This beautiful garden is a little piece of Guangzhou in the middle of Sydney’s CBD. It is an oasis of peace amidst the noise, the cement and the steel of the surrounding city. You can perceive how people are transformed after being a few minutes inside this place, they smile more, seem more serene and […]
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Human Rights compliance: From moral to legal obligation
A review of a discussion generated by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) in a series of webinars “On The Forthcoming EUs Directive on Human Rights Due Diligence
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Alexandria, Egypt. November 2022. Alejandra Rivera Alejandra Rivera represented the IHRB’s Built Environment programme and played an active role at last month’s COP27 in Sharm
COP27: New narratives of the just transition?
A conversation between Alejandra Rivera, Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) Built Environment Team and Charis Hoffmann, ICLEI Circular Development, reflecting on COP27 and its significance
From Student to Social Innovator- Interview to 4CITIES
Alejandra Rivera leading a working session at the ISOCARP Young Planning Professional workshop in Kocaeli, Turkey. March 2022 Alejandra Rivera graduated from 4CITIES in 2019
To publish or not to publish? That’s not the question!
Throughout our academic careers and 4CITIES it becomes increasingly appealing to have our work and our ideas contribute to the academic global dialogue. That is
Social Innovation Summit
This writing is about the internal struggle we sometimes face about doing or not doing ‘optional’ extra work, and aims to reaffirm that the rewards
Spread stories, not the virus
By Job Zomerplaag On Monday, 9 March, universities in Madrid closed overnight due to anti-coronavirus measures. Soon after, the other 4CITIES partner institutions also decided
Contributionism: Reimagining value in urban economies
In rainy Brussels, December 2017 as part of my ‘Urban Geography’ class under the 4CITIES Master in Urban Studies I attended the StadsSalonUrbains lectures. These
A “Just Transition” from a human-rights perspective
The way urbanisation has taken place in most cities has taken a toll on the environment, workers and local communities. Basic human rights in cities have not been protected nor respected.
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Reactions to Global Witness report: “Myanmar’s poisoned mountains: The toxic rare earth mining industry at the heart of the global green energy transition”