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Juilet Wanjiku Kamau, RLC Bonn PhD Alumna, published an article on “Soil fertility and biodiversity on organic and conventional smallholder farms in Kenya” in the journal Applied Soil Ecology. Wanjiku raises the question of how far organic agriculture can improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Her study evaluates and compares soil fertility, decomposition and biodiversity…
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Amit Kumar, the RLC-PhD Candidate at Centre for Development Research (ZEF), has presented a part of his PhD thesis on ‘Photo-pass and the Legitimation Crisis of Urban Planning in Mumbai’ at the 7th PhD Conference on International Development organised by Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE), Ruhr-University Bochum. He was a speaker at…
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In his book “Sourcebook for Changemakers”, Anwar Fazal, Director of the Right Livelihood College (RLC) and Right Livelihood Laureate, describes and promotes “The Right Livelihood Way” by informing and inspiring changemakers and igniting the future we need. It is regularly updated with the new ideas and initiatives. Please find the latest version of the publication…
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From 4-6 October, 2018, development academics and practitioners from South East Asia and South Asia gathered in Mumbai at the first ever RLC Alumni workshop. Organised jointly by the RLC Campus at TISS Mumbai and the RLC Global Secretariat in Bonn, Alumni presented current science-practice projects for tackling development-related issues in the area of…
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From August 30 until August 31, 2018, the RLC Campus at the University of Port Harcourt organised the 4th Annual Public RLC Lecture on “Natural resource extraction, social relations and conflict in Africa”, with RLA Laureates Jacqueline Moudeina from Chad and Nnimmo Bassey from Nigeria. During the two-day event hosted at the Center for Conflict…
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The Laureates of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, are now announced. The 2018 Honorary Award goes to anti-corruption champions Thelma Aldana (Guatemala) & Ivan Velásquez (Colombia) “for their innovative work in exposing abuse of power and prosecuting corruption, thus rebuilding people’s trust in public institutions.” The three…
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For his doctoral research on “Marginality at the interface of contemporary development processes in urban India” RLC/ZEF PhD student Amit Kumar has been conducting field research in the slums of Mumbai. To read about his experiences, please click here.
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From September 9 – 12, 2018, the RLC Campus Bonn organised an international transdisciplinary workshop on “Mobilization for Change: Promoting and Defending Justice for Marginalised People”, in cooperation with the German Association of German Development Services (AGdD). 15 young researchers from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, “Alternative Nobel Prize” Laureates as well as development practitioners…
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The scientific journal Water is looking for interesting contributions to their special issue on “Implications of Climate Change on the Sustainable Management of Water-Forest Nexus” The deadline to submit a manuscript is September 1, 2019 For more information, please click here or visit the following homepage: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/Water_Forest_Nexus. Water is a peer-reviewed open access journal…
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Picture on the left by Christoph Kollert/YFP 2010 In his book “Economía herética – Treinta y cinco años a contracorriente”, RLA Laureate Manfred Max-Neef (Chile) collects his critical essays from the past 35 years on economic development and alternatives. This month, RLC PhD student Alejandro Mora-Motta (Bonn and Valdivia) published a book review in the…
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