Aiken, M., Taylor, M. and Moran, R.  (2011) ‘Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Community organisations controlling assets’ Conference paper presented at VSSN/NCVO Research Conference NCVO, Regent’s Wharf, London September 7/8th 2011.

Aiken, M., Baker, L. and Tarapdar, S. (2011) ‘Formal and Informal Political Participation in Community-based Organisations: Making the links?’ presented at VSSN/NCVO Research Conference on September 7/8th 2011 at NCVO, Regent’s Wharf, London.

Aiken, M. (2011) ‘Il ruolo del non profit’ asset per il cambiamento; Communitas n. 51: I Beni della Comunità Assets comunitari tra tradizione e modernità.

Aiken, M., Baker, L., & Tarapdar, S. (2011) Encouraging Participation, London: Community Matters.

Aiken, M. (2011) Community Organisations and Social Care in the UK: Recent developments, in ‘Anglo-saxon approaches to social care’ lecture series, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Social Policy, Law & Sociology, Universität Kassel, Germany, April 27th 2011.

Aiken, M., Cairns, B., Taylor, M. and Moran, R. (2011) Community Organisations Controlling Assets: A better understanding, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Aiken, M. (2010) ‘Taking the Long View: conceptualising the challenges facing UK third sector organisations in the social and welfare field’ in (2010) in Evers, A. and Zimmer, A. (ed) (2009) ‘Turbulent environments: the impact of commercialisation on organisational legitimacy and the quality of services’, Baden Baden: Nomos Publishing.

Aiken, M. (2010) ‘Diseño conjunto o por cooptación? Explorando la participación de las organizaciones del tercer sector en los planes del sector público en países con contextos diferentes’ UNAM, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, Mexico City, Míércoles 11 de August 2010 11.00 Hr. Sala de juntas sel CISAN, Torre II de Humanidades, piso 10, CU

Aiken, M. (2010) ‘Social enterprises working with disadvantaged people: crossing boundaries between sectors?’ In ‘The Erosion of the Third Sector? Hybrid Organisations in a New Welfare Landscape, Billis, D. ed London: Palgrave.

Cairns, B., Hutchison, R. and Aiken, M. (2010) ‘ “Can we shout too loud?”  managing the tension between service delivery and advocacy’Voluntary Sector Review, 1:2

Aiken, M. & Bode, I. (2009) ‘Killing the Golden Goose? Third sector organisations and back-to-work programmes in Germany and the UK’, Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 43:3.

Cornforth, C., Spear, R. & Aiken, M. (2009) ‘Governance Challenges of Social Enterprises: Evidence from an empirical study’, Annals of Public and Co-operative Economics, June 2009, Vol 80:2

Aiken, M., Cairns, B, & Thake, S. (2008), Community Ownership and Management of Assets, York: JRF.

www.jrf.org.uk/publications/community-ownership-and-management-assets.

Aiken, M., Cairns, B. & Hutchison, R. (2008) ‘Voice and engagement: realising the advocacy function in multi-purpose community-based organisations’, VSSN/NCVO Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference, Warwick, University, UK 9- 10th September 2008.

Aiken, M. (2008) ‘The challenges for third sector engagement in social and welfare services in the UK: towards a conceptual understanding’ CINEFOGO Workpackage 27: Third Sector Organisations (TSOs) facing turbulent environments: the impact of commercialisation on organisational legitimacy and the quality of services Albrechtshof Hotel, Berlin, Germany, November 14- 15th 2008 2008.

Aiken, M., Cairns, B. & Hutchison, R. (2008) ‘Voice and engagement: understanding the advocacy function of multi-purpose, community-based organisations’, ISTR Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9 -12 July 2008.

Cornforth, C., Mordaunt, J., Aiken. M. & Otto, S. (2008) The Charities Aid Foundation Grant Programme: Learning from Capacity Building and Lessons from other Funders, London: Charities Aid Foundation.

Aiken, M, & Spear, R. (2008) ‘The Polish Social Economy from a Distance: A commentary to the presented findings’, European Perspectives in Social Economy Research, Klon Jawor Foundation, Hotton Hotel, Gdynia, Poland, 25/6/2008.

Aiken, M. (2007) ‘Think Pieces on the role of social enterprise in creating and maintaining employment for disadvantaged groups’ Commissioned by Department of Communities and Local Government, November 2007

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector/social_enterprise_research/think_pieces.asp

Aiken, M. (2007) ‘Active Labour Market Policies – Structures and Developments in the UK’ in Active Labour Market Policy and Overcoming Social Exclusion – European Policy Strategies and Performance Measurement:   Report on the Final Conference of the Project EMDELA,  on March 1st and 2nd 2007 in Gießen, Germany. Eds, Kotlenga, S. & Forreiter, N., Göttingen, Germany: Zoom - Society for Prospective Developments e.V.

http://www.prospektive-entwicklungen.de/german/1024/projekte/index_em.html

Cornforth, C., Spear, R., & Aiken, M. (2007) For Love and Money: governance and social enterprise, London: The Governance Hub and Social Enterprise Coalition, published by NCVO.

Aiken, M. & Slater, R. (2007) ‘Feeling the squeeze? Tabbies or tigers: the case of social enterprises contracting in the fields of recycling and work integration’, 4th Annual UK Social Enterprise Research Conference , London South Bank University  London, 4-5th July 2007

http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/bcim/cgcm/conferences/serc/2007/papers.shtml

Aiken, M.(2007) ‘Social Enterprises in Great Britain: pro-employment function of the Third Sector’, Trzeci Sektor, Poland: 2007: 9.

