cff-version: 1.2.0 abstract: "

This dataset supports the publication in the Special Issue Urban Dialogics of the journal Urban Studies (SAGE). It includes data collected through action research to investigate how social roles and cooperation practices evolve in circular commons across diverse urban settings.


The research focused on seven case studies: BlueCity (Rotterdam), De Ceuvel (Amsterdam), Diseño Informal (Buenos Aires), Granby Four Streets (Liverpool), Haus der Materialisierung (Berlin), Kibera Public Space Project (Nairobi), and R-Urban (Paris). All data have been anonymized.


The dataset includes:

  1. Table Collected Data – Transcribed interviews, recordings, and field diaries gathered during the action research process.
  2. Document Analysis – Coding and analysis of 38 related documents using Atlas.ti.


" authors: - family-names: Egger given-names: Tamara orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4971-7649" - family-names: van Dorst given-names: Machiel orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5555-9803" - family-names: den Heijer given-names: Alexandra orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9153-1661" title: "Data underlying the publication: Social Roles in Circular Commons: Insights from Seven Urban Case Studies" keywords: version: 1 identifiers: - type: doi value: 10.4121/38db252b-79af-476f-a803-e35330e2d0cd.v1 license: Restrictive Licence date-released: 2025-04-09