Committee on Co-operative Research ICACCR

A thematic committee of the ICA

www.ica.coop/research

The ICA Committee on Co-operative Research is a thematic committee of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). It is a bridge between academic research and the co-operative world.

The ICACCR aims at strengthening activities and making the work of researchers more visible, particularly to managers and co-operators so that resarch results can be applied to current co-operatives issues. For example, questions concerning social audit, co-operative principles, innovation, globalisation and the local dimensions of co-operatives, developing co-operative advantage and the emergence of new wave co-operatives have all been reviewed from both a practical and theoretical stance.

One of the main activities of the ICACCR is the organisation of reserach conferences at the global and regional levels. See more on ICACCR activities > > >

NEWS

ICA Global Research Conference 2011 "New Opportunities for Co-operatives", 24-27 August 2011, Mikkeli (Finland)
Focal themes of the conference include Co-operative diversity and different types of success; tThe role and promotion of co-operatives in a global context, shared leadership and membership communities, the green economy and co-operative societies, multidisciplinary teaching and research on co-operatives. Abstract submission has now started! Please send your abstract not later than 31March 2011.

More information from our congress website: www.helsinki.fi/ruralia/ica2011

The congress is organised together with ICA Research Committee. The local organisers are University of Helsinki- Ruralia Institute, Co-op Network Studies - university network, Mikkeli University Consortium, Enterprising Together –project, Pellervo Confederation of Finnish Co-operatives and S-Group.

UPCOMING EVENTS OF INTEREST

2011 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC), "Co-operation in a Changing Economy: The Role of Social Innovation and Collective Entrepreneurship", 1-3 June 2011, Fredericton, New Brunswick (Canada) - Call for papers (pdf) - English - Français

RECENT EVENTS

ICA European Research Conference, "Co-operatives contributions to a plural economy", 2-4 September 2010, Lyon (France) -- Programme (pdf)
More information:/www.cress-rhone-alpes.org/cress/