Aiken, M. (2007) ‘Bourdieu: how does his work relate to political ideologies and the third sector?’ and ‘Gramsci: what insights does he provide on current 3rd sector conditions and circumstances? Prepared for the CINEFOGO Work Package (WP19) Political Ideologies and Third Sector meeting in Göteborg, April 20 –21 April 2007.

Mordaunt, J., Cornforth, C., Aiken, M. and Otto, S. (2007) The Grant Maker, the change-maker and the organisation: exploring the relationship of capacity building, VSSN/NCVO Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference, University of Warwick 5-6 September 2007.

Aiken, M. (2007) ‘Contracting with the private sector for services: new challenges for the third sector?’ Voluntary Sector Studies Group (VSSN) Day Conference Wed 16th May 2006, at South Bank University, London, (paper available from June 2007 at http://technology.open.ac.uk/cru/publicatold.htm).

Aiken, M. (2007) ‘Work Integration Organisations’, Presentation at Social Enterprise Journal Launch, Social Enterprise London, 1 Downstream Building, London, Friday 30th March 2007.

Aiken, M. (2007) ‘UK: Strukturen und Entwicklungstendenzen/ Structure and development trends in the UK policy on work integration’  Aktiv Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Überwindung sozialer Ausgrenzung - Ëuropäische Politikstrategien und Bewertungsmethode EMDELA dissemination conference, Zoom E.V.& Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, 1-2nd March, 2007 Giessen, Germany.

Aiken, M. (2007) ‘Local decentralisation: the EMDELA research report from the UK case’ available in June 07 at http://technology.open.ac.uk/cru/publicatold.htm

Aiken, M. (2006) ‘Towards market or state?  Tensions and opportunities in the evolutionary path of three types of UK Social Enterprise’ in Social Entreprises in Europe: Between Market, Public Policies and Communities, ed Nyssens, M. London: Routledge.

Aiken, M. & Paton, R. (2006) Evaluation of the National Outcomes Dissemination Programme 2003-6, Milton Keynes: Public Interest and Non-profit Management Research Unit, Open University Business School. http://www7.open.ac.uk/oubs/research/pdf/NODP_Final_Report.pdf

Aiken, M. (2006) ‘Freigemeinnützige Organisationen im britischen Wohlfahrtsstaat: Dilemmata und Herausforderungen’ Blätter der Wohlfahrtspflege: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sozialarbeit, Heidestraße 70, 60385 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland, November 2006.

Aiken, M. with Spear, R. (2006) ‘Non-governmental organisations and social enterprises: their role in employment’ Institute of Public Affairs, Warszawa, Poland ‘Building an NGO-friendly environment in Poland – KOMPAS’, 25th - 26th of September 2006 at The Stephan Batory Foundation, Warszawa, Poland.

Aiken, M. & Bode, I. (2006) ‘Performance in insecure environments:  the case of “work integration organisations” amidst the shifting boundaries between state and third sector, Germany and Britain compared, ISTR Seventh International Conference, Raum Jai" Bangkok, Thailand · July 9-12, 2006.

Aiken, M. (2006) ‘How do social enterprises operating in commercial markets reproduce their organisational values?’ 3rd Annual UK Social Enterprise Research Conference, London South Bank University  London, 22-23 June 2006 available from September 06 on http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/serc).

Aiken, M. & Spear, R. (2006) ‘Factors influencing the development of social enterprises: 5 cases’ 3rd Annual UK Social Enterprise Research Conference, London South Bank University London, 22-23 June 2006 available from September 06 on http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/serc).

Aiken, M. (2006) ‘Social Enterprises in the UK: contexts, definitions and characteristics’, International Labour Briefing (June 2006), Korean Labour Institute.

Aiken, M (2005) ‘Der Dritte Sektor im Übergang: Kontextübergreifendes Lernen: einige Überlegungen aus Grossbritannien’, in Arbeit(en) im Dritten Sektor: Europäische Perspektiven, ed Kotlenga, S., Nägele, B., Pagels, N. and Ross, B. , Talheimer: Mössingen-Talheim.

Aiken, M. (2005) ‘Social enterprise in social economy: UK experience in the European tradition and context’ Trzeci Sektor, Poland: 2005: 2.

Aiken, M. & Spear, R. (2005) ‘Gateways into Employment: third sector organisations working with groups disadvantaged in the labour market’ Conference paper, Consumer’s Co-operative Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 4th August 2005.

http://technology.open.ac.uk/cru/publicatold.htm

Spear, R and Aiken, M. (2004) ‘Socio-Economic Performance of Social Enterprises in the Field of Work Integration (PERSE 2001-4) UK Working Paper: Social Enterprise and the Work Integration Field in the UK’  EMES  Network http://www.emes.net/index.php?id=34#358.

Aiken, M. (2004) ‘What Strategies do Value-based Organisations Adopt in Order to Resist Incursions on their Organisational  Values from Public or Private Sector Markets?’ in Dilemmas Facing the Public Sector: issues for Professionals, Managers and Users, ed Chandler, J. & Barry, J., London: East London Business School, University of East London.

Spear, R., & Aiken, M. (2004) ‘Where does the money come from? Lessons from research into the income streams of UK Social Enterprises,’ Presented at the CRU/PIN Research Conference on Social Enterprises, Open University, Milton Keynes, 2/3 July 2004.

Spear, R., with Aiken, M. and Newholm, T. (2003) ‘Success in Retail Co-ops’ in Journal of Co-operative Studies, 36:1, April 2003.          

Aiken, M. (2000) ‘Reflexive Modernisation and the Social Economy’ in Studies in Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, March 2000, Issue 2.

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/SPT/journal/archive/issue_2.html