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…
A new report by Dr Joni Māramatanga Angeli-Gordon (Ngāpuhi | Ngāti Whātua | Te Roroa) from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, and member of the Community Economies Research Network, serves as a bridge between the past and the future by exploring ancestral Māori parenting and contributing to the growing body of work that seeks to reestablish Māori ways of nurturing tamariki (children).
The report,…
“It’s easy to feel despair and desperation at a time where our decision makers continue to prioritise profit over people and planet, but when I see the community led mahi happening in Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui, it restores my faith in people power as a pathway to the future. This book shows that we don’t have to wait for politicians to create the communities we deserve.”
This statement by Tamatha Paul, Member of Parliament for…
What is your life’s work? This is a question that Caroline Shenaz Hossein poses in a recent podcast discussion as she reflects on how her life’s work has been devoted to changing mindsets so that people develop an ethical economic consciousness that is centred on norms and values such as cooperation and communal wellbeing, rather…
This year the Community Economies Institute Summer-Winter School, Researching Postcapitalist Possibilities, runs 10 to 19 June 2025.
Expressions of interest closed on 21 February 2025 but places are still available in the Norway face-to-face node. All other nodes are full (with waitlists for those interested). If you are keen, please email Jenny Cameron, school at communityeconomies dot org.
The…
This paper identifies characteristics of a 'composting ethic' and grassroots community contexts and skills supporting its emergence.
In this publication we present economic mapping tools, showcase community economies and analyse what is going on behind the scenes of New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiatives. Its special focus is on the kind of economic reasoning and acting that makes NEB initiatives viable and (possibly) resilient in the long-term.
This chapter provides an overview of the contributions of Gibson-Graham to heterodox economics. It discusses (i) the re-framing of economic representation through the theory of Diverse Economies; (ii) the development of postcapitalist alternatives through the perspective of Community Economies; and (iii) the building of economic knowledge commons through CEI and the CERN network.
The paper reflects on the pedagogical practices of the Community Economies Institute Summer/Winter School on the theme of Researching Postcapitalist Possibilities. It is based on three years (2022, 2023, 2024) of having run the ten-day program with 120 participants.
