Socioeconomics
All Articles about Socioeconomics
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Systems of Ideology and How to Subvert Them
This 3-day ideology program was organized within the broader context of a summer course titled 'Building a Sustainable Future.' The topics addressed thus revolved around sustainability and the environment, but also capitalism, racism, borders, identity, gender systems, among others.
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AwareBnb: From Tourist Hotspots to Quiet Corners
For their Humanity in Action Project, Varisa Tanti and Maja Bogojevic explored the impact of short-term accommodation rentals.
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Chicago in Motion: The Past, Present, and Future of Transit Equity in Chicago
William's project dives into the transit (in)equity in Chicago, using mapping, data, and storytelling to envision a brighter transit future.
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Supporting Refugee Children in Utrecht: Turning Interests into Activities
Refugee children choose cake decorating by vote. After a drawing workshop, they decorate these cakes, bringing their visions to life.
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Beauty Brigade
Fellow Joanitah Nakiggwe created "Beauty Brigade" - a project aimed at beautifying the city of New Orleans.
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Dignified Housing for Migrants in Brussels
With the help of a few volunteers, 2022 Sarajevo Fellow Amée Zoutberg assembled 55 care packages that were disseminated amongst unhoused and undocumented people in Brussels.
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Gerrit Reininghaus founds a community housing project “SieMensch”
Gerrit Reininghaus, a 2006 Berlin Senior Fellow, has co-founded a community housing project called SieMensch in Bonn-Dransdorf. The project is designed to house five families and is currently housing fourteen people between the ages of two and fifty-five. They live together based on solidarity, sustainability and personal well-being.
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Hungarian Agroecology Network: Weaving the Net for Socially and Environmentally Just Food Systems
As her Action Project, Landecker Democracy Fellow Lili aims to disseminate knowledge about agroecology and food sovereignty, to connect people, to advocate for the scaling out and up of agroecology, and to conduct projects, studies, and publications with and for its members.
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Beyond Black Mirror: Understanding Social Scoring in Europe
For his Action Project, Landecker Democracy Fellow Maciej attempts to shed light on European social scoring practices. To do this, he is producing a limited series podcast and launching a public dialogue exchange.
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Pop-up Social-Civic events
Landecker Democracy Fellow Manny's project will bring to life a series of pop-up events. The goal of the pop-up series is to showcase programming that is both fun to attend, informational, inspiring, and a first step into civic involvement.
