Research Tracks Program

Thursday

09:30-11:30 (30min / presentation)

1. Informal work in the performing arts: the solution of self-management cooperatives (Ermanno TORTIA, University of Trento; Francesca Martinelli, DOC Servizi Research)
2. Can researchers leverage theory to inform and persuade all supply chain members in developing a Cooperative? Challenges in Mobilizing Stakeholders in Quebec’s Farm-to-Fashion Initiative. (Faust Marie-Eve, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Fibershed; Bellemare Jocelyn, UQAM; Fontaine Richard, UQAM)
3. From Crisis to Success: The Transformation of a Polish Cooperative Bank. A Case Study (Michal Krol, Mikolowski Bank Spoldzielczy w Mikolowie)

13:30-15:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Cooperatives’ contribution to sustainability, towards corporate territorial responsibility (Maryline Filippi, Bordeaux Sciences Agro – INRAE)
2. From learning journey to housing cooperative advocacy. A case study on the extended outcomes from industry-led research on housing cooperatives in Australia (Sidsel Grimstad, Gri[ith Business School)
3. Cooperative Management Styles and Democratic Member Control in Finnish Cooperatives: A Scoping Review(Chijioke Nwankwo Okoro, Centre for Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (CEMRI), Finland; Anu Puusa, 2.UEF Business School, University of Eastern Finland, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland; Olaleye Sunday, 3.School of Business, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences; Samson Balogun Oluwafemi, School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland)

Friday

09:30-11:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Institutional Diversity and Cooperatives in Water Services Production (Tapio Katko, Tampere University; Jarmo J. Hukka, Tampere University; Petri S. Juuti, Tampere University; Riikka P. Juuti, Tampere University)
2. Co-operatives as creators of new knowledge and innovations in the rural communities in Zambia and Namibia – experiences from SmartVille project (Terhi Saarijärvi, LAB University of Applied Sciences; Kauna Mufeti, University of Namibia)
3. From Principles to Practice: Analyzing Sustainability Disclosure in Brazilian Health Cooperatives through GRI Standards (Fernanda Frankenberger, PPGCOOP/PUCPR; Vanessa Feitosa, PPGCOOP/PUCPR – SESCOOP/CE; Aline Escócio, PPGCOOP/PUCPR – SESCOOP/CE; Carlos Eduardo Queiroz, PPGCOOP/PUCPR – SESCOOP/CE; Alex Antonio Ferraresi, PPGCOOP/PUCPR)

Thursday

09:30-11:30 (30min / presentation)

1.  Willingness of Hemp Farmers to Establish an Agricultural Cooperative in Samsun, Türkiye (Bakiye Kılıç Topuz, Ondokuz Mayis University; Ömer Atalık, Ondokuz Mayis University, The Hemp Research Institude)
2. Data Driven Collaborative Benefits to enhance cooperative and balanced value chains in AgriFood (Filippo Maria Renga, Politecnico di Milano)

3. Cooperatives and sustainability-related accounting: anticipating the ESRS into effect in food sector (Minna Suutari,Aalto University; Tuija Virtanen, University of Eastern Finland)

Thursday

09:30-11:30 (30min / presentation)

1. New regulations on investors shares in credit unions – recent changes in Polish cooperative law (Jacek Skoczek, Cooperative Research Institute)
2. Tax measures to help SSE help the environment (Sofía Arana, University of the Basque Country; Belén Bahia, University of Málaga)
3. Legal aspects of financing cooperatives. Towards fundaments and principals of financing (Ger Van der Sangen, Tilburg Law School, Department Private, Business & Labor Law)
4. Housing cooperatives in Poland and their cooperative identity (Katarzyna Królikowska, Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland; Maciej Szulc, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland)

13:30-15:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Multi-stakeholder cooperative governance (Ermanno TORTIA, University of Trento)
2. The Regulation of School Cooperatives in Hungary (Klára Bak, Cooperative Research Institute Hungary)
3. The Characteristics and Structure of Hungarian Cooperative Law (Mária Réti, Cooperative Research Institute Hungary)

Friday

09:30-11:00 (30min / presentation)

1. To plat-form or de-form? Cooperative solutions to the platform dilemma for Small-medium Enterprises (and the self-employed) under the Greek Context (Ifigeneia Douvitsa, Hellenic Open University)
2. The Distribution of Criminal Liability in Economic Crimes Committed in a Cooperative (Matti Tolvanen, University of Eastern Finland; Anu Puusa, University of Eastern Finland)
3. The Mutualistic Relationship and the role of cooperator members (Roberto Ranucci, Universitas Mercatorum)

