Who Pays the Price? Regional perspectives

This event is part 2 of a 3-part Studium Generale program series organised between Leiden University and the Humanity Hub. On three Wednesday evenings we bring together academics and practitioners, and delve into the world of critical raw materials.

What are the global effects of the extraction of critical raw materials on regions world wide?

In this second session in the series on critical raw materials, we look at how the run on critical raw materials affects regional and local communities. Together with Jeleel Balyaminu, MSc and Dr. Soledad Valdivia Rivera we draw parallels between Latin-America and Africa. We explore what the global demand for critical raw materials means for communities and how it creates new geopolitical power structures. What is the role China plays? And how do we look at possible human right violations involved.

Jeleel Balyaminu is currently doing a PhD at the African Studies Centre Leiden. His research is on Natural Resource Governance and Socio-Cultural Conditions in Africa: From Policy to Practice.

Soledad Valivia Rivera is Assistant Professor at the Institute for History at the Department of Latin America Studies. She focusses among others on the state and social movement relations in Bolivia.

Afterwards there is time for drinks and a networking reception.

More speakers will be announced soon.

🗓 Wednesday 11 November
🕠17:30 – 19:00
📍The Humanity Hub, Fluwelen Burgwal 58, Den Haag

Attendence is free, but please sign-up in advance.