• co-operatives
• economic democracy

Recent publications

• launch Friedel, S., Sels, L. (sup.), Dufays, F. (cosup.), Bruneel, J. (cosup.) (2024). ’Relationships Matter’?: Insights into Social Capital, Solidarity and De- and Regeneration in Agri-Food Cooperatives.
• launch Friedel, S., Dufays, F. (2022). Acts and ideals of solidarity in agri-food cooperatives: Linkages with democratic governance during crisis and beyond. Presented at the 8th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, Teruel, Spain, 04 Oct 2021-08 Oct 2022.
• launch Friedel, S., Dufays, F., Haesebrouck, T. (2022). Investigating pathways to different forms of solidarity in Flemish agri-food cooperatives using QCA. Presented at the International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC), Halifax, Canada, 16 Sep 2022-18 Sep 2022.
• launch Friedel, S., Dufays, F., Haesebrouck, T. (2022). Identifying causal pathways to different forms of solidarity in Flemish agri-food cooperatives using QCA. Presented at the 38th EGOS colloquium. Organizing: The Beauty of Imperfection, Vienna, Austria, 07 Jul 2022-09 Jul 2022.
• launch Friedel, S., Dufays, F., Haesebrouck, T. (2022). Identifying causal pathways to different forms of solidarity in Flemish agri-food cooperatives using QCA. Presented at the IAMO FORUM 2022: Rural resilience in a post-pandemic era, Halle (Saale), Germany, 22 Jun 2022-24 Jun 2022.
• launch Friedel, S., Dufays, F. (2022). From Theory to Practice: Social Capital in Agricultural Cooperatives in Flanders, Belgium. In: S. Novkovic, K. Miner, C. McMahon (Eds.), Humanistic Governance in Democratic Organizations: The Cooperative Difference. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3-031-17402-5. via repository
• launch Friedel, S., Dufays, F. (2021). Solidarity in agri-food cooperatives during Covid-19: Revelations about ideology and democratic governance during crisis and beyond. Presented at the 37th EGOS Colloquium 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands (ONLINE), 06 Jul 2021-10 Jul 2021.
• launch Friedel, S., Dufays, F. (2021). Patterns of solidarity in agri-food cooperatives during Covid-19: Revelations about hybrid organizations’ social capital in times of crisis and beyond. Presented at the Business & Society Research Seminar 2021, Namur, Belgium (ONLINE), 17 Jun 2021-18 Jun 2021.
• launch Friedel, S., Dufays, F. (2021). Patterns of solidarity in agri-food cooperatives during Covid-19: Linkages to hybrid organizations’ social capital beyond crises. Presented at the IABS Annual Conference 2021 (International Association for Business and Society), Brussels, Belgium (ONLINE), 31 May 2023-04 Jun 2021.
• launch Billiet, A., Dufays, F., Friedel, S., Staessens, M. with Dufays, F. (corresp. author) (2021). The resilience of the cooperative model: How do cooperatives deal with the COVID-19 crisis? Strategic Change, 30 (2), 99-108. doi: 10.1002/jsc.2393 via repository