Academic freedom and democracy under siege: how a Nobel peace prize could help defend them Universities and research are the target of unprecedented attacks in the US, threatening academic freedom. Scientists have created the “Stand up for Science” movement.

Because academic freedom and science are increasingly jeopardized - and not only in the US theconversation.com/academic-fre...

Les coopératives traversent mieux les crises que les entreprises classiques Une publication souligne la capacité des coopératives à adapter leurs pratiques pendant les crises : réorientation vers des biens essentiels, soutien à leurs salariés et décisions collégiales.

Après le podcast en décembre open.spotify.com/episode/32Kg..., un article @theconversation.com qui reprend nos résultats récents sur les #coopératives, leur #résilience et comment lutter contre la dégénérescence de leur modèle démocratique
theconversation.com/les-cooperat...

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Our researcher @freddufays.bsky.social just published with Catherine Dal Fior and @bhuybrechts.bsky.social a paper on the perception and access to resources in uncertain environments, based on insights from waste collection ventures in Burkina Faso. doi.org/10.1108/IJEB...

The night the lights were lit: 180 years of UK co-operation David J. Thompson on the birthplace of the co-op in 1844

🗓 December 21st marks 180 years since the Rochdale Pioneers launched the modern cooperative movement. They opened a small store to provide affordable, quality food, and the idea rapidly spread throughout England and the world. Co-ops granted women a vote for the first time in their lives. 💁‍♂️🙋‍♀️