of urban commons. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the history of urban commons, global and regional perspectives on urban commons, Ostromian, critical, and legal perspectives, urban commoning practices, and case studies of urban commons initiatives such as collective urban housing, community gardens, urban forests, pedestrian zones, public and street art installations, mass transit systems, and bike-sharing programs.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Hita Unnikrishnan, Albert Mumma
Panels
Lessons from the (In-)formal Urban South
Chair: Jean-Philippe De Visscher
UCLouvain
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Session 11. 2.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOW205
Defining, Identifying, and Mapping Waste Management in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area : a Case Study of Waste Collectors in Netzahualcóyotl and Sector 9
onlineUCLouvain, Belgium
Fluctuating Waterscapes: Adaptability and Artificial Stormwater Geographies in the Lowlands of Dakar, Senegal
onlineUCLouvain, Belgium
Looking for the Right Scale: the Spatial Dimension of Communing Water Management in the Bumbu River Valley, Kinshasa (RDC)
onlineLouvain Institute for Landscape, Architecture and Built Environment, UCLouvain, Belgium
From Brussels to Yaoundé and Back: Shaping Methods for the Urban Commons
onlineUCLouvain, Belgium
The role of urban commons in sustainable and equitable city making
co-Chair: Priscilla Pambana Gutto Bassett
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Session 11. 3. A. Built Structures
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW205
Community Building Through Libraries: the Role of Urban Commons in Sustainable City-Making
onlineIndependent, Colombia
Commons for or Under Redevelopment: the Case of Urban Villages in China
in-personThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Participatory Design as Urban Commoning Practice
in-personLondon South Bank University, United Kingdom
Session 11. 3. B. Movements / Grassroots
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW205
Commoning Through Urban Wastelands
online1Université de Genève, Switzerland, 2VetAgro Sup, France, 3Université de Liège, Belgium
From Margins to Mainstream: How Urban Commons Are Reshaping European Cities
in-personVrije universitijt brussel (VUB) & Communa, Belgium
Community Gardens as Prefigurative Politics in São Paulo’s Housing Struggles
onlineFederal University of ABC, Brasil
Session 11. 3. C. Futures / Re-invention
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOW205
Defying Legal Title in Defense of a small-town Urban Commons
in-personUniversity of Wyoming, United States
Commoning for, with, Against or Beyond the State?
in-person1Department of Architecture, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 3Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, 4Department of of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece, 5 KU Leuven, Belgium
From Participation to Collaboration. Deconstructing the Principles of Urbanism of the Past Through New Urban Patterns of Commoning
in-personResearch Unit "Architectures et Transformations", Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Saint-Etienne, , France
A Methodology to Explore Utopian Urban Food Commoning Imaginaries in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
in-personNatural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada
“This Is a Way to Make Change”: Commoning in Ghana’s Urban Centres
in-personUniversity of Bern, Switzerland
Public health and urban commons
Chair: Hita Unnikrishnan
University of Warwick, UK
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Session 11. 4.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOE245
Reclaiming Bagnoli’s Contested Waterfront: the Urban Commons and Public Health
online1Department of Social Sciences, The University of Naples Federico II, Italy, 2Department of Literary, The University of Naples L'Orientale, Italy
Climate Resilience and the Commons: Moving Beyond the urban-natural Divide in Theory and Practice
online (Bordhi)1Department of Architecture - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy, 2School of Performance and Cultural Industries - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
COVID-19 and Urban Commons: Assessing Hand Hygiene Awareness and Practices Among Undergraduates in Rivers State, Nigeria
onlineAbraka Department of Educational Management and Foundations, Delta State University, Nigeria
Strengthening local health institutions for improved access to primary health care in Nigeria
online1Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, University of Delta Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria Nigeria, 2Department of Educational Management and Foundations, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria, 3Eku Baptist Government Hospital Eku, Delta State, Nigeria
Implications for the Global South：China’s Integrated Health Care Delivery System as a Public Good with Institutional Strengths
onlineChina Agricultural University, China
Designing urban commons
Chair: Daniel Shussett
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Session 11. 5.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW205
Housing with Raw Earth as Commons. a Global Perspective on Community-Led Construction
online1School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 2School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 3Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Greece
Rethinking Models of Urban Planning in the Face of Growing Density
onlineMonash University, Melbourne
Common Knowledge, Smart Cities, and Climate Change
in-personVillanova University, USA
Collective Ownership and Local Urban Plans: Ways to Develop the Urban Commons?