11:45-13:15 (30min / presentation)

1. Co-operative law and co-operatives in Poland in the face of current challenges, including energy transformation, social economy and housing (Aneta Suchoń, University in Poznan)
2. Legal aspects of the operation of agricultural and food cooperatives in agricultural markets in the framework of the CAP 2023-2027 and in the UE rules of competition in agriculture (Aneta Suchoń, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland)

Thursday

13:30-15:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Understanding housing cooperative strategies during energy crisis through dramaturgical sociology (Jan Frankowski, Institute for Structural Research; Aleksandra Prusak, Institute for Structural Research / University of Warsaw; Jakub Sokołowski, Institute for Structural Research / University of Warsaw; Joanna Mazurkiewicz, Institute for Structural Research; Tomasz Świetlik, Institute for Structural Research)
2. Transforming firms into bio-regionally owned multi-stakeholder cooperatives: To eternally sustain humanity on our planet (Shann Turnbull, International Institute for Self-governance)
3. Sailing with or against the wind: A case study of a German cultural non-profit cooperative in a rural area (Ludger Voigt, TU Braunschweig; Julia Beideck, University of Cologne)

Friday

09:30-11:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Developing Communities: St. Isidore Farm’s Social Economy Organizations and Poverty Alleviation in Jeju, South Korea (Jiyun Jeon, Hallym University; Seungkwon Jang, Sungkonghoe University)
2. Sustaining humanity by transforming firms into bio-regionally owned multi-stakeholder cooperatives (Shann Turnbull, International Institute for Self-governance)
3. Cooperatives in a digital world: a systematic literature review (Marco Lomuscio, University of Trento)

11:45-13:15 (30min / presentation)

1. Local Resistance to Neoliberal Agriculture: The İzmir Cooperative Model (Berkay Üstün, Humboldt Universtät zu Berlin)
2. On the Role of Cconcern for Community Principle for Promoting grassroots Co-operatives, Income diversification and combating poverty. The cases of Azezzo Municipality, North — West Ethiopia, Njombe Region, Southern Highlands Zone of Tanzania and Loppi Municipality, South Finland RN HIGHLANDS ZONE OF TANZANIA AND LOPPI MUNICIPALITY, SOUTH FINLAND (Shimelles Tenaw, Co-operatives & Sustainable Development Promotion)
3. Unlocking Synergies: Funding Opportunities and Cooperative Models for Creative and Innovation Districts in Urban and Non-Urban Areas (Elina Mikelsone, Riga Technical University; Līva Stūrmane, Riga Technical University; Emīls Rode, Riga Technical University; Andra Marta Babre, Riga Technical University ; Matijs Babris, Riga Technical University)

Thursday

09:30-11:30 (30min / presentation)

1. Co-operative credit unions – their contribution to the Irish social economy (Dominik Bierecki, Pomeranian University in Slupsk; Paul Anthony Jones, Liverpool John Moores University)
2. Ideologies and Co-operative Identities in the German Co-operative Movement (Markus Hanisch, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Center for Rural Development)
3. Social performance of credit unions (Vilmar Rodrigues Moreira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná)
4. Regulatory ecology view on mutual insurance companies: literature review and research agenda (Antti Talonen, UEF; Jukka Mähönen, Uni Helsinki; Anu Puusa, UEF)

Thursday

09:30-11:30 (30min / presentation)

1. Intercooperation as a key-factor of cooperative identity. A systematic review of empirical studies on intercooperation, its outcomes and challenges. (Yannis Perifanos, KCO, KU Leuven; Frédéric Dufays, KCO, KU Leuven; ULiege)
2. Co-operative Ecosystem & Network Governance (Roger Spear, Open & Roskilde Universities)
3. Amplifying agri-food sustainability pathways: A configurational Model to discuss the Contextual Fit of Value Chain Organizing (Véronique De Herde, CES-HEC Liège; Frédéric Dufays, CES-HEC Liège)
4. The Role of Intercooperation and Open Innovation in Enhancing Cooperative Firms’ Innovation Performance (Josu Santos-Larrazabal, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU); Imanol Basterretxea, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU); Ana Fernández-Sainz, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU))

