Knowledge Lab 2024

2024 Knowledge Laboratory for Doctoral and Post-doctoral Students: Human Rights and Sustainability

Human rights are essential for protecting the inherent dignity and worth of every individual, promoting social justice by identifying and challenging social inequalities, discrimination, and oppression. Human rights also strengthen sustainability and advocate for transformative change by contributing to more just and equitable societies. We face a range of environmental, social, and economic challenges that threaten our ability to continue living and thriving on this planet. It is more important than ever before that we conserve and protect our natural resources ecosystems; ensure that everyone has access to basic necessities such as clean water, food, and shelter; promote economic growth and stability; promote the efficient use of resources and the development of renewable resources to reduce waste and preserve resources for future generations, and mitigate against climate change. Rights based strategies are fundamental to address these threats to human dignity and well-being. This knowledge lab intends to bring together like minded individuals and enthusiasts to address the topical matters of human rights as well as sustainability through a variety of conceptual and methodological classes specifically catering to a better understanding of how to analyse these concepts through comparative research.

This year’s school takes place virtually from 02 September to 13 September 2024.

The call for applications is open until 07 June 2024. If you would like to apply to the Knowledge Lab, please send the following information to info [at] risc-rise.org:

• Name and affiliation
• Title of doctoral dissertation or research project
• Abstract (max. 200 words)
• Short explanation of how your topic fits the school (max. 200 words)

All details about the application procedure, fees and timeline can be found in our call for applications 2024.

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