in-personUnivesité Paris Est Créteil - Laboratoire MIL, France
Dimensions of justice operating in and around urban commons
Chair: Charmain Levy
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Session 11. 6.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOW205
The Current Environmental Advocacy Landscape Within the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Region
in-personUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities, United States
Diversity in Commons: Identifying Contextual, Relational and Substantial Characteristics of Urban Commons Experiences in Bologna
in-person1Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada, 2Università di Bologna, Italie
Conflicts Surrounding Green and Gray Approaches to Urban Sustainability: a Case Study in Minneapolis, MN
in-personUniversity of Minnesota, US
Normal for Whom? Exploring Socioeconomic Variation in a Travel Cost Analysis of Urban Shoreline Fishing
in-person1San Francisco State University, United States of America, 2Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
Right to Public Open Spaces in Amritsar Smart City: a Case Study for Spatial Justice and SDG 11.7
onlineUniversity of Allahabad, India
Urban policy and implementation in the context of urban commons
Chair: Melanie McDermott
Sustainability Institute, The College of New Jersey, USA
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Session 11. 8.
Monday, June 16, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOW205
A Tree Grows in New Jersey: New Opportunities in Urban Tree Commons and Their Limitations
in-personSustainability Institute, The College of New Jersey, USA
Collective Action for Solving Resource Dilemmas in a Rapidly Urbanizing Context: an Institutional Analysis of Shared Groundwater Governance in Peri-Urban India
in-personArizona State University, United States of America
The State, the Community and the Commons: a Study of a Residential Park in Delhi
online1Amity University Noida, India, 2G.D. Goenka University, Gurugram, India, 3Research Fellow, United Kingdom
Sub-theme 12
Open call and emerging approaches
Theme Details
The commons represents a diverse array of fields and perspectives, and we acknowledge that the themes selected for IASC 2025 do not fully capture the breadth of interests among commons scholars. Moreover, the scope of commons work extends beyond scholarly publications. We invite submissions of both scholarly and practice-based work on aspects of the commons that may not align closely with our primary conference themes. We also welcome contributions that fit within the overarching theme of the commons but may not conform to the traditional framework of an academic conference. Examples include visual arts, performance arts, audio works such as podcasts and soundscapes, game-based activities, virtual reality experiences, and more.
Program Committee sub-theme members: Michael Cox, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas
Panels
Governing Coupled Infrastructure Systems in Transition
co-Chairs: Marco Janssen and John Marty Anderies
Arizona State University
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Session 12. 1. A.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN255
Using Institutional Logics to Understand Organizational decision-making: a Study of U.S. Water Utilities
in-person1Colorado State University, USA, 2University of Massachusetts - Amherst, USA
Mapping the Patterns in City-Utility Dynamics and Climate Action
onlineHumboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Germany
Reframing Water Management in water-scarce Cities: Social-ecological-technological System Interactions and Uncertainties Affect Amman’s Water Resilience
online1University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2Purdue University, USA, 3University of Jordan, Jordan, 4Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Restoring Feedback Loops in land-use Transformations: Determining the Controllability Set of Sustainable land-use Interactions Using Principles From Feedback Control
onlineETH Zürich, Switzerland
Bridging Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways (DAPP) Maps with Ostrom’s Governance Theory: Method and Application in socio-ecologically Diverse Landscapes
in-person1Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), France, 2INRAE, Complex System Lab, France,3GEOLAB, France, 4CNRS, France
Session 12. 1. B.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN255
Outer Space Infrastructure: From the Cathedral to the ‘Cosmolocal’ Bazaar
onlineTallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia
Lunar Surface Sustainability From a Coupled Infrastructure Systems Perspective
in-person1Arizona State University, United States, 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, 3John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
Titanic Lessons for Spaceship Earth to Account for Human Behavior in Institutional Design
in-personArizona State University, US
Session 12. 1. C.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN255
Assessing Pathways for small-scale Fisheries Transformation Towards Aquatic Food Systems That Address Ecological, Social and Economic Objectives
in-personMichigan State University, United States
Advancing Sustainable Tourism Through Context-Based Management: Insights From a Qualitative Meta-Analysis
in-person1Normandie Business School, France, 2Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru, 3School of Public Policy, London School of Economics And Political Science, United Kingdom, 4Harvard Kennedy School, United States
Russian Energy Megaprojects: Infrastructural Violence Against Arctic Indigenous social-ecological Systems
in-personArcticenter, University of Northern Iowa, USA
Identifying archetypes in small-scale agricultural and livestock systems using CIS framework analysis.
