Welcome to the International Journal of the Commons

The International Journal of the Commons is a new journal set up by the International Association for the Study of the Commons. It aims to be an interdisciplinary peerreviewed open-access journal dedicated to further our understanding of institutions for use and management of resources that are (or could be) enjoyed collectively. Many will refer to such resources and their systems of usage as ‘commons’. Thus a ‘commons’ may be a part of the natural world used by humans or it may be a social reality created by humans, such as the internet or an urban space.