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  • RLC Bonn student Juliet Wanjiku conducting field research in Kenya

    RLC student Juliet Wanjiku, who started her doctoral scholarship in Bonn in 2014 in close collaboration with  Biovision Foundation, an organisation funded by RLA Laureate Hans Herren, is currently conducting her field research in Kajiado and Murang’a counties in Kenya.  Her research on sustainability of ecological organic agriculture in the two counties involve field surveys…

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  • 8th RLC Campus launched in Córdoba, Argentina

    The RLC network is happy to announce the opening of it’s 8th RLC campus in Córdoba, Argentina. The new RLC Campus was officially opened on April 19th 2016 at the National University of Córdoba and will serve as an exchange hub for academics and activists on questions such as human rights and social and environmental…

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  • New RLC Campus in Cordoba, Argentina

    The cooperation of the newly established 8th RLC campus and the National University of Cordoba, serving as host, was commenced on April 19th 2016. This collaboration will amplify the academic exchange on questions regarding human rights, social justice and environmental protection between the campus and the University. Founded in 1613, the UNC has a long…

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  • RLC Lund PhD course: Theories of Nature – Anthropocenic Views

    On April 11th to 13th 2016, the RLC Lund and the LUCSUS (Centre for Sustainability Studies) held a PhD course revolving around the various theories of nature, focusing on the areas of evolution, ecology, geomorphology and soils as well as agriculture. Following themes were covered: Evolutionary theories: From Darwin to Synthetic biology. Ecological theories: From ”balance of…

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  • 2nd India-Sweden exchange seminar took place in Lund, Sweden

    A report on the PhD course “Critical Urban Theory in Practice”  Module II, Sweden Lund 4-8 April 2016 by Dr. Maryam Nastar: Course Organizer, Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies The second module of the PhD course, Critical Urban Theory in Practice started off on 4 April 2016 with 8 students from India, UK and…

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  • RLC PhD student Willis Okumu attended the Africa Young Graduates Conference in South Africa

    On 14-17th March 2016, RLC Bonn PhD student Willis Okumu travelled to Limpopo University in South Africa to attend the 10th Africa Young Graduates and Scholars Conference organised by the Human Sciences Research Council. Mr. Okumu presented his paper on “Cultural Violence among Pastoralists Groups in Northern Kenya- A Consequence of Marginalisation?”. The paper was…

  • Paper on the Latin American Virgin of Cisne in Spain

    by Eva Youkhana A paper on ‘Migrants’ religious spaces and the power of Christian Saints –the Latin American Virgin of Cisne in Spain’ has been published in the ZEF Working Paper Series. The paper deals with the role and agency of religious artefacts in reproducing collective identities and allocating social and financial resources. Please read…

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  • No Women, No Peace: Gender Equality, Conflict and Peace in Myanmar

    Myanmar Policy Briefing There has long been a need for a deeper understanding of the intersections of gender, ethnicity and other identities in peace-building and democratisation. Progress on the rights of women and the participation by women’s organisations in conflict resolution and national reform are vital if sustainable peace and democracy are to be built…

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  • Power in India: radical pathways

    India has strongly entrenched power hierarchies that have historical roots but have also been exacerbated by inequalities and injustices that have deepened with economic globalisation. However grassroots political movements are emerging in India that could signal a gradual shift to direct or radical democracy, coupled with making representative democracy more accountable and ecologically sustainable. The…

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  • Freedom technologists and the future of global justice

    In the wake of early 2010s upheavals such as the Arab Spring, Spain’s indignados, or the global Occupy movement, many commentators were quick to either invoke the presumed tech-savvy of ‘digital natives’ or the purported ‘cyber-utopianism’ of net freedom advocates who supported the protests. But what role have internet freedom activists – or ‘freedom technologists’…

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