in-personUniversity of Zaragoza, Spain
Ethics and the Commons
Chair: Stefan Partelow
University of Bonn, Germany
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Session 12. 3. A.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOE480
Ethical Commoning: a Framework for Orienting Values, Practices, and Capacities
in-person1Center for Life Ethics, University of Bonn, Germany, 2McGill University, Canada, 3University of Helsinki, Finland
A Look at the Commons Through the Lens of Buddhist Ethics
in-personTaltech-Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Commons and Justice : a Review
in-personDynafor, University of Toulouse, INRAE, France
Session 12. 3. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOE480
The Role of Ethical Frameworks in Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation, and Resilience Policy From a Polycentric Approach
in-personSouthern New Hampshire University, United States
Navigating Collective Action Challenges: a Multi-Tiered Framework for Rural Elderly Care in China
in-personBeijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Commons through storytelling and verse
Chair: Hita Unnikrishnan
University of Warwick, UK
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Session 12. 5.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCS140
Indigenous Knowledge in Managing the Commons: Case Study of the Bedouin’s Management of Rangelands in the Jordanian Southern Badia
in-personBrandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenburg, Germany
The Uncomfortable Truths About Commons of Urban Villages
onlineCentre for Youth Culture Law And Environment, India
An ‘un’common Way of Creating Awareness About Urban Commons
onlineAzim Premji University, India
Conveying Intersectional Experiences of Community Energy Through Verse?
onlineUniversity of Warwick, United Kingdom
Using the IAD Framework as a Storytelling Engine
onlineDirector, School of Climate Change and Sustainability, Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India
Using Games and Experiments for Behavioral Research: Opportunities and Challenges in an Era of Abundance
co-Chairs: Minwoo Ahn1, Nathan Cook2, Marco Janssen3, Sechindra Vallury4, and Daniel DeCaro5
1University of Arizona, 2Indiana University, 3Arizona State University, 4University of Georgia, 5University of Louisville
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Session 12. 6. A.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILC 111
Does Chit Chat and Small Talk Matter? Analysis of Group Chat Data in Common Pool Resource Experiments
in-person1University of Arizona, United States, 2University of Louisville, United States, 3Arizona State University, United States
Incorporating field-like Features Into Game Experiments Enhances Cooperation Measurements in Natural Resource
in-personInstituto Milenio en Socio-Ecología Costera, Chile
Disaggregating Information Interventions in a Groundwater Experiment
in-person1University of Georgia, USA, 2Indiana University Indianapolis, USA, 3University of Arizona, USA, 4University of Washington Tacoma, USA
The Nature-Based Paradigm Shift: Using Survey Experiments to Test Targeted Water Quality Solutions
in-personUniversity of Notre Dame, United States
Effects of Urbanization on Cooperation for Shared Resource Governance: Insights From Field Experiments in India
in-personArizona State University, United States of America
Session 12. 6. B.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College 245
The Role of Environmental Uncertainty in Decision Making on Resource Management
in-personArizona State University, United States
Sharing the Risk. Fairness Ideals in a Climate Insurance Experiment
in-personArizona State University, US
Food commons as a transformation pathway towards sustainable and just food systems
co-Chairs: Sarah Steinegger, Tianzhu Liu, Johanna Gammelgaard
University of Bern, Switzerland
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Session 12. 7.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN255
Commons Management of Seeds by Small Scale Agriculture: a Pathway Towards Just Food Systems
onlineFederal University of Bahia, Brazil
La Soliderie: “Épicerie Solidaire, Café Engagé”
onlineLa Soliderie, Switzerland
From Consumption to Commoning: Democratizing Market Relations Through Consumers’ Collective Self-Organization
onlineUniversity of Neuchatel, Switzerland
“It’s All About Sharing”. Can Circular Initiatives Be Autonomous Food Spaces?
onlineVUB, Belgium
Commons governance for and by marginalized populations
Chair: Xavier Basurto
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Session 12. 8.
