There is now a well-established literature and movement to apply a critical lens to commons analysis. This approach emphasizes the effects of power and considers the impact of larger social, economic, and political structures. Power dynamics, inequality, and environmental justice have become central to this discourse. A growing body of literature from this perspective has pointed to the ways in which the commons are produced and sustained in relation to historic and geographically-varying processes. These broader influences have been shown to shape the conditions that either promote or hinder local collective action. Topics in this subtheme include queering the commons; postcolonial /anticolonial/decolonising ideas around the commons; Black and Indigenous theories around the commons and commoning; subaltern/Global South perspectives on the commons; feminism and the commons; ableness and the commons; political ecology and the commons, and anarchist and communist theorizations of the commons. The theme leaders encourage contributions from a diverse group of scholars, including early career researchers and scholars from the Global South. Program Committee sub-theme members: Lavanya Suresh, Diana Ojedo, Prakash Kashwan