Summary

The UNESCO-BRIDGES Flagship Signature project of Humanities Labs brings together students, scholars, and practitioners to explore interdisciplinary solutions to global sustainability challenges. Through research, storytelling, and engagement, these labs encourage participants to think beyond conventional narratives and reimagine more just and inclusive futures. Covering topics such as ocean storytelling, planetary citizenship, energy justice, and gendered approaches to peace and security, the labs emphasize diverse perspectives, collaborative inquiry, and actionable change. By integrating decolonial, feminist, and intersectional frameworks, the signature project equip students with the tools to critically analyze and transform the systems shaping our world.

Fall 2024: Planetizing Citizenship taught by Joni Adamson and Iveta Silova.

Fall 2024: Migration, Art, Place US/Germany taught by Claudia Sadowski-Smith and Christiane Reves.

Fall 2023: Mediating Ocean Futures Collaborating with The Humanities for the Environment (HFE) Asia Pacific Observatory taught by Lisa Han and Clifford Kapono.

Fall 2023: Energy, Justice, Action taught by Joni Adamson, Gary Dirks and Shannon Plummer.

Spring 2023: Gendering Peace and Security taught by Miki Kittilson, Mohadeseh Mousazadeh Miandehi and Mimmo Bonanni.