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Danske forskere, der har arbejdet og forsket blandt oprindelige folk i Latinamerika, ser tegn på en ny anerkendelse i forskerkredse af disse folks traditioner og visdomOprindelige folk bærer på værdifuld viden, som er i fare for at gå tabt i...

Africa contains the widest between-country variations in income inequality globally, with the top 10% of the region controlling almost 56% of total income. The roots of many issues underlying this inequality go back to the colonial era. Yet, international development...

What is your greatest fear? What is your greatest hope? These are the two questions that Copenhagen-based Danish artist Charlotte Haslund-Christensen asked women and men of different ages and occupations from seven countries: teachers, police officers, artists, religious leaders, among...

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The Syrian Civil War: Accountability, Ethics, and Memory The Syrian civil war, often referred to as the first "social media war," has fundamentally altered the way conflicts are documented, understood, and remembered. New media platforms have opened an unprecedented space...

“We make them tiny to be able to grab them because it is easier to have those things small so that in the future they might become a reality, like an amulet,” explained Daniel Gutiérrez, journalist at El Diario, a...

The fight against climate change demands that nations decarbonise their energy grids, but this transition puts contradictory pressures on many Global South countries. For instance, charcoal is the primary energy source for households in Tanzania and Uganda, dictating the social...

Riace is a small Italian town located on the Calabrian coast along the Ionian Sea. Historically, its fame is linked to the discovery of two magnificent Greek bronze statues from the 5th century BCE, found on the seabed off its...

Globalization has greatly changed modern societies, altering how we view space and time. This increasing interconnectedness has expanded social interactions and created a shared understanding of time and space, which in turn has shaped the way we study history, a...

Sovereign credit ratings are meant to be independent measures of a country’s ability to pay its debts. Such ratings are important because they determine the interest rates a country faces in the global financial market and, therefore, its borrowing costs....

I denne og i en tidligere artikel gengives de fire oplæg fra DDRNs arrangement under Forskningens Døgn 2024Gæld og fattigdom på kredit i Latinamerika v/Marie KollingJeg er antropolog og seniorforsker på Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier. Det handler om gæld...

Despite being one of the countries with the lowest carbon footprint per capita (0.21 vs 6.6 in DK),  Mozambique is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Cyclones and floods have intensified in the past decades, devastating infrastructures,...

The Luis Cruz Martínez School in Quilpué, a school with a high level of vulnerability, installed a solar panel system to supply renewable energy to its library and other community areas on the campus. Then, its members went a step...

In the middle of fertile valleys that produce corn, wheat, potatoes, oranges, lemons, avocados, peaches and grapes, and with the Cachapoal River as their northern boundary, the inhabitants of the communes of Pichidegua and Las Cabras live 140 kilometers from...

The Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) at University of Copenhagen maintains several long-term research partnerships with African universities. Recently, DDRN had the opportunity to interview two visiting faculty members from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...

I denne og en følgende artikel gengives de fire oplæg fra DDRNs arrangement under Forskningens Døgn 2024 Fattigdom globalt og i Danmark v/ Knud Vilby Knud Vilby, som har arbejdet med fattigdom i Danmark og i Afrika, indledte med at...

In the Amazonian provinces of Sucumbíos and Pastaza in Ecuador there are restaurants that offer visitors armadillo, guanta or roasted deer soup as an exotic delicacy, even though it is an environmental crime. The dishes made with bushmeat cost between...

In April 2021, widespread protests erupted across Colombia due to dissatisfaction with a tax reform proposal, economic inequality, police violence, and limited public services. The demonstrations continued for weeks, met by the National Police and Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD). Razon...

Technological innovation and indigenous tradition can go hand in hand and provide a better quality of life to children and adults in Mapuche communities —who live in rural areas— and at the same time strengthen their traditions. This is the...

DDRN is seeking Research Communication Intern(s) for 3 to 4 months during the Spring semester 2026.Do you want to sharpen your skills as a science journalist working with Global South and the UN Sustainable Development Goals?We are looking for someone studying...