Sonja Novkovic, PhD, is a Professor in the Economics Department at Saint Mary's University in Halifax. She also teaches in the Masters for Managers of Co-operatives and Credit Unions Program. Her research interests are in worker co-operatives, democratic firms and employee participation, as well as comparative economic systems and the social economy. Besides other publications, she co-edited a book Co-operative Firms in Global Markets: Incidence, Viability and Performance (Elsevier Science, 2007), and guest edited a special issue of the U.
K. Journal of Co-operative Studies in 2008. She is past President of the International Association for Economics of Participation and Vice President of Canadian Association for Studies in Cooperation. She is the recipient of the CASC merit award in 2010. Leslie Brown, PhD, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University, and is the Director of the SSHRC-funded Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network.
She has a longstanding interest in organizational democracy, co-operatives and community development, and has written and presented extensively in these areas. Her recent work in the area of social accounting and reporting is funded through the Southern Ontario Social Economy Node. Dr. Brown was the recipient of the Nova Scotia Co-operative Council's Distinguished Co-operator Award (2003) and the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) Merit Award (2009).
K. Journal of Co-operative Studies in 2008. She is past President of the International Association for Economics of Participation and Vice President of Canadian Association for Studies in Cooperation. She is the recipient of the CASC merit award in 2010. Leslie Brown, PhD, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University, and is the Director of the SSHRC-funded Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network.
She has a longstanding interest in organizational democracy, co-operatives and community development, and has written and presented extensively in these areas. Her recent work in the area of social accounting and reporting is funded through the Southern Ontario Social Economy Node. Dr. Brown was the recipient of the Nova Scotia Co-operative Council's Distinguished Co-operator Award (2003) and the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) Merit Award (2009).