Posted in News on Sep 19, 2025.
News from the Global South Studies Center University of Cologne (GSSC), a lead research institute in our BRIDGES Hub for Planetary Wellbeing, University of Cologne; on a scholarship opportunity at The Right Livelihood College (RLC).
RLC is a global transdisciplinary education and research initiative of universities and the Right Livelihood Foundation, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’. The RLC Campus in Bonn is based at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, and funded by the DAAD with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Call for Workshop Scholarships - Workshop on “Sustainable Use and Conservation of Natural Resources”
📅 Application deadline: October 10th
📅 Workshop: December 2-3, 2025
📍 Bonn
The RLC Campus at ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany, offers scholarships for PhD students from Africa, Asia and Latin America to participate in the Transdisciplinary RLC Workshop on “Sustainable Use and Conservation of Natural Resources”, December 2-3, 2025, in Bonn.
The workshop will take place in Bonn from December 1 (arrival date in Bonn) to December 4 (departure date from Bonn) 2025, bringing together PhD students, senior experts, a Laureate of the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” and other invited experts.
Conducted in English, the workshop will focus on the sustainable use and conservation of natural resources, which are under growing global pressure due to overuse and environmental degradation.
Key issues include climate change, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, water scarcity, and ocean depletion. The workshop emphasizes the urgent need for interdisciplinary and inclusive strategies that align economic development with resource conservation, especially in vulnerable communities in the Global South.
More Information can be found here.
