The Power of Literature in the Times of Climate Crisis
The power of literature in human history has been seen many times and, in many places, demonstrating that a novel or a poem can inspire powerful actions and has the power to move the world. Literature can change people's minds...
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Druk Yul – Land of the Thunder Dragon – Bhutan as Development Model
Set in the high Himalayas, Bhutan is a fascinating developing country. It stands out as the most successful in human development factors such as education, health, and even economic growth. In many respects it is a showcase in the regional...
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Podcast: Personal, Pragmatic, Practical: Conversation on Unequal North-South Research Relations
View the podcast on You Tube Unequally Yoked: From denying visas to the Global South researchers to travel to not crediting them for research they worked on, the discussion about unequal North-South research relationships continues to rage on. Researchers in...
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The Danger of Being a Woman in Ecuador
Every 28 hours a woman is killed in Ecuador, for the simple reason of being a woman in this patriarchal system we live in. So-called femicide. But in 2022, one particular femicide has shocked the country and brought hundreds of...
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Jean Drèze: A Scholar who Integrated Research with Action in Social Science
Action-oriented research is a road less traveled in the world of academics. Often researchers are confronted with the dilemma of the need to remain objective while taking a clear point of view in their research. Jean Drèze, a Belgian-born Indian...
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Gabriel Abarca-Brown: Rescuing Transcultural Psychiatry
The intersections of psychotechnologies, global mental health, subjectivity, and everyday life, highlighting historical, cross-cultural, intersectional, and decolonial aspects. This is the line of research of Gabriel Abarca-Brown, who works as a researcher at the University of Copenhagen, in the research...
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Mathematics as a Tool to Navigate Political and Social Reality
Raimundo Elicer, a Chilean researcher at the Danish School of Education at Aarhus University, made his intellectual concerns and questions about mathematics his field of research. After a career as a researcher and teacher in public secondary schools in Chile,...
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Indigenous Empowerment – The Kankuamo People in Colombia Communicate About Themselves
Discrimination and stereotypes. Indigenous peoples are often misunderstood in the media, which is why the Kankuamo people from Colombia decided to strengthen their communication skills: to be able to tell their own stories to a broader audience. And they have...
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Urbanism in Unexpected Places: Looking Beyond the Rural/Urban Divide
Urbanism as a concept often brings to mind ideas of large metropolitan centres that are densely populated, not only with people but also buildings, expansive infrastructure, as well as opportunities. The idea of rurality poses a stark contrast to this...
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South-North Research Partnership is Crucial, But Inequalities Remain
The fundamental inequalities in research projects are still the same as they were 30 years ago and they are not likely to disappear. According to an experienced Danish researcher, there is a strong need for such projects in the future,...
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