19 November - 15 December 2026
We are excited to announce the launch of the WE-COOP newsletter! To subscribe, simply click here and complete the short form. Our first issue will be released in summer 2026. We will publish three issues per year, and you can unsubscribe at any time. See you soon!
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02 February - 01 September 2028
Highlights of the “Feminist Utopias at Work” conference.
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01 February - 02 September 2028
Goodies from the international conference “Feminist Utopias at Work“, University of Strasbourg, 6 & 7 November 2025. Thanks to Atelier Pleine Forme for the creative work!
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17 October - 03 September 2028
Poster campaign in Strasbourg – over 30 sites for the “Feminist Utopias at Work: Reorganise, Redefine, Abolish” conference.
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01 August - 04 September 2028
Participatory researches: what is it?
and our WE-COOP approach
01 March - 05 September 2028
10,000 brochures for France’s worker cooperatives.
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06 November - 07 November 2025
Feminist Utopias at Work. Reorganise, Redefine, Abolish.
Where? University of Strasbourg, France
When? Thursday 6 and Friday 7 Novembre 2025
Free admission
In English and French, with subtitles
28 November - 30 November 2024
Chapter on “Worker Co-operatives” Presented by Ada Reichhart,for the Handbook of Forgotten Institutions at the international conference on “Forgotten Institutions. Utopian Archives and Democratic Futures”,organised by Sara Gebh, post-doctoral fellow in the ERC Research Project “Prefiguring Democratic Futures. Cultural and Theoretical Responses to the Crisis of Political Imagination” (principal investigator: Oliver Marchart). When? 28th-30th November […]
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06 November - 07 November 2024
“Penser la démocratie radicale à partir des Scop comme forme de vie coopérative au travail” Paper given by Ada Reichhart,at the “Ethnographies of Radical Democracy” conference,organised by Federico Tarragoni (Prof. of Political Sociology – University of Caen/IUF), Pascale Devette (Ass. Prof. of Political Science – University of Montréal), Yohan Dubigeon (Ass. Prof. of Education Sciences […]
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03 October - 04 October 2024
« Peut-on trouver du sens à l’activité de nettoyage ? Enquête dans une coopérative non-mixte et critique féministe du travail reproductif » Paper given by Ada Reichhart,at the conference on “The Meaning of Work” : Psychological, Social and Political implications of the Activity of Work. When? 3rd-4th October 2024 Where? CNAM, Paris, France https://lise-cnrs.cnam.fr/le-laboratoire/evenements-et-actualites-du-lise/evenements-scientifiques/le-sens-du-travail-enjeux-psychiques-sociaux-et-politiques-de-l-activite–1465959.kjsp
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04 September - 06 September 2024
“What Is Meaningful About Cleaning Work?” Paper given by Ada Reichhart,at the “Workplace Democracy and Meaningful Work” workshop organised by Matias Petersen (Universidad de los Andes, Chile) & Joaquín Reyes (Universidad San Sebastián, Chile),during the MANCEPT Workshops. When? 4th-6th September 2024 Where? University of Manchester, U.K.
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Tuesday 14 May 2024
“Women’s Self-Management & the Politics of Labour” Talk given by Ada Reichhart. Recognized for their transformative potential in democratizing labor relations, worker co-operatives are not just a men’s story. Women have also used these models to redefine workplace equality. Let’s explore how feminist ideals have taken shape in these concrete utopias! When? 14th May 2024, […]
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Wednesday 17 April 2024
“Gender and Inequalities in Worker Co-operatives: Historical and Theoretical Overview of the WE-COOP Project” Lecture given by Ada Reichhart, guest speaker for the Social Economy Chair at the University of Haute-Alsace. When? 17th April 2024, 4-6 p.m. Where? University of Haute-Alsace – Fonderie Campus
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14 September - 15 September 2023
“One woman, one voice”: Women-run cooperatives and their struggle for democracy at work Presented by Ada Reichhart,at the “Gender(ed) Labor” conference,organised by the Swiss Association for Gender Studies (SAGS). When? 14th-15th September 2023 Where? University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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07 September - 08 September 2023
“Feminist utopias at work: the example of a women-run worker cooperative” Paper given by Ada Reichhart,at the “New Work – New Problems? Gender Perspectives on the Transformation of Work” conference, organised by the Gender Studies Committee of the Swiss Sociological Association and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (LUASA). When? 7th-8th September 2023 Where? […]
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