Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

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  • Housing projects and aerial cable car designed by Jorge Mario Jáuregui's firm, Atelier Metropolitano, in the Complexo do Alemão. Photo by Greg Scruggs, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.

    Design + Research + Advocacy: Preview of Afternoon Favela Panel

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    The following article deals with the topic “Favelas – a Global Challenge and Opportunity” which is currently discussed at the Global Economic Symposium in Rio. The author intends to enrich the discussion at the symposium with his personal stories and ideas. For those interested in design, architecture, city planning, urban […]

  • A farm sprouts in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Photo by everymosquito, Flickr/Wikimedia CC BY 2.0.

    Who Starves First: Us or the Planet?

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    The following article deals with the topic “Promoting Food Security: The Contribution of Climate Smart Agriculture”, which is currently discussed at the Global Economic Symposium in Rio. The author intends to enrich the discussion at the symposium with his personal stories and ideas. In the climate -sensitive era post Rio […]

  • The challenge of online education

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    The following article deals with the topic “ Roundtable: Education and Media” which is currently discussed at the Global Economic Symposium in Rio. The author intends to enrich the discussion at the symposium with his personal stories and ideas. By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh This morning’s panel on “Redefining Universities” at the […]

  • Roundtable: The Challenge of Major Events

    The following article deals with the topic “The Challenge of Major Events” which is currently discussed at the Global Economic Symposium in Rio. The author intends to enrich the discussion at the symposium with his personal stories and ideas. Here are some observations: a quite positive vision of major events, unrealistic to some […]