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  • RLC Córdoba hosts Open Seminar: “Independence for whom?”

    On November 5, 2016, the RLC Campus in Córdoba hosted an open seminar with the indigenous Mbya Guarani people in the Argentinean city of Puerto Rico. More than 300 participants attended the conference to discuss about the questionable official dates of independence in Argentina and the historical impact of independence on indigenous people and communities. RLA Laureate…

  • Supporting research of postgraduate students

    The RLC Campus Córdoba cooperated with the Chair of Ecology and Environmental Health of the University of Córdoba to support research by postgraduate students of the Master Program “Maternal and Children Health” in the provinces of Córdoba and La Rioja. Research was conducted in the provinces of Córdoba and La Rioja, near the Andean region. The…

  • Public Panel Discussion – Human Rights and Environmental Governance: From Marginalization to Empowerment

    On September 5, 2017, the RLC Campus Bonn and the Association of German Development Services (AGdD) organised a public panel discussion on Human Rights and Environmental Governance jointly with the Adult Education Center Bonn. Juan Pablo Orrego, Alternative Nobel Prize Laureate (1998) and founder of the Chilean NGO Ecosistemas, discussed with the Deputy Director of…

  • RLC Workshop on “Mobilization for Change: Human Rights, Governance and the Empowerment of the Marginalized”

    RLC Workshop on “Mobilization for Change: Human Rights, Governance and the Empowerment of the Marginalized”

    From September 2 to 7, 2017, 24 scientists, practitioners and PhD students from 17 different countries came together at the RLC Campus Bonn to discuss and analyse research and practice concerned with human rights, governance and marginalized people in Latin America, Asia and Africa. The transdisciplinary workshop, jointly organised with the Association of German Development…

  • Fidelis Allen publishes book chapter on “Decolonising African Political Science and the Question of the Relevance of the Discipline for Development”

    Fidelis Allen, coordinator of the Right Livelihood Campus Port Harcourt, contributed a chapter to the book “Decolonizing the University, Knowledge Systems and Disciplines in Africa” edited by Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Siphamandla Zondi. In his chapter “Decolonising African Political Science and the Question of the Relevance of the Discipline for Development” he argues that American Political…

  • RLC PhD student attends summer school

    From 25 June to 7 July 2017 RLC student Alejandro Mora Motta participated at a Summer School on “Transformations that sustain life: Degrowth and Environmental Justice” held in Barcelona (Spain) and Cerbère (France). The event was organized by the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona/ICTA in collaboration with the Research & Degrowth association. During a poster session…

  • Indigenous health in Latin America and the Caribbean

    by Raul A. Montenegro and Carolyn Stephens. This review is the second in a series on Indigenous health, covering different regions and issues. We look briefly at the current state of Indigenous health in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region with over 400 different indigenous groups and a total population of 45 to 48…

  • Laureate Alyn Ware honours women peace and disarmament advocates in Nigeria

    Alyn Ware, 2009 Right Livelihood Laureate, delivered a RLC lecture in Nigeria on May 25th 2017, and participated in a public event the day before jointly organized by the RLC Campus Port Harcourt and the Centre for Conflict and Gender Development Studies, University of Port Harcourt, to commemorate the International Women’s Day for Peace and…

  • RLC/BICC Panel Discussion: Academic Freedom and International Cooperation at Risk – Turkey and Beyond

    Academic freedom and international cooperation have been increasingly at risk in Turkey in the last years. University Deans, Professors and other scientists were forced to step down, a travel ban was imposed on many academics, and Turkish scientists working abroad were pressured to return to Turkey. Many journalists and newspaper editors have been detained and…

  • RLC Public Panel Discussion: “Sustainable Food – Local Solutions to Global Problems?”

    In the framework of the international RLC workshop (below), the RLC Bonn and the City of Bonn organised a public panel discussion with Helmy Abouleish, SEKEM, Egypt (“Alternative Nobel Prize” 2003) Markus Arbenz, IFOAM – Organics International, and Gerhard Weber, Chamber of Industry and Commerce Bonn/Rhine-Sieg. The panelists talked about sustainable food production and organic agriculture…

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