COVER Research Centre

COVER (Centre for Commons Organizing, Values, Equalities, and Resilience)
 “The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose.”
	- from a 17th century folk poem

The Centre for Commons Organizing, Values, Equalities, and Resilience (COVER) is a global research centre, based at the University of Essex, for studying the theoretical and practical possibilities of how common ownership and organizing based on values of cooperation, collaboration, and open knowledge sharing can foster more egalitarian, inclusive, and participative 21st century economies, communities, and organizations. Its core aim is to draw on interdisciplinary perspectives to effectively and sustainably managing and promoting commons based organizing methods for addressing the challenges of climate change, global inequality, international health crisis, and the political rise of Far-Right authoritarianism.