Read the GEF publication on Urban Commons, exploring the new role of cities in our society and their potential for collaboration as urban commons.

This framing paper is the closing publication of the Green European Foundation’s transnational project Creating Socio-Ecological Societies Through Urban Commons Transitions, which focused on urban spaces as a driving force towards socio-ecological societies and as a hub of transformative policies.
Written by Dirk Holemans & Kati Van de Velde from GEF partner Oikos, this paper explores the new roles of cities in our society and their potential for collaboration as urban commons.
The work of GEF on Urban Commons will continue with the 2019 transnational project Cities as Places of Hope in the European Union.