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The Society for Co-operative Studies in Ireland is a learned society, publisher[1] and non-profit organisation for the research and promotion of the co-operative movement in Ireland.[2] The Society was founded in 1981, and it employed persuasive reasoning and real-world examples to justify a variety of economic and social structures. Delegates from all of the major co-operative fields (including credit unions) were amongst its members, along with an ample amount of academics, students, administrators, and other interested individuals.[3][4] According to Co-op News, it is an all-Ireland association that partners with University College Cork's (UCC) Centre for Co-operative Studies, and the national sectoral federation, the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS). It developed a number of open-access instructional materials, including educator packs and films for primary and secondary schools, with the goal of enhancing knowledge about co-operatives.[5]
In the 1980s, the Co-operative Development Society and the College of Industrial Relations combined with the Society to sponsor a course on worker co-operatives in Ireland, and the 'People's College' in Dublin jointly supported a course with a broader curriculum.[5] The Society also arranged and reprinted the works of pioneers of the Irish co-operative movement.[6] In collaboration with the Irish Academic Press, it re-issued (under varying titles):
As of 1982, the Society's hon. secretary was Patrick Bolger, and its chairman was Terence O'Brien.[8][9]
Patrick Hegarty TD, then a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, launched the inaugural conference of the Society for Co-operative Studies in 1983.[10] The secretary at the time of the 1985 conference was Trevor West.[11]
In 1985, the University of Ulster launched a Certificate in Co-operative Studies course, in conjunction with the Society.[12]
In 1987, then Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce, Seamus Brennan TD, during a Seanad Éireann debate regarding the Sixth Report of the Joint Committee on Small Business, referred to a report published by the Society for Co-operative Studies in Ireland, titled The Wider Application of the Co-operative System in Ireland.[13]
In 1989, the Society hosted the 'AE' Commemorative Lectures.'[14] It previously issued a publication called Co-Op Contact.[15]
In 2014, the Society for Co-operative Studies in Ireland organised a discussion on German energy co-operatives, which took place in Dublin.[16] In 2015, the Society ran a seminar on elder-care co-operatives in Ireland.[17] The Society held a seminar with Co-operative Housing Ireland in May 2017, titled Community-Led Housing: Making It Happen.[18] In April 2019, the Society hosted a seminar in conjunction with the trade union SIPTU, on the topic of Economic Democracy and Worker Co-operatives: The Case for Ireland.[19][20] In November 2019, the Society co-hosted an event with the University College Cork (UCC) Centre for Co-operative Studies on Civilising Rural Ireland.[21]
In 2019, the Society for Co-operative Studies in Ireland urged that new legislation pertaining to the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1894-2018 should include the term ‘co-operative’ in its title, and offer more precise definitions of what constitutes a co-operative identity. It also highlighted the perceived need for the legislation to differentiate between various types of co-operatives, specifically distinguishing between larger, commercially-focused co-operatives and those operated by a group of individuals aiming to address social or environmental needs.[22]
The Society participated in the UK Society for Co-operative Studies' 2024 conference.[23] Patrick Doyle was the chairperson of the Society for Co-operative Studies in Ireland as of 2024.[24]
The Society's headquarters is based at Plunkett House, Merrion Square, Dublin 2.[25]
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