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Illustration: Critical Sustainability Perspectives in Documentaries and Movies

Critical Sustainability Perspectives in Documentaries and Movies

Date:09 September 2024
Author:Christian Lamker, Ethemcan Turhan, Enya van Drooge, Jem Nario, Rebecca Nieuwenkamp, Franka Etzel
Read about reviews on some short movie and documentaries, written by students for the course 'Critical Approaches to Global Sustainability Challenges'.
Students out in the field

Landscapes fieldweek SPD and HGP year 2

Date:20 June 2024
In the first two weeks of June, the 2nd year HGP and SPD students went on a ‘fieldwork week’ for the course Landscapes. In groups of 45 students, we went to Noordlaren or Allardsoog in Drenthe!
Figure 1 / non-regulated creative space / Pixbay

From Graffiti to Gentrification: The Rise and Fall of Ghent's Concrete Playground

Date:06 May 2024
Author:Bart Popken
With this blogpost, I intend to illustrate how placemaking can be seen as a process of unmaking. While conducting fieldwork for my Master Thesis in Ghent, I found that many placemaking efforts have the tendency to overwrite local histories and overlook community needs. Walking interviews with street artists led me to discover unique stories about urban transformation in Ghent.
Inclusivity project

Working on the inclusivity project

Date:18 April 2024
Author:Jody Holland

Working as a student assistant for the Population Research Centre’s inclusivity project was an experience that both expanded my academic boundaries and helped me develop important life skills. This project aimed  to use student-led research to evaluate and...

The Crucial Role of Climate Adaptation on Food Security

Opinion Editorial: Envisioning COP28 – The Crucial Role of Climate Adaptation on Food Security

Date:18 January 2024
Author:Seun Oladipo
This essay focuses on the impact of climate change on food security and how adaptation measures can be implemented to improve food security.
Magazines

Sustainability transitions here and there, but (not) everywhere?

Date:26 September 2023
Author:Christian Lamker, Ethemcan Turhan, Jildou Altenburg, Ruben Bleeker, Esther Bunk, Madison Ketelaars, Bregtje van Uffelen, Valentin Wittig, Ge Zhu

A green energy transition is sustainable. Green products make our lifestyles sustainable. We are frontrunners of sustainability and climate action. But are we? And for what criteria? Do we look at ecological conflicts, uneven power relations, and the...

Deforested land in the Amazon region of Brazil (Source: commons.wikimedia.org)

Mercosur: The continued attempt to make free trade sustainable

Date:06 July 2023
Author:Valentin Wittig

After decades of negotiations, an agreement was reached in 2019 to advance the implementation of tax-free trade between the European Union (EU) and the Latin American economic federation of Mercosur. Talks to finalize the deal have been intensifying since...

Busy street in Mexico. Source: Zuber, 2014

Charitable bullshit jobs

Date:21 June 2023
Author:Pedro Castro Gomez
We reflected and debated on the book “Bullshit Jobs” by David Graeber (2018), in the company of Prof. Dimitris Ballas. Graeber’s witty critique on expendable and mostly nonsensical jobs, gave us plenty of food for thought, and at the end I found myself inundated by a torrent of new ideas. It took me while to put my mind to rest, however, when the noise had completely disappeared, I was able to recognize where I stood in the “bullshit jobs” debate, and what lens I wanted to wear while writing this brief essay. My meditations took me to my own country, Mexico, where bullshit jobs abound.
Bonaire taken by Gabriel Araújo Njaim

Community-Based Tourism on Bonaire - New possible pathways for a more sustainable, resilient and equitable tourism sector

Date:05 June 2023
Author:Gabriel Araújo Njaim, Jody Holland, Rodolfo Bassani, Viola Angesti

Bonaire is the largest landmass of the Caribbean Netherlands islands, with an area of 288 km² and population of 20,104 (2020). Surrounded by waters that house exquisite coral reefs and marine wildlife, the island has established tourism as its economic...

Belitung, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia https://unsplash.com/photos/BBBDwYtwkyM

Moving Beyond the Checklist: Leveraging Public Participatory GIS for Social Performance of Indonesian Geoparks

Date:16 March 2023
Author:Luthfi Muhamad Iqbal
This essay endeavours to investigate the potential of Public Participatory GIS in facilitating effective social impact management (PPGISIM) for Indonesia Geoparks.