LabGov is is an international network of theoretical, empirical and applied research platforms engaged in exploring and developing methods, policies, and projects focused on the shared and collaborative management of urban spaces and resources. The Laboratory for the Governance of Commons is a place where students, scholars, experts, activists thinking and discussing about the future shapes that social, economic and legal institutions may take. LabGov is co-directed by Professor Sheila Foster and Christian Iaione and is mainly active within Georgetown University and Luiss Guido Carli University.