Working to Address Local and Global Issues
Democratic Practice
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Project Links 3Democratic Practice explores the principles, progress, and setbacks of democracy at a time of authoritarian resurgence. OSUN’s programs examine contemporary and historical dynamics of democratic practice and open society, including the erosion of democracy in today’s world, and opportunities to advance democratic practice in the face of current challenges.
Sustainability and Climate
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DescriptionSustainability is a defining challenge of our age, as the ambitions of human enterprise continue on a collision course with planetary life support systems. OSUN provides a distinctive combination of: interdisciplinary study across environmental, social, economic, and governance dimensions; rigorous scientific inquiry; emphasis on sustainability as a decision and leadership challenge; explicit solutions orientation; and truly global perspectives.
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Project ListSustainability and Climate Projects:
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Inequalities
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Photo by Junior Lukambo Luundo.Photo & TextInequalities of multiple types characterize the contemporary world. OSUN’s programs explore the causes and consequences of inequalities within and between societies, including national and global disparities in income and wealth, social and political dimensions of inequality, and various forms of inequality related to gender, race, ethnicity, and forced displacement.
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Project List 1Inequalities Projects:
- Birkbeck Critical Theory Summer School
- Collaborative for Liberal Education for Adolescents (CLEA)
- Connected and Blended Learning Resources
- Economic Democracy Initiative
- Economic Policy Addressing Inequality and Poverty
- English Learner Success in Content Classrooms
- Enhanced Network Teacher Education
- Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN)
- Feminism and Community
Human Rights
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Descriptive TextHuman rights are under assault around the world. OSUN deepens the theoretical interdisciplinary knowledge and strengthens the skills for empirical analysis to defend and advance human rights. It interweaves the study of human rights law, politics, and advocacy with a focus on the power of aesthetic, performative, and curatorial forms in human rights struggles.
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Global Justice
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Column 4Many of the twenty-first century’s most urgent global problems—from climate change to forced migration to global pandemics—present unprecedented challenges to humankind and have given rise to new forms of social, political and economic injustice. OSUN programs in Global Justice explore how individuals and groups can organize within and across state borders to develop new mechanisms of global governance, agitate for social change, hold power accountable and build more just and inclusive societies at the local, national and global levels.
Global Public Health
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DescriptionThe COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated massive disruptions to global health systems already compromised by deeply rooted inequalities in global distribution and access to quality health solutions. OSUN offers a range of education, research and advocacy initiatives in Global Public Health that respond to these dire circumstances.
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Second ColumnOSUN’s distinct programs advance a global vision that fosters and promotes a rights-based approach to Public Health policy, emphasizing the connectedness of science, policy and practice, knowledge, access to credible data and sound communications on population and global health.
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Arts and Society
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Column 2Arts and Society Projects:
- Birkbeck Critical Theory Summer School
- Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP)
- Chronicle Film Production
- Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN)
- Global Commons
- Human Rights and the Arts
- Online Arts Workshops
- Research-Creation Initiative
- Strengthening the Core
- Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice
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Project Links 2Arts and Society projects promote expression of contemporary life, including dissent, difference, and the full power of the human imagination. OSUN programs promote cross-cultural study and presentation of work in fields ranging from poetry to film, photography, and dance and connect the arts to politics and society, including freedom of expression and struggles against oppressive regimes.
Liberal Arts and Sciences
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DescriptionLiberal arts and sciences education is a system of higher education designed to foster in students the desire and capacity to learn, think critically, and communicate proficiently. OSUN's programs advance the global growth of liberal arts and sciences education through an awareness of the importance of student-centered teaching; innovative, interdisciplinary curriculums; and robust co-curricular life––all which help shape a future generation of engaged citizens.
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Project LinksLiberal Arts and Sciences Projects:
- Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP)
- Certificate Programs
- Collaborative for Liberal Education for Adolescents (CLEA)
- Consortium for the Liberal Arts in Prison
- Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network (EHCN)
- Global Debate Network
- Global History Lab
- Hannah Arendt Humanities Network
- Microcollege for Just Community Leadership
- Network Collaborative Courses
- Online Arts Workshops
- Strengthening the Core
- Socrates Project
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Multi-themed Projects
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Photo by Szabo MatyasDescription
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- Civic Engagement
- Communities of Virtual Alliances: COV-AID
- Economic Democracy Initiative
- ExEd Hub
- Global Institute of Advanced Study
- Global Observatory on Academic Freedom
- Global Teaching Fellowship
- Mobility
- Modular Doctoral Program
- Network Collaborative Courses
- Open Society Research Platform
- OSU CEU Summer University
- OSUN Science Shop
- Socrates Project
- Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative
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Project Links + ImageWhile all OSUN projects address local and global issues through the seven guiding themes listed above, some projects touch on several or all of the guiding themes.