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Spectacularization and the land rush in the Colombian Altillanura
Lorenza Arango investigates how 'spectacularization' of land has contributed to so-called failed land deals
- Wednesday 28 May 2025
- Publication
Humanitarian Studies: Adapting and reworking in new times and contexts
Call for presentations at the one-day conference looking at how global political currents affect the work of humanitarian actors and researchers
- Wednesday 28 May 2025
- Call
More than documenting LGBTQ+ narratives: A human rights activist’s perspective from Colombia’s truth commission
This article draws on participatory work with LGBTQ+ activists from Colombia and reflects on how memory practices can challenge institutional frameworks
- Wednesday 21 May 2025
- Publication

Training school on Intersectional Feminist Approaches to Platform Labour
Three-day training school for PhD candidates and early-career researchers
- Monday 2 Jun 2025, 09:00 - Wednesday 4 Jun 2025, 17:00
- Workshop
Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy
In this seminar, Hiroshi Motomura presents his new book offering a complex and fair-minded account of immigration, its root causes and the responses to it
- Thursday 12 Jun 2025, 17:00 - 21:00
- Book presentation
Global South perspectives on NATO
During this panel discussion, speakers will put Global South perspectives on NATO at the centre of their discussion
- Tuesday 17 Jun 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
- Symposium