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Research is a crucial element in generating a greater understanding of the co-operative business model. It contributes to our ability to promote the co-operative advantage, strengthens our co-operative identity and gives co-ops the tools they need to improve their capacity and effectiveness.
Co-operative research is being carried out around the world; in universities and research centres, in national and regional apex organizations, in co-operative federations and within co-operatives themselves. It is inderdisciplinary in nature, encompassing business studies, economics, history, sociology and countless other academic disciplines. Nor is it exclusively the domain of academics: many co-op practioners are also involved in conducting research on everything from co-op structures to member engagement, from co-operative governance to the promotion and marketing of co-operatives. Wherever you find co-ops, you find co-operative researchers.
Check out the "Research links" section of the CCR website for links to co-operative research centres, educational institutions and organizations involved in co-operative research.
Upcoming CCR conferences
Regional Co-operative Research Conference, 4-6 July 2018, Wageningen, Holland
Regional Co-operative Research Conference, 2-3 August 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Latest edition of the Review of International Co-operation is out!
The Committee on Co-operative Research of the International Co-operative Alliance is pleased to announce the publication of the Review of International Co-operation 2017 on co-operative research in Latin America.
This special Issue presents views from Latin America that, we hope, sheds light on what Cooperativism represents as a socio-economic movement in the region. It includes eight academic papers that have been peer-evaluated, from Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay and Colombia, dealing with responses to catastrophes, cooperative contributions to sustainable development, member participation and education, growth strategies, and policy evaluation. Three more articles deal with research in Latin America in general, and one with Brazil in particular, discussing theoretical and methodological approaches, as well as university and post-graduate studies on the subject.
Guest editors Claudia Sanchez Bajo, Mirta Vuotto and Ana Maria Sarria Icaza introduce readers to the diverse co-operative ecosystem in the region. Given that most regional research in published either in Spanish and Portuguese, this effort is intended to enhance the dialogue among co-operative researchers and practitioners, policy-makers and the co-operative movement worldwide.
The Special Issue 2017 of the Review is now available here!
Please send your reactions and questions to claudia.sanchezbajo@ymail.com
Read our reports from the 2017 Global Co-operative Research conference in Stirling:
Co-operative practitioners in Scotland – what do they want from researchers?
Co-operative research: key trends and predictions
The importance of research in co-operative policy
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