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 for the promotion of civic engagement (e.g., volunteer agencies, community foundations and municipal agents for civic engagement) work together.
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 Member Based Organizations“.
GenoScience Newsletter 2022 Published
In the GenoScience Newsletter 2022, the Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies and its Supporting Association present a summary of their work over the past year.
The new project, “Engagement-Promoting Infrastructures for Citizen Cooperatives,” starts at the BICS
In October, a new six-month (October 2022 – March 2023) project entitled Engagement-promoting Infrastructures for Citizen Cooperatives started at the BICS.
Doctoral candidate Malte Müller successfully defended his thesis on the behaviour of members in agricultural producer groups
Congratulations to Malte Müller, who has successfully defended his PhD thesis in May 2021.
Margitta Minah successfully defended her PhD thesis on the role of farmer organisations in rural development
Congratulations to Margitta Minah who defended her PhD thesis at the end of January 2022 titled “The role of farmer organisations in rural development: Revisiting their membership, impacts and external support”
Marleen Thürling successfully defended her PhD thesis on the role of cooperatives in safeguarding services of general interest
Congratulations to Marleen Thürling, who has successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Cooperatives for Securing Services of General Interest? Civic engagement between self-empowerment and excessive demands”.
BICS welcomes new member Dr. Robert Philipp
Dr. Robert Philipp works as an Audit Consultant at the Association of Cooperatives – Association of Regions.