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HRRN (New) Members Day is a community- and capacity-building event, with ample opportunity for informal networking. The event is open to all Ghent University researchers and research officers interested in making a positive contribution to human rights. Research that aims to have an impact on society inevitably involves engaging with people and groups who have […]
– Voedselhulp is vandaag een vaste pijler geworden in de Belgische armoedebestrijding. In 2024 werden 208.000 hulpvragers geregistreerd via de Voedselbanken. Tien jaar geleden waren dat er nog 130.000[1]. In het hele land delen meer dan 700 lokale organisaties voedseloverschotten uit aan mensen in nood. Maar terwijl het aantal mensen dat hulp nodig heeft […]
/ Launched in 2022 by a group of professors and researchers, this initiative brings together colleagues from various disciplines to explore how literary works engage with human rights themes. Each session focuses on one novel in which human rights play a prominent role. This academic year, we are launching a new series of reading group […]
Credit: Olga Bubich, 2018, “Bigger than I” project. / Why are authoritarian and populist regimes of different parts of the world obsessed with rewriting the past? How has memory turned into one more battlefield and why do memory wars matter not less than physical wars? Drawing on insights from cognitive psychology, media theory, and political […]
The Ghent Africa Platform (GAP) is pleased to announce its 19th annual symposium (GAPSYM19), themed “Voices, Rights, Justice in Africa”. The symposia organised by the Ghent University Association (AUGent) Africa Platform have been trendsetting in the Belgian academic landscape over the last 19 years, providing a unique interdisciplinary forum to showcase academic research conducted […]
Under the theme “From the 1976 Soweto Uprising to Constitutional Democracy – Reimagining the Future of Youth” Professor and South African Human Rights Commissioner Tshepo Madlingozi will engage in an intergenerational dialogue with young people selected by the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. Together, they will reflect on the 30th anniversary of South Africa’s Constitution and the 50th […]
