The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), founded in 1989 as The International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP) (Read about the Association's name change), is a nonprofit Association devoted to understanding and improving institutions for the management of resources that are (or could be) held or used collectively by communities in developing or developed countries.
IASC's goals are:
- to encourage exchange of knowledge among diverse disciplines, areas, and resource types
- to foster mutual exchange of scholarship and practical experience
- to promote appropriate institutional design
About Commons Research
News and Upcoming Events
- 12th Biennial Conference - July 14-18, 2008.
- International Journal of the Commons - Vol. 2, No. 1 now available!
- Complete Archive of CPR DIGESTS NOW ONLINE - 1986 - 2007
- IASCP 2006 (Bali) - Papers available on the DLC
- 2006 Presidential Address
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Comments or suggestions
to Charlotte Hess, IASC Information Officer, at hess@indiana.edu
Last Updated February 18, 2008