The Role of the University in the Transition After the Armed Conflict in Colombia
by When the Colombian government and the guerrilla group FARC signed the peace deal back in 2016, it was only the beginning of a long road …
Category: Social Sciences
Druk Yul – Land of the Thunder Dragon – Bhutan as Development Model
by 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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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: …
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 …
Psychosocial Approach: A Response to Mental Health Issues and Structural Violence
Nunca Más is an international human rights and psychosocial response network that supports survivors of collective violence in the Global South, focusing on their mental …