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  • RLC Bonn PhD candidate conducts field work in Nigeria

      Evelyn Ewere Anyokwu, RLC Bonn PhD student, started her field work in Nigeria on oil exploration and bio-economic transition in Nigeria. She conducted interviews with representatives of the Ministry of Energy and Environment, the Energy Commission of Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, and bio-refineries. Evelyn works together with “Alternative Nobel Prize” Laureate Nnimmo…

  • RLC Valdivia: Field trip to Muncipality of Putaendo

    Nathalia Etayo, M.A. student of Human Scale Development and Ecological Economics at the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia, conducted a field trip to the valley of Putaendo in the region of Valparaíso along with two members of her thesis committee: Christian Henriquez, coordinator of the RLC Valdivia and Right Livelihood Award Laureate Juan Pablo…

  • RLC Valdivia: 3rd Dialogues on Human Scale

    On May 17, the RLC Campus Valdivia organises “Dialogues on a Human Scale” for the third time. Two RLA Laureates are going to attend the event: – Manfred Max Neef, professor/former rector of the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia – Juan Pablo Orrego, President of the environmental NGO Ecosistemas Time: 5.30 PM Venue: sala…

  • RLC scholars from Nigeria and India speak at the RLC Lund

    Image (from left to right): Ramesha Naika, Prince Eze, Ron Eyerman, Nnimmo Bassey, Tiemo Pokraka From April 29 until May 3, 2019, the RLC Campus Lund organised a Civil Society and Sustainability Studies (CIVICSUS) Workshop, with RLA Laureate Nnimmo Bassey (HOMEF, Nigeria) and Sociologist Ron Eyerman (Yale University, USA). As part of an interdisciplinary team…

  • RLC Bonn Workshop with RLA Laureate Helen Mack Chang

      From May 26-29, 2019, the RLC Campus Bonn organises a large international workshop on “Mobilization for Change: Marginalized people and their access to opportunities and resources in a developing world”. PhD students from all over the world will present and discuss their ongoing research works. With her long experience and great expertise in the…

  • RLC Córdoba: 2nd Latin American Summit Water for the Peoples

      The RLC Campus Córdoba supported and collaborated in the organization of the “Second Latin American Summit Water for the Peoples” that took place from April 18 to 20, 2019 in the city of Jáchal, in the province of San Juan (Argentina). There were assemblies, grassroots groups and members of universities from all over Latin…

  • RLC Port Harcourt hosts RLA Laureates for 5th Public Lecture

      From May 28-29, 2019, the RLC Campus Port Harcourt organises its Annual Public Lecture at the Centre for Conflict and Gender Studies at Port Harcourt University for the fifth time already. Drawing participants from the academic community, civil society, students, policymakers, and local communities, the RLC and Health of Mother Earth Foundation will host…

  • RLC Valdivia: Tribute to Manfred Max-Neef

      On Friday, March 29, 2019, the RLC Campus Valdivia organises the transdisciplinary conference “Manfred Max Neef for the XXI Century”. Academics from the Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh) will pay an homage to Manfred Max-Neef, who received the Right Livelihood Award in 1983. After 25 years of holding the position as rector of the…

  • Meeting with Denis Mukwege’s Université Evangélique en Afrique

    On January 14, 2019, the RLC Bonn hosted a work meeting with representatives from the Université Evangélique en Afrique (UEA). Denis Mukwege, who received the Right Livelihood Award in 2013 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, is the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health of the UEA. During the…

  • RLA Laureate’s feature documentary screening in Bonn

    On Monday, March 25, 2019, the Adult Education Center in Bonn will show the feature documentary on RLA Laureate Yacouba Sawadogo: “The Man Who Stopped the Desert”. Directed by Mark Dodd, it tells Yacouba’s incredible story in Burkina Faso, turning barren land into forest and demonstrating how farmers can regenerate their soil with innovative use…


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