Welcome to BICS
The Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies (BICS) is an independent research organization that has been based at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since 1992.
Its main aim is the study of coooperative organizations, which are member-based collective action organizations governed by democratic rule and the principle of user-ownership.
The BICS is maintained by a number of academics that demonstrate a vivid interdisciplinary research interest in studying and finding solutions for a wide spectrum of problems relating to collaborative organizations. Academic members of the BICS research, lecture and share expertise on the topic.
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