13:30-15:00 (30min / presentation)

1. The Learning Processes in the Building of a Cooperative Cluster (Eunjung Lee, Sungkonghoe University; Seungkwon Jang, Sungkonghoe University)
2. Maximizing Returns through Value Chain Management in a Dairy Sector Cooperative: A Case Study (Ja[er Vinicius Besen, Sistema Ocepar; Eduardo Damião da Silva, PUCPR)
3. Friends up close – organisational integration of cooperatives in the competitive economy of EU Finland (Sami Karhu, Vaasan yliopisto)
4. Intervening in small democratic businesses regarding governance – An action research experiment for collective learning among a group of practitioners from cooperatives, experts and researchers from the field of cooperatives (Hanne Westh Nicolajsen, IT University Copenhagen; Lene Nielsen, IT University Copenhagen; Vasiliki Baka, IT University Copenhagen; Sanna Marttila, IT University Copenhagen)

Thursday

13:30-15:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Transformative education: Some insights from using action research in teaching social economy and social innovation (Davorka Vidovic, University of Zagreb Faculty of Political Science)
2. Cooperative Education – pathways through educational philosophy and critical pedagogy (Pekka Hytinkoski, University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute)
3. Educating for Cooperation: Mapping the Landscape of Cooperative Education in India (Shyam Singh, Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat, India; Umakant Dash, Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat, India)

Friday

09:30-11:00 (30min / presentation)

1. The weak position of cooperative education in Norway. An attempt to break out of a vicious circle (Sigurd Rysstad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Eystein Ystad, Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
2. Co-operative education today: a case from Ireland (Bridget Carroll, Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork)
3. ADVCACY FOR COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IN CAMEROON (Rachel-Claire OKANI, Pan african University)

11:45-13:15 (30min / presentation)

1. EDUCATE TO GROW: COOPERATIVISM AS A MODEL OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Luis Armando Trejo, ACAVEN de R.L. / EL SALVADOR; Carlos Santos, ACAVEN de R.L. / EL SALVADOR)
2. The Bulgarian Context in Cooperative Education: Challenges and Opportunities (Ivan Boevsky, New Bulgarian University; Krassimir Kostenarov, New Bulgarian University)

Thursday

09:30-11:30 (30min / presentation)

1. From Strategy to Grazing Solutions: How Producer Cooperatives Formulate and Implement CSR Strategies (Anna Juvonen, Helsinki University; Taneli Vaskelainen, Helsinki University)
2. Cooperatives and Sustainable Transformation in Europe: A Scoping Review of Current Trends and Future Directions (Katrin Martens, Humboldt-Unviersität zu Berlin)
3. Innovation in Cooperatives versus IOFs: A Rational Inattention Model (Anyan Wei, Erasmus University Rotterdam) George Hendrikse, Erasmus University Rotterdam)

13:30-15:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Assessing the Social Dimensions of Cooperative Performance: A Social Capital Perspective (Filiz Kinikli, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU))
2. Navigating the ‘dual nature of cooperatives’: Insights from the CCIN Co-op Development Toolkit Case Studies 2024 (Owen Powell, York St John University)
3. Co-operative difference and employee attitudes: findings from Polish co-operative banks (Przemysław Piasecki, Poznan University of Economics and Business; Anna Ziętek, Poznan University of Economics and Business; Maciej Ławrynowicz, Poznan University of Economics and Business)

Friday

11:45-13:15 (30min / presentation)

1. Reconceptualizing Organizational Identity in Cooperatives – A Case Study on Cooperatives in the Champagne Region (Martin Nordell, Åbo Akademi University; Anna-Greta Nyström, Åbo Akademi University)
2. Perspectives to the Cooperative Shareholder Value in Finnish Cooperatives (Pasi Saarnivaara, UEF; Anu Puusa, UEF; Henri Teittinen, UEF)
3. Challenges and new Perspectives in Social Enterprise Governance: a structured literature review (Giulia Guazzaroni, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy)

Friday

09:30-11:00 (30min / presentation)

1. A field of wildflowers bloom: Rhizomatic meta-organizing and scaling the impact of cooperatives (Daniel Petrovics, Rotterdam School of Management – Erasmus University Rotterdam; Taneli Vaskelainen, Ruralia Institute – University of Helsinki; Thomas Bauwens, Rotterdam School of Management – Erasmus University Rotterdam)
2. Exploring the diversity among agricultural cooperatives (Jos Bijman, Wageningen University & Research; Markus Hanisch, Humboldt University Berlin)
3. Exploring the process of building a new cooperative (Alain Gatunange, Wageningen University & Research; Jos Bijman, Wageningen University & Research; Daniela Robinson, Wageningen University & Research)

