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Circular Economy and Cooperation - Exploring Three Related Approaches (Cooperatives, Commons, and the Tree of Cooperation) for a Just and Sustainable Economy
Exploring cooperative approaches to the circular economy
The project aims to study different ways of thinking about cooperation in Québec and Canada (which are far from being circular but still have a strong tradition of social economy) in an effort to shed new light on this challenge.
Three variants of cooperation that are similar and different in their own ways and important in the Québec context will be explored: cooperatives and the cooperative movement, the tree of cooperation and First Nations, common goods and degrowth.
Research team
Principal investigator and contact
Collaborating researcher
- Emmanuel Raufflet (Department of management)
Researchers
- Yves-Marie Abraham (Department of Management)
- Karine Awashish (Université Laval)
Rafael Ziegler (Department of Management)
Key links and publications
- Awashish, Karine, Une perspective autochtone et holistique de l’économie circulaire, IICADD Blog, September 30, 2023, National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
- Abraham, Yves-Marie, Karine Awashish, and Rafael Ziegler; contributor: Emmanuel Raufflet. “Économie circulaire et coopération – exploration de trois approches connexes (coopératives, communs et l’arbre de la coopération) pour une économie juste et durable. Rapport de synthèse pour le RQREC,” June 2023.
- Crété, Jean-Loup, Notre coop, on la veut avec ou sans économie circulaire, IICADD Blog, June 28, 2023.
Funding
Réseau de recherche en économie circulaire du Québec (2022-2023)