Revolutionizing Global Citizenship through Undergraduate “Research for Action”
In the 2022-2023 academic year UCSB undergraduate students were selected from a pool of applicants to participate in the exceptional...
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Aug 719 min read
Sudan: Revolutionary Consciousness & Transnational Solidarity
On October 31st, 2023, the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, directed by Professor Paul Amar, hosted a live webinar...
Jul 131 min read
Tunisia Series Episode 1: “Tunisia’s Amatuer Autocrat: The Rise of Kais Saied”
Episode 1: Tunisia’s Amatuer Autocrat: The Rise of Kais Saied This episode delves into the current state of democracy in Tunisia and...
Jun 284 min read
Exploring Chinese Investment and Infrastructure in Egypt: Key Discussions on Infrastructure, Finance, and Public Opinion
On June 25, 2024, the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, directed by Professor Paul Amar, hosted the inaugural live...
May 195 min read
Shifts in Business and Investment Models in Angola-China Relations: Key Sectors of Construction, Agriculture, Technology, and Education
In recent years, China has shifted its investment strategy in Angola, moving beyond traditional large-scale, standardized, and high-yield...
May 165 min read
Ongoing Shifts in China-Angola Relations:Urban Expansion, Media Coverage, and New Online Markets
For two decades, oil has been the cornerstone of Sino-Angolan relations. Now, as Angola transitions into a post-oil, post-lending era,...
Jan 266 min read
Grounding Circulations of the Global in China and Angola: Some Possibilities for the Present and the Future
How can Angola’s oil-driven urban regions deepen our understanding of urban environmental policy? This question was a focal point of...
Dec 15, 20236 min read
LGBT+ Movements in Angola: A Current Overview
In the past decade, Angola has witnessed the rise of new activist groups focused on gender and sexuality. But what brings these gender...
Dec 15, 20236 min read
Chinese Investments in Angola: The Power of Recent Changes
How have Chinese investments impacted Angola’s socioeconomic transformations in recent decades? This is one of the central issues...
Nov 8, 20235 min read
Social Dynamics between Chinese Environmental NGOs and the Global South: Challenges and Achievements
Between October 25th and 28th, 2023, dozens of scholars, students, researchers, activists, indigenous leaders, youth leaders and...
Oct 28, 202343 min read
The Future of the Amazon: Successes of the Orfalea Center’s Major International Conference on the Environment, Indigenous Youth and Women’s Leadership, and the Impact of Chinese Finance and Partnershi
The Orfalea Center conference brought together over 50 scholars from six countries, along with 10 indigenous leaders and Latin American...
Oct 27, 20235 min read
Eco-Futurism and Neocolonialism: The Hidden Costs of Global Development Models
At the University of California, Santa Barbara, the UCSB Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies hosted an impactful conference...
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