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Art + Commons: Announcing a New Collaboration
Commons Network is proud to announce our new collaboration with Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons, the internationally renowned […]
October 10, 2019
What I Talk About When I Talk About Mental Health
We live in a society where stress is privatized. Inability to keep up with work/studies is too often considered as […]
October 1, 2019
Fighting Back Against High Medicine Prices
The 5th Annual Meeting of the European Alliance for Responsible R&D and Affordable Medicines was held in Brussels from September […]
September 27, 2019
Commons in Spotlight at the University of Amsterdam
Last Sunday we, Ruth and Taru, participated in a workshop organised by Commoning UvA. Commoning UvA is an interdisciplinary research […]
September 20, 2019
Introducing… New Team Member Ruth!
Starting this summer, Commons Network has not one but TWO new team members. Both Taru and Ruth study at the […]
September 4, 2019
Introducing… New Team Member Taru!
Starting this summer, Commons Network has not one but TWO new team members. Both Taru and Ruth study at the […]
Trump and the Tragedy of the Commons
This year, the commons movement celebrates the 50th anniversary of the term ‘tragedy of the commons’. The man who came […]
July 9, 2019
This Week We Vote
Commons Network spent the last two years working on a programme called ‘Commons for Europe’. It was our way of […]
May 23, 2019
New Book Out Now: Political Ideas for a New Europe
Our Commons: Political Ideas for a New Europe is a collection of essays, case studies and interviews about the commons, […]
The Top 10 Commons Network Publications: 2017-2019
It’s almost summer, so here is a selection of the ten most impactful publications (in no particular order) that we […]
Pharma’s Other Futures: Alternatives to Unaffordable Medicines
Commons Network is proud to invite you all to a special event in Amsterdam about the new ideas that we […]
April 15, 2019
Democratise Europe: a Manifesto
Today, Commons Network kicks off a campaign for a truly democratic Europe with the publication of our manifesto: #DemocratiseEurope. The […]
April 12, 2019
NEW: a Vision for a Shared Digital Europe
Today, together with our partners from Centrum Cyfrowe and publicspace.online, we are launching a new vision for digital policy making […]
Let’s Talk: What Does a Truly Democratic Society Look Like?
Commons Network is going to the island of Texel this week to join our friends of the European Movement International […]
April 11, 2019
EVENT: Democracy Alive
The launch of the manifesto ‘Democratise Europe’ is less than a week away and we are very excited to share […]
April 8, 2019
A New Vision For A Shared Digital Europe
This document summarises the efforts undertaken by Kennisland, Centrum Cyfrowe and Commons Network to develop a new vision for digital […]
March 21, 2019
EVENT: Democracy Alive
Commons Network is excited to announce we will be attending the Democracy Alive festival on the Dutch island of Texel […]
March 15, 2019
Commons Network New Colleague
Recently, Commons Network added a new member to their team: Renee Kuiken. She joined us in March as an intern […]
March 14, 2019
Horizon Europe – Open, but not too much
On November 28th the Commons Network and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines organized the event “Open medical science for better […]
January 30, 2019
Commoners! What’s Next?
This essay was written by the organizing team behind the European Commons Assembly in Madrid. It was originally posted on […]
December 14, 2018
Letter To The Dutch Minister Of Health
How much we pay for medicines and how the pharmaceutical system works is currently a matter of hot debate in […]
December 11, 2018
Defend the precautionary principle: remove so-called “innovation principle” from Horizon Europe
This Wednesday December 12th the European Parliament will vote on the Horizon Europe, EU’s largest scientific program. This is the […]
Putting People’s Health First: The #EP2019 Manifesto
Putting People’s Health First: Improving Access to Medicines in Europe Many European countries have been able to provide high […]
November 29, 2018
An Interview With Mai Ishikawa Sutton, pt. 2
Mai Ishikawa Sutton joined Commons Network this year as a Digital Commons Fellow. After years of working along side eachother, […]
November 28, 2018
Commons for the Arts: Commons Network in the Cultural Capital of Europe
Commons Network traveled north to work with the Cultural Capital of Europe, Leeuwarden where organizations like Tandem, ECF, Keunstwurk, De […]
November 23, 2018
Shared Spaces: New Paper on Urban Commons
Today, Commons Network is releasing the latest publication called ‘Urban Commons Shared Spaces’. The paper is a research project and […]
November 16, 2018
Event: Open medical science for better health-care for all: Making EU research work for the public interest
Commons Network and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) hosted an event “Open medical science for better health-care for […]
November 13, 2018
Reframing Digital Europe
Last week, October 3rd and 4th, Commons Network, Kennisland and Centrum Cyfrowe hosted a workshop in Amsterdam on ‘reframing digital […]
October 11, 2018
How To Ensure Public Investment Makes An Impact On Society
This week, Commons Network and many others from the Alliance for Affordable Medicines and Responsible R & D released a […]
September 27, 2018
An Interview With Mai Ishikawa Sutton, pt. 1
Mai Ishikawa Sutton joined Commons Network this year as a Digital Commons Fellow. After years of working along side eachother, […]
September 26, 2018
Commons and Democracy: Challenges in Europe
Commons Network organized the workshop ‘The Challenge of Democratic Societies and Citizen Participation in Europe’, in cooperation with the European […]
August 21, 2018
Commons Network in London: What would an alternative Internet look like?
#SummerNews: In this series, Commons Network writes about what we’ve been doing over the past few months. It’s been a […]
August 1, 2018
Urgent Letter to the European Commission to Stop Illegal Data Retention
Today, 62 organizations from civil society and civil rights activism sent an urgent plea to the European Commission to […]
June 27, 2018
From Lab to Commons: Shifting to a Biomedical System that’s in the Public Interest
Commons Network releases a paradigm-breaking paper on practical commons-based alternatives to the EU’s pharmaceutical policies Today Commons Network publishes a […]
June 24, 2018
EU-Mercosur Negotiations Endanger South American Access to Medicines
Sophie Bloemen joined the seminar organized by Podemos in Madrid on the EU-Mercosur negotiations and the potential impacts on the […]
May 11, 2018
Neighbourhoods as Commons
How did I realize that a Commons Good based system was everything but utopian?
March 10, 2018
Solidarity as a Commons
Recently, Commons Network added a new member to our team: Irene Alonso joined us in January as an intern from […]
‘Healthcare is not a business, but a fundamental human right’
On Wednesday the 31st of January, activists, doctors, advocates, MEPs and representatives of the European Commission met in the European […]
Costs Overview
Summary of costs for setting up the new CommonsNetwork.org website, excluding hosting costs.
February 21, 2018
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Website Updraft Migrator
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Calendar Pro Events
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Community Networks: Sharing Collective Connectivity For Everyone?
Can we see communication as a commons? Can citizens use community networks to become more autonomous? How is it going […]
February 20, 2018
#ECAmadrid: Introducing The Commoners
On the eve of the European Commons Assembly held in Madrid this week, we asked the participants to introduce themselves […]
Watch The Livestream Here: #ECAmadrid
The European Commons Assembly is about to start, in MediaLab Prado Madrid. Hundreds of commons activists get together in Madrid […]
#ECAmadrid: Activists!
On Thursday, as part of the European Commons Assembly in Madrid, local activists will join the commoners from all over […]
Access to Medicines: An Urgent Letter
Dec 1- 2017, Brussels. The negotiations between the EU and Mercosur countries are being finalised this week. The trade agreement’s […]