Knowledge Commons—New York, NY

NYU’s Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy will host the International Association for the Study of Commons2nd Thematic Conference on Knowledge Commons Sept. 5-7, 2014. The deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended to March 15, 2014.

The call for papers is here.

The conference will seek to better understand how knowledge commons work, where they come from, what contributes to their durability and effectiveness, and what undermines them. This year’s program will highlight knowledge commons in the fields of medicine and the environment by devoting special paper tracks and policy sessions to those topics. The Conference organizers invite paper submissions in the following areas:

HIGHLIGHT TRACKS
T1: Medical science and innovation commons
T2: Knowledge commons in environmental research, innovation and management

GENERAL TRACKS
T3: Scientific and technical digital data and information commons
T4: Knowledge commons in the cultural sector
T5: Knowledge commons approaches to scientific research
T6: Traditional and local communities’ knowledge
T7: Innovation Commons

METHODOLOGICAL TRACK
T8: Innovative analytical and empirical approaches

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