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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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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 […] February 20, 2018

#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 […]

Can Commons Thinking Break into the European Mainstream?

June 8 2017-  Blog by David Bollier on our new paper on EU & the Commons Can Commons Thinking Break […]

Mercosur trade agreement negotiations threaten to raise prices on lifesaving medicines.

Brussels: December 5th, 2017 Mercosur negotiations & Policy incoherence: the Commission ignores EU Member States’ doubts on pharmaceutical patents. This […]

For Peace, People and Planet.

July 2017.  For Peace, People and Planet: A civil Society Perspective on the next EU Research Framework Programme (FP9).  Ensuring investments […]

Special Event in Brussels on Health Commons, FP9 and Public-Needs Oriented R&D

  Health Action International (HAI) and Commons Network (CN) organize a discussion on the opportunities and challenges of the system […]

EU “copyright reform” threatens freedom of information, open access and open science

In early October, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will vote on the Digital Single Market copyright legislation. Here we […]