Doctoral Defense: The anti-mining movement in Brazil between 2013-2017
We are happy to announce to you that our colleague and friend Mariana Galvão Lyra will defend her doctoral dissertation next November 5th, 2021 Time:12:00–15:00 Event location: Metria, M100, Joensuun kampus “The thesis makes an important contribution to the analysis of social movements in Brazil through a case study of the anti-mining movement in Brazil […]
UEF Public Examination: German Quimbayo Ruiz doctoral dissertation –video–
Our ESDLA researcher Germán A. Quimbayo Ruiz defended his doctoral dissertation “Reterritorializing conflicting urban natures: Socio-ecological inequalities and the politics of Spatial Planning in Bogotá” on March 12th, 2021. We are gladly sharing in this post the record of the public examination event that had around 60 persons following online. The Opponent in the public examination […]
Collective efforts are needed to tackle environmental conflicts and socio-ecological inequalities in spatial planning in Bogotá
In his doctoral dissertation, M.Sc. Germán A. Quimbayo Ruiz argues that the environmental conflicts related to spatial planning and urbanization open opportunities to create more just spaces to rethink planning as a collective political task aiming for more democratic practices, and not only as of the duty of planners. By analyzing the environmental conflict cases such […]
Activities Winter-Spring 2019
Hi! Moi! ¡Hola! Olá! After a break in our blog site, we are back reporting about relevant academic activities regarding the environment, society, and development. Let’s begin with a research seminar that kicked off the year with a pertinent topic, which is the relationship between scholars, research, and civil society action. The past 29 to […]