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Trans_forming Care: an ethnographic study on trans and non-binary care work
Senior Fellow and Humanity in Action Guest Speaker Francis Seeck will publish their dissertation with the title "Trans_forming Care: an ethnographic study on trans and non-binary care work." The dissertation will be available online and in print (in German).
HIA Senior Fellow Marcelina Rosińska named one of "25 under 25" by the Forbes magazine and McKinsey & Company Warsaw!
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Housing Action Day 2021
Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellow Nikolaos Vrantsis shared a powerful message on Housing Action Day 2021.
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“You Will Never Walk Alone” - Polish Women* Strike Back
On November 28, 1918, Polish women won their right to vote. 102 years on, they are still fighting for their right to self-determination, equality and freedom of choice. Once a leader in advancing women’s rights, Poland achieved women’s suffrage two years prior to the United States and ahead of most European states. Today, Poland leads Europe as one of the most oppressive countries for women, violating their fundamental human right by denying them reproductive rights.
To Lesbos and Back Again: In a Continent That Has Forgotten Its Humanity
Nanna Vedel-Hertz, Master of Arts in Journalism, Media and Globalization, shares her experiences of travelling to a refugee camp on Lesbos, her disbelief in how human rights are discarded at the European borders and elsewhere, and the role of media.
You Are the Difference
I think there are three things right now that Humanity in Action can accomplish from a civil society perspective: draw the line, emphasize the difference, and provide a public space for the exchange of ideas on how to move forward as a network.
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The initial Fellowship program is only the opening phase of a life-long journey as a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow.
With How to Fix Democracy, we unravel the fragile state of our democracies in Europe and the United States.
We bridge the historical with the present to shape the future.
Since our founding, we have reflected upon our mode of inquiry, have grown conceptually and expanded our reach.
