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Who rules with which rules?
The Social Rules project directed by Paul Steinberg of Harvey Mudd College is a great project that shows the importance of rules and norms in every day
Student projects
The students of the course “Rules, Games and Society” at Arizona State University use the book of this website, and they made some amazing videos.
Prevent a water crisis in Arizona
Recent rain events in the Phoenix valley may not allude to it, but there is a serious water scarcity in Arizona. The Arizona Community Foundation
Governing a Mayan Forest
A great documentary on how indigenous communities in Guatemala are managing successfully their community forest of about 21,000 hectares. It is a nice example of
Norms on giving way to ambulances in India
Last December I experienced the traffic in India first hand. A big difference between the formal and informal rules!! One needs to honk the whole
Defending the Global Commons
Defending the Global Commons is an on-going posted collection of essays and articles about the global commons of natural resources, basic services, public spaces and
Educational Commons
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) is an open-source resource for educators, offering
Towards a DNA commons?
23andme Inc. is a private for-profit organization that offers DNA analysis and information to individual consumers. DNA collection is collected through a $99 at home
On the Commons
On the Commons (OTC) was founded in 2001 and is a commons movement strategy center to help bring visibility to and build the commons movement,
Friends with benefits: P2P insurance
Technological development affects the way we can organize insurance. A new development is Peer to Peer insurance, which is basically a self-organization of customers to
The Commons on Flickr
The Commons on the flickr website is a joint project of flickr and the Library of Congress aimed increasing access to publicly held photography collections
Commons Rising
Commons Rising is a website aimed at providing both information on the commons and a platform for the organization and implementation of commons based activities
Creative Commons
The Creative Commons supports the sharing of digital creative media by providing legal and technical resources and infrastructure. The organization supports all kinds of digital
Cancer Commons
Cancer Commons is a patient-centered resource and data sharing network that invites patients, researchers and clinicians to donate data in open science collaboration in order
Street maps as public goods
Most of the readers might be used to use their gps powers smart phone to look up directions on a detailed and up to date
Chalk Talks on the Tragedy of the Commons
The National Science Foundation created some illustrative videos on the tragedy of the commons and how to solve it. Have a look at these short
The changing music commons
When I bought my first single in 1982 – Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel – for a few dollars the world of music industry looked
Free-riding of religious groups causes measles outbreak in the Netherlands
A measles epidemic is emerging in the Netherlands. The hunderds of cases are mainly in areas where people live who don’t vaccinate their children because
Public good provision by prison gangs
Why are there prison gangs? Do they lead to more violence? David Sharbek studies policentric governance of prison gangs, especially those in the USA. There is
Traffic Jams at the Top of the World
On May 29 1953, 60 years ago, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay, were the first humans to reach the top of the
Boundary rules in Disney World
Every day many people go to Disney World, and many of the visitors want to attend one of the attractions of the park. Unfortunately there