Learning for New Cooperativism - a series by UKSCS - Seminar 5 of 9
Channel: UK Society for Co-operative Studies
Date: 2022-11-09

This seminar, organised by the UK Society of Co-operative Studies (UKSCS) with the EMES International Research Network (EMES) and European Research Institute for Co-operative and Social Enterprise (EURICSE), took place on 16th September 2021. It was hosted and recorded by the FairShares Institute for Co-operative Social Entrepreneurship at Sheffield Hallam University. 

The theme of the seminar was Learning for New Cooperativism. New cooperativism often advocates a radical re-organisation of power, favouring labour and solidarity projects to create and manage common resources (Vieta, 2014, 2019). How does this affect the learning and development of co-operators, and influence curricula to support cooperative entrepreneurship (Ridley-Duff, Schmidtchen & Arnold-Schaarschmidt [+6 more authors], 2020)?  What learning and development methods (both formal and informal) contribute to effective workplace democracy? What innovations in cooperation education and curricula might stimulate youth co-operatives (MacPherson, 2015)?

Facilitators – Nicole Goler Von Ravensberg, Marcelo Vieta
Panel Speakers – Joanna Brzozowska-Wabik, Sara Vicari, Christian Wolf
Technical Support: Rory Ridley-Duff