by Chiara Rusconi | Feb 18, 2026 | Opinion
To be a researcher is to learn how to navigate the complexity of the real world. It means tracing new routes, venturing into the unknown and sharing discoveries along the way.It also means facing headwinds: the pull of simplification, the comfort of rigid models and...
by Chiara Rusconi | Feb 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Africa, climate and education A webinar series Environmentalism in Africa is often discussed through external frameworks that do not fully capture the continent’s lived realities, philosophies or ecological histories. African ways of knowing offer rich, process-based...
by Chiara Rusconi | Feb 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
Education for Hope Education for Hope is a movement inspired and born at the intersection of two enduring legacies: Nelson Mandela's conviction that "education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" and Pope Francis's call—rooted in the...
by Chiara Rusconi | Jan 19, 2026 | Opinion
Lesley Green, member of The Club of Rome and Director of Environmental Humanities South, dives into how native knowledge can help us reimagine our relationship with the planet in an interview with communications fellow Yvonne Wambua. As a member of The Club of Rome,...
by Chiara Rusconi | Nov 14, 2025 | News
Featured image: Delegates to Jubilee on Education, launching of Education for Hope at the residence of the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to Italy in Rome. By 2070, segments of the southern hemisphere of the planet Earth will have 30 to 100% more...