CEI Member Elizabeth (Za) Barron recently convened a two-day workshop “Gender, Rights and Opportunities for Women – through Fungi” in Cotonou, Benin, as part of the Fourth International Congress on Fungal Conservation.
The GROW workshop brought together researchers and practitioners from a range of backgrounds, including agroecology, conservation biology, midwifery and teaching, and from Sub…
In 2026, the CEI Summer/Winter School is taking a rest. In its place the CEI is running an online workshop, 'The Politics and Practice of Writing for Community Economies.'
**NEWS FLASH**
There is now a waitlist for the June Workshop; places still available in the Nov/Dec Workshop
The writing workshop will run in June 2026 for those in…
Throughout 2025, members of the Community Economies Research Network (CERN) have published books on an array of topics. Many of these books are open access.
Congratulations to all.
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The Winter 2025 Special Issue of the Journal of Co-operative Studies explores the theme of worker co-operatives and concern for community, and includes contributions by members of the Community Economies Research Network (CERN).
One of the Guest Editors, CERN Member Eleonore Perrin says “the special issue is inspired by co-operative…
The sixth Community Economies Research Network (CERN) international online conference was held Monday 3 November to Friday 14 November 2025. Most sessions were recorded and are available here. Some recordings are in Spanish.
This was the largest LIVIANA conference to date with 31 sessions ranging from those on social design to…
This paper stages an encounter between Relational Poverty Theory (RPT) and the solidarity economy movement. RPT understands poverty as the dynamic product of economic exploitation, political exclusion and cultural marginalization. The solidarity economy movement can be seen as a transformative political response to these dynamics aiming to replace exploitation with cooperation, exclusion with participation and marginalisation with practices
This commentary is part of a series initially presented at the Waste/Economies/Ecology hybrid international symposium at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, Australia in February 2023. The symposium was part of the research project ‘Investigating Innovative Waste Economies: Redrawing the Circular Economy’funded by the Australian Research Council. The symposium brought together academics and artists from around
This commentary is part of a series initially presented at the Waste/Economy/Ecology hybrid international symposium at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, Australia in February 2023. The symposium was part of the research project ‘Investigating Innovative Waste Economies: Redrawing the Circular Economy’funded by the Australian Research Council. The symposium brought together academics and artists from around
Community and charitable reuse organisations provide significant social infrastructure that facilitates the redistribution of discarded items to new owners, but are often overlooked in circular cities initiatives. Drawing on a survey of 34 reuse organisations from across Australia and recorded interviews and site visits to 10 of these between 2021 and 2023, we characterise the processes, practices and types of organisations across the sector
For nearly a century, Western Sydney has grown as a suburban frontier, now accommodating one in ten Australians. However, the region faces imminent threats from anthropogenic climate change, with heat, drought, fire, and flood poised to render parts uninhabitable within decades. Despite city-wide discussions on climate preparedness, the input of everyday residents, particularly migrant and low-income communities, is often overlooked. Our
