The Collective’s 2019 Colloquium was held in Brussels on the theme of “Socio-ecological transitions: making space for the foundational”. The event was sponsored by Cosmopolis- Centre of Urban Research at the Free University, Building Brussels and Cities of Making and the organiser Sarah de Boeck put together a full programme over the two days of 9 and 10th September which featured plenaries by distinguished academics, presentations by collective members and by guest academics and practitioners engaged with making space for foundational activities in urban places.
Plenary
- Ian Gough, Foundational Economy: the sustainability dimension
- John Tomaney, Politics of the foundational economy
New foundational thinking
- D. Arcidiacono and I. Pais, Foundational economy in the platform society
- L. Calafati et al., Foundational liveability
- A. Kirsch and L. Plank, Grounded alternatives to platform capitalism
Foundational economy and place
- Sarah de Boeck, Challenges for the preservation of small production place
- Geert de Pauwe, Community land trust in Brussels
- Oriol Estela Barnet, Towards a foundational strategy for Barcelona
- Stephen Kampelman, Circular economy: an opportunity for local economic development
- A. Novy, Viennese knowledge alliance for foundational economy
- N. Tranquilletto, Social business creating public impact
The Foundational Economy 