
GenoScience Newsletter 2024 Published
In the GenoScience Newsletter 2024, the Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies and its Supporting Association present a summary of their

Special Award for Institute Director Prof. Dr. Marcel Robischon: Ranked Among Berlin’s 100 Most Important Scientific Minds
Our Institute Director, Prof. Dr. Marcel Robischon, has been honored as an outstanding “Communicator” in the Tagesspiegel series “The 100

Short Impression of the Research of BICS Member Jos Bijman in Burundi
Jos Bijman, associate professor of cooperative organisations at Wageningen University, has been advising different farmer cooperatives in Burundi. These cooperatives

The IfG and its support society extend their heartfelt congratulations to their member, Prof. Dr. Franz-Theo Gottwald, on being awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
On February 26, 2024, Bavaria’s Minister of Environment and Consumer Protection, Thorsten Glauber, presented Prof. Dr. Franz-Theo Gottwald with the

GenoScience Newsletter 2023 Published
In the GenoScience Newsletter 2023, the Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies and its Supporting Association present a summary of their
Newsletter 2023
Der Newsletter für 2023 findet sich hier. GenoScience_Newsletter-2023-2

New Study published: Community Co-operatives and Engagement-promoting Infrastructures
A recent study by the Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies at the HU Berlin examines how Community Cooperatives and institutions
Katrin Martens defended her PhD thesis on Social Innovation Processes in Rural Areas
Congratulations to Katrin Martens, who successfully defended her PhD thesis titled „Governing Social Innovation in Rural Areas: The Role of
