The Community Economies Research Network (CERN) is holding its seventh LIVIANA International Online Conference, 2 to 13 November 2026. The program has now been released and registrations are open.
LIVIANA is a decentralised and FREE series of exchanges and symposia that runs for two weeks, providing an opportunity for…
Members of the Community Economies Research Network were active participants at the recent Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) conference, in September 2026 in London.
The conference was attended by around 2,600 people from 70 countries and there were over 600 sessions.
CERN members presented on topics as diverse as…
A recent special issue of the journal Local Environment on the topic of grassroots modalities of learning features the work of CEI and CERN members. The special issue was edited by CEI Member Ann Hill and CERN member Justin See to show what different communities are doing at the…
The keynote speakers for the seventh Community Economies Research Network (CERN) international LIVIANA online conference (Monday 2 to Friday 13 November) have been announced.
The first keynote "The transformative potential of Indigenous economic practices" will be presented on Monday 2 November by Matthew Scobie (Kāi Tahu), Georgia McLellan (Whakatōhea & Ngāi Te Rangi) and Jack Barrett (Ngāpuhi).
The second keynote "…
The first CEI Online Writing Workshop, The Politics and Practice of Writing for Community Economies, has just wrapped up.
The workshop was run over three weeks in June, with three 3-hour sessions each week.
There were eleven participants from Australia, Brazil, Europe and the UK, India, the Philippines and South Korea. Most were working on publications based on recently-completed PhDs, though several brought practitioner-oriented…
Highlights
•We emphasise integrating ecological capabilities in early education to prepare children for environmental challenges.
•We advocate for interconnectedness among humans, non-humans, and the environment in education.
•We highlight benefits of garden programs in fostering ecological awareness and relational skills.
•We suggest enhancing Australia's Early Years Learning Framework with garden-based ecological
David Harvey once evoked an observation attributed to Antonio Gramsci nearly a century ago: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born, now is the time of monsters.” Whereas Gramsci orients toward political possibility, Harvey appears resigned to the existential reality of a hegemonic condition. This essay proposes a third formulation that embraces both Harvey’s acceptance of a dominant reality and a Gramscian stance
Practice-based design PhDs have gained momentum, but the integration of design practice into the PhD thesis lacks consensus. The PhD By Design initiative offers insights and reflections on approaches to enable productive collaboration among design practitioners conducting practice-based PhDs. The initiative includes events, publications, and an interactive database showcasing practice-based research in design.
This document lays out the co-design strategy used in the design and implementation of the EU-funded project Station for Transformation unfolding in Rovereto (Italian Alps) between 2024 and 2027. The methodology is closely aligned with the New European Bauhaus approach and focuses on enhancing the local community’s capacities to transformatively engage with the challenges posed by climate change and biodiversity loss.
We work at a train station. Not at the ticket counter, the bar, or the toilets, but at a grassroots community academy called La Foresta, located right next to the office of the railway police. We have worked here since 2017, first around and now in our local train station, as a group of actively engaged citizens, freelance educators, researchers in the wild, and change-oriented feral entrepreneurs.
