Co-operatives Research Unit

We rely mainly on external funds to conduct research on co-operatives and other organisations in the social economy.

Our major research areas have included:

• Analysis of commitment and satisfaction using exchange theory.
• Studies of economic performance and financial structure.
• Worker buyouts of failing and bankrupt enterprises.
• The maintenance and degeneration of internal democracy.
• Structures and strategies for co-op development.
• Women and collective working.
• Historical analysis of co-operative support organisations.
• Co-operation as a social dynamic.
  

We reply mainly on external funds to conduct research on co-operatives and other organisations in the social economy. And our recent research areas are:

• Social enterprises in UK & Europe.
• Employee ownership and participation.
• Management in the social economy.
• Ethical consumers and markets.
• Innovative financial instruments and institutions in the social economy.
• Historical studies of co-operatives.