Co-op Network Studies

Co-op Network Studies (CNS) is a university network, founded in 2005, which offers students the possibility to take cooperative and other social economy enterprises related matters as a minor subject. The subjects are taught in a multidisciplinary approach. The network also develops research and teaching in the field. The CNS network consists of ten universities in Finland, namely Aalto University School of Economics in Helsinki, the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio and Joensuu, the University of Helsinki, the University of Jyväskylä, the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), the University of Oulu, the University of Tampere, and the University of Turku, University of Vaasa and University of Lapland.

The network is coordinated by the University of Helsinki Ruralia Institute in Mikkeli.