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS 137
Small-scale Fishers self-governance Strategies for Sustainable Development
in-person1Stanford University, United States, 2FAO, Italy
From Commons to Commerce: Food Security Tradeoffs Associated with the Transition From small-scale to large-scale Fisheries
in-personDuke University, United States
Enabling small-scale Fisheries Contributions to Sustainable Development Through Multidimensional Analysis
in-personMichigan State University, United States
The Impact of Proximity to Urban Areas on the Dissolution of Fishing Cooperatives: Evidence From Mexico
in-personDuke University, United States
Governing the Commons in the Eastern Context
Chair: Zhiqi Zhang
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Session 12. 9. A. Commons governance in strong-government society
Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM South College SCOE470
Archetypical Patterns for Climate Adaptation Actions of Local Governments: Evidence From 289 Cities in China
in-personXiamen University, China
From Data Silos to Data Pools: Data Integration Challenges in China’s Smart Cities
in-personIndiana University Bloomington, United States
Common Pool Resource Governance Under the Involvement of Local Government: a Case Study of Caterpillar Fungus (Ophiocordyceps Sinensis) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China
in-personTsinghua University, China
How state-reinforced self-governance Operate in Averting the Tragedy of the Urban Commons in China
in-personXiamen University, China
Session 12. 9. B. Institutional Analysis and Development in China
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM South College SCOE470
How Can the Market Mechanism Be Possible in the Governance of Rural Living Environment？—— Based on the Questionnaire Survey of 976 Farmers in China’s Border Areas
in-personSchool of Public Policy and Management, Guangxi University, China
How Do Social Organizations Bridge the co-production of Public Services? ——a Social Network Analysis of Sichuan Guanba Nature Reserve, China
in-person1Xiamen University, China, 2The Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Synthesizing Collective Action: a Comprehensive Analysis of China’s Irrigation Commons
in-personTsinghua Univeristy, China
Between Top-down and Bottom-up: Governing Community Commons Through Community Service Centre Renovation in Urban China
in-personThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Agriculture, food systems and commons
Chair: Felipe Bravo-Pena
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Session 12. 11.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM South College SCOE245
Challenges to Collective Action for Pro-Environmental Behavior in Indigenous Agroecosystems of Northern Chile
in-personIndiana University Bloomington, United States
Is an Appellation of Origin a Common Denominator? a Case Study of Comté and PDO Cheeses From the Jura Mountains
online1Université de Franche-Comté Laboratoire Théma CNRS, France, 2Université de Franche-Comté Laboratoire CRESE et Comité Interprofessionnel de Gestion du Comté, France
Towards Regenerative Governance of the Soil Commons: a Diagnostic multi-functional Approach
onlineInstitute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Spain
Amplifying agri-food Sustainability Pathways: a Configurational Model to Discuss the Contextual Fit of Value Chain Organizing
onlineCenter for Social Economy - HEC ULiège, Belgium
Applying Care in Farming Through Commoning: How the participatory-guarantee-system and Collaborative price-mechanism Contribute in Building Ecological and Economic Resilience on the Example of Campiaperti, Bologna, Italy
onlineMaastricht University, The Netherlands
Commons and resistances
co-Chairs: Raihan Rahman and Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti
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Session 12. 13.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
Can REDD+ safeguards ‘do better’ for Indigenous Peoples and local communities? A review of standards for voluntary carbon markets
online1CIFOR-ICRAF, Peru, 2CIFOR-ICRAF, USA
Resisting the Expropriation of the Commons: Democracy and Environmental Politics of Bangladesh in the Anthropocene
in-personUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Nature-Based Solutions and Spatial Justice in Amritsar Smart City: Policy and Practice
in-personUniversity of Allahabad, India
Tenure, Zoning and Forest and Landtype Classification: the Multiple Threats to and Strategies for Conserving and Regenerating the Mangar Bani Sacred Grove and the Aravalli Hill Forest Commons of the Urbanizing Delhi National Capital Region
onlineIndependent, India
Information technology and commons
Chair: Sola Kim
Arizona State University, USA
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Session 12. 14.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
Is Chatgpt as Environmentally “Aware” as Humans?
in-personArizona State University, United States
How Does Information Flow Influence Researchers’ Environmental Attitudes Balancing Scientific Fieldwork Activity and Environmental Protection in Antarctica? Insights From a social-ecological agent-based Model
onlineSchool of Science in Society, Victoria University of Wellington, Te ūnaha Matatini, Centre of Research Excellence for Complex Systems, New Zealand
Reshaping Spaces and Rules of Collective Reciprocity: Mechanisms of Information and Communication Technology Application on Farmers’ Participation in Collective Actions in Response to Disasters ——Evidence From a Rural Coastal Border Area in China
in-personSchool of Public Policy and Management, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
Recent books on the Commons
Chair: Xavier Basurto
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Session 12. 15.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Hasbrouck Hall HAS0134
Common Boundaries: the Theory and Practice of Environmental Property
in-personDartmouth College, United States
What It Means to Think Like a Commoner
in-personSchumacher Center, United States
Governing for Transformation Towards Sustainable small-scale Fisheries
in-person1University of Manitoba, Canada, 2Stanford University, USA
State and market institutions and commons
Chair: Nerea Terceiro Sanmartin
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Session 12. 16.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Integrative Learning Center ILCN 155
The Mines of Laurion: a Commons in Classical Athens?
in-personUniversité de Namur, Belgium
Beyond Substitutes: the Complementary Relationship Between Markets and Commons
in-personUniversity College London (UCL), United Kingdom
Money as a Commons: the Case of Central Bank Digital Currencies
in-personUniversity of Vermont, United States
The International Journal of the Commons (IJC): A community-based journal
co-Chairs: Sergio Villamayor-Tomas and Maria Claudia Lopez
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Session 12. 18.
Monday, June 16, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Campus Center 163
The IJC: A community-based journal. A conversation with the editors.
in-personUniversity of Barcelona, Spain
Roundtable: An Open Forum on Undergraduate Perspectives (a discussion with undergraduate students)
Moderator: Anas Malik
Xavier University, USA
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Session 12. 19.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Campus Center 163
