Publication: Giochiamo ai commons?! In collaboration with Michèle Milde, we produced an Italian translation of the German children’s book “Commons kinderleicht?!” that has been created by Smilla Todt, Anne Wiedemann and Veronika Golyak. You…
Community Economies Institute Symposium, Kioloa Australia Dec 8-13th, ACElab’s Kate Rich attended the first in-person international symposium for the Community Economies Institute (CEI), at the Australian National University’s Kioloa coastal campus in Australia. The gathering was…
ULEX training in Leaderful Organising November 2025, ACElab postdoctoral fellow Kate Rich attended the ULEX Leaderful Organising intensive training programme in Eroles, Spain. The training centred on practices and understandings for more effective distribution of…
Interview: Gekommen um zu bleiben A conversation between Bianca Elzenbaumer and commoner Johannes Reisigl (in German) about rooting the work of cultural transformation in the Alps on the blog of ClimateCulture Tryol. https://klimakultur.tirol/inspirieren/gekommen-um-zu-bleiben/
Publication: New European Bauhaus meets Community Economies In this publication we present economic mapping tools, showcase community economies and analyse what is going on behind the scenes of New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiatives. Its special focus is…
The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest (TITiPI) As part of her MSCA Fellowship at Brave New Alps, Kate Rich has been on secondment with The Institute for Technologies in the Public Interest (TITiPI) in Brussels. The secondment…
FRICTIONS Administrative workshop at Casco Art Institute 10 -11 September 2025, ACElab researcher Kate Rich convened a two day workshop at Casco Art Institute – Working for the Commons in Utrecht (NL), as part of her MSCA…
The Institute for Experiments with Business (Ibex) In 2025, ACElab researcher Kate Rich initiated a core experiment for her MSCA Fellowship research FRICTIONS, establishing The Institute for Experiments with Business (Ibex) as a new organisation in Europe.…
Publication: Infrastructuring for caring food practices – learnings from an Alpine community academy In this paper, we explore instances of grassroots infrastructuring in support of communal learning projects that centre caring food practices. We explore these instances of infrastructuring from a practitioner perspective,…
Publication: Powering the Commons Through Design – Embracing the Aesthetics of Convivial Imperfection How can design strategically strengthen non-capitalist and postcapitalist economies and increase the social power of those sustaining them? What role does aesthetics plays in shifting power towards postcapitalist modes of…
