“A Strong Community of Development Researchers is Alive and Well in Denmark”
by The community of development researchers has grown and been increasingly spread at several different environments in Denmark. Buzzwords change – but a clear focus on …
Category: Social Sciences
Jorge Lobos: Architecture to Serve the Needs of People Around the World
Jorge Lobos, is a very talented chilean architect that lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. He owns an architecture studio with projects in Denmark, Italy and Chile. …
South Sudan: Interaction of Refugees and Their Hosts in Uganda Could Foster Peaceful Co-existence Back Home. But When?
In Adjumani town, in the West Nile sub region of northern Uganda, a relatively big structure sits enclosed in Paridi stadium, just a few metres …
Educating Saharawi Refugees: The Most Important Project of the Polisario Front
Illiteracy levels are practically non-existent in the Algerian Tindouf camps that host Saharawi refugees. As part of my research for my master thesis in Global …
Human Security: People-Centred Security in an Interconnected World
The human security framework was first introduced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in their 1994 Human Development Report, seeking a more people-focused understanding …
The Chinese Factor: Chinese Migration for Artisanal Small-scale Gold Mining in Ghana
Ghana is ranked amongst the top five producers of gold in Africa. Research revealed that an estimated number of 50,000 Chinese individuals migrated from China …
Industry, innovation and infrastructure / Partnerships for the goals / Responsible consumption and production / Social Sciences
Danish Researcher: Who Will Ever Be Reading Our Policy Briefs?
Research into trade patterns and global value chains gave the research team a hands-on understanding of what economic globalization is all about. Every time a …
Applied Sciences / Decent work and economic growth / Good health and well-being / News / Social Sciences
Mercury in Goldmines in Uganda Influence Pregnancies on the Faroe Islands
Our working environments have become truly global. Even though they are often invisible, harmful substances are traveling long distances between the South and the North. …
Applied Sciences / Decent work and economic growth / Good health and well-being / News / Social Sciences
Mercury: The Silent Death in the Bolivian Amazon
by Indigenous peoples of the Amazon are affected by mercury contamination in Bolivia due to small-scale gold extraction. The women are some of the most vulnerable …
How Can the Global South Confront the Unequal North-South Academic Collaborations?
In May 2022, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) published the policy brief ‘Decolonising Academic Collaboration: South-North Perspectives’. Earlier, researchers from Kenya, Ghana and Denmark, …