Thursday

09:30-11:30 (30min / presentation)

1. Putting democracy at the heart of HRM: An Experience-Based Model for Policy Making in Cooperatives (Kiri Langmead, Edinburgh Napier University; Holly Patrick-Thomson, Edinburgh Napier University)
2. Co-operative values and principles-oriented HRM practices: towards construct clarification and scale development (Przemysław Piasecki, Poznan University of Economics and Business)
3. Third-party management and decent work: a critical reflection on agro-industrial cooperatives in southern Brazil (Fernanda Frankenberger, PPGCOOP / PUCPR; Leila Dissenha, PPGCOOP / PUCPR; Graziel Pedrozo de Abreu, FECOOPAR / OCEPAR)
4. Organizational Socialization in Cooperatives – A Social Capital Perspective (Nico Brandes, TU Braunschweig; Ludger Voigt, TU Braunschweig)

Friday

09:30-11:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Employer Branding of Cooperatives: A Multi-Level Approach to Enhancing Cooperative Visibility and Appeal in the Region (Ludger Voigt, TU Braunschweig; Richard Lang, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
2. The Determinants of Trust in Agricultural Cooperatives: Results from a Systematic Literature Review (Delia Scheel, Humboldt University of Berlin; Benedikt Hoppe, Humboldt University of Berlin)
3. DUALITY COOPERATIVE UNDER THE HRM TEST : THE CAMEROONIAN EXPERIENCE (Rachel-Claire OKANI, Pan African University; Martin ABEGA, Consultant)

Friday

11:45-13:15 (30min / presentation)

1.  Cooperative Identity: Variables for a Measurement Model (Alex Ferraresi, PUCPR; Carla Lampe, PUCPR; Alex Weymer, PUCPR)
2. Analyzing Scholarly Impact of Cooperatives in Circular Economy and Eco-Innovation Using Fuzzy-Set Methodology with Bibliometric Insights (Asia Guerreschi, University of Ferrara)
3. Cooperatives for Sustainable Development (Francesca Gagliardi, University of Hertfordshire)
4. E-commerce and Cooperatives: A Literature Review & Case exploration (Dimitris Manoukas, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Technical University of Milan)

Thursday

09:30-11:30 (30min / presentation)

1. Evaluating Post-Growth Value Creation in Enterprises: A Scoping Review (Jonneke de Koning, Wageningen University & Research and Avans University of Applied Sciences; Kaj Morel, Avans University of Applied Sciences; Jos Bijman, Wageningen University & Research)
2. Beside degeneration: Other emancipatory potentials of worker cooperatives (Ina Kauranen, University of Helsinki, Ruralia institute; Taneli Vaskelainen, University of Helsinki, Ruralia institute; Matthijs Punt, Utrecht University, Copernicus institute)
3. Mission Drift in Consumer Cooperatives: Adapting to Demographic Challenges (Aldanah Alsabah, Royal Holloway University of London)
4. Examining the Role of Consumer Co-operatives in community resilience by integrating Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Aldanah Alsabah, Royal Holloway University of London)

13:30-15:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Competitor’s perceptions of the geographical spread of Kuwait Consumer Cooperative Society (Aldanah Alsabah, Royal Holloway University of London)
2. Navigating Institutional Complexity While Scaling: An Ethnographic Exploration of Micro-Level Dynamics in a Non-for-Profit Worker Cooperative (Daniel Aguilar Vinas, Rotterdam School of Management – Erasmus University Rotterdam; Thomas Bauwens, Rotterdam School of Management – Erasmus University Rotterdam)
3. Social Cooperatives at the Crossroads under the Examination of Profit-nonprofit Dichotomy (Pu Tao, Peking University)

Friday 

09:30-11:00 (30min / presentation)

1. Collaborative workspaces and the local youth: a spatial approach to case studies from Spain, Denmark, and Ireland (Dimitris Manoukas, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Technical University of Milan)
2. Examining the Role of Consumer Co-operatives in community resilience by integrating Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Aldanah Alsabah, Royal Holloway University of London)