Global University for Sustainability
In response to our crisis-ridden epoch, the initiative of Global University for Sustainability (Global U) supports the proliferation of autonomous and self-managing local bodies and their interdependent networking for ecological and socio-economic sustainability with justice. Global U will constitute itself as an experimental forum for alternative practices in the production, dissemination and use of knowledge, making possible different modes of relating to one another and to nature other than what is confined by prevailing dominating institutions and practices. Global U will seek to transcend the commodification of knowledge driven by capitalist mechanisms that shape possessive individualistic selves. It hopes to bring together old and new generations of committed people working for ecological justice and socio-economic justice to articulate knowledge produced by experiences in the field, common reflections, and in particular, the wisdoms of the elders, the women, and the communities that defend their commons and rights. It hopes to help cross-fertilize initiatives practiced by organizations and networks to foster further inter-connections, experiment with creative and equitable forms of interacting, networking, and managing the commons. Global U envisions a new sustainable humanity on earth.
Founding Members
Aida Abu-Ras | Doha International Family Institute-member of Qatar Foundation, Jordan |
Aleida Guevara March | Allergist Pediatrician, MINSAP, Cuba |
Alejandra Miller Restrepo | Professor, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia |
Ana Amorim | Massey University, New Zealand |
Andrew Aeria | Professor, University of Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia |
Anita Rampal | Faculty of Education, Delhi University, India |
Anuradha Chenoy | Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
Ariel Salleh | Professor, University of Sydney; Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan U, Australia |
Arindam Banerjee | Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi, India |
Arjun Karki | International Coordinator, LDC Watch, Nepal |
Asha Mishr | Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, India |
Ashish Kothari | founder, Kalpavriksh, India |
Au Yeung Lai Seung | Researcher, Lingnan University, Hong Kong |
Aylin Topal | Professor, Middle East Technical University, Turkey |
Aziz Salmone Fall | Professor, Anthropology, McGill University, Canada |
Bernard Founou Tchuigoua | Research Firector, Third World Forum, Cameroon |
Beverly Silver | Professor, Johns Hopkins University, USA |
Carl Middleton | Lecturer, MA in International Development Studies Program in the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
Cecile Mukarubuga | Green Village Foundation, Rwanda |
Chan Ching Kiu Stephen | Professor, Lingnan University, Hong Kong |
Chan Shun Hing | Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong |
Chantana Wungaeo | Professor, Department of Government, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
Chayan Vaddhanaphuti | Director, Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Thailand |
Chen Xin | Director, Institute of Youth Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China |
Chico Whitaker Ferreira | World Future Council |
Chow Sze Chong | farmer and lecturer, Sang Wood Goon farm, Hong Kong |
Chow Yin Man Alice | Fellow, ARENA; South South Forum on Sustainability, Hong Kong |
Christine Menz | Board Member, Peacewomen Across the Globe, Switzerland |
Dai Jinhua | Professor, Institute of Comparative Literature & Culture, Peking University, China |
Darwis Khudori | Professor, University of Le Havre, France |
David Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame, USA |
Donna Haraway | Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA |
Ebrima Sall | Executive Secretary, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa |
Eduardo Tadem | Professor, Asian Studies at the University of the Philippines |
Eliana Apaza | President, Asociacion Aymara Suma Yapu, Peru |
Eva Gills | PeaceWomen Across the Globe |
Farhad Mazhar | Policy Research for Development Alternative, Bangaldesh |
Fatoumata Maiga | Chairperson, West Africa Network for Peacebuilding |
Feroz Mehdi | General Secretary, Alternatives International, Canada |
Firoze Manji | Director, Pan-African Baraza, ThoughtWorks, Kenya |
Francine Mestrum | Chairwoman, Global Social Justice |
Francis Loh | President, Persatuan Aliran Kesedaran Negara, Malaysia |
Francois Houtart | Professor, National High Education Institution, Belgium |
Gian Delgado | Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Sciences and Humanities, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico |
Gustave Massiah | member of the International Council of WSF, International Collective Intellectual of Social Movements, France |
Gustavo Esteva Figueroa | Founder, Universidad de la Tierra, Mexico |
Haiko Pieplow | Dr., Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany |
Hui Po Keung | Associate Professor, Lingnan University, Hong Kong |
Hui Shiu Lun | Fellow, ARENA; South South Forum on Sustainability, Hong Kong |
Immanuel Wallerstein | Senior Research Scholar, Yale University, USA |
Isagani Serrano | President, Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement, Philippines |
Jacques Berthelot | Independent Researcher on Economics, Solidarité, ATTAC, France |
Jayati Ghosh | Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
Joao Pedro Stedile | member of National Coordination, MST; La Via Campesina International, Brazil |
Johan Saravanamuttu | former Dean of the Research Platform on Social Transformation at Universiti Sains Malaysia |
John Erni | Chair Professor in Humanities, Department Head, Department of Humanities & Creative Writing, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong |
Jorge Ishizawa | Coordinator, Projecto Andino de Technologias Campesinas, Peru |
José Jorge Santiago | member of advising committee of Economic and Social Development of Indigenous Mexicans, Civil Association; Human Rights Center Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas; Commission of Assistance Toward Community Unity and Reconciliation, Mexico |
Judite Stronzake | Educator, MST, La Via Campesina, Brazil |
Julie Richardson | Senior Lecturer, Economics, Schumacher College; Director, Schumacher Worldwide, UK |
K.K. Krishna Kumar | Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, India |
Kamal Lahbib | President, Forum Des Alternatives Maroc, Morocco |
Kamla Bhasin | Social Activist/Feminist, Advisor Sangat, Co-President PWAG, India |
Katherine Gibson | Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney, Australia |
Kho Tung-Yi | Researcher, South South Forum on Sustainability, Hong Kong |
Lau Kin Chi | Associate Professor, Lingnan University, Hong Kong; co-chair, ARENA |
Lau Kin Ching | Fellow, ARENA, Hong Kong |
Lawrence Grossberg | Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
Le Thi Quy | Professor, Institute for Gender and Development, Vietnam |
Lee Jungok | Professor of Sociology, Catholic University of Taeku, South Korea |
Lee Seejae | Professor, Sungkonghoe University, South Korea |
Liu Yuanqi | Associate Research Fellow, Central Compilation and Translation Bureau, China |
Luis Lopezllera | Architect, Promoción del Desarrollo Popular, Asociación Civil, Mexico |
M.P. Parameswaran | Doctor, Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad, India |
Marcos Arruda | PACS, Brazil |
Margo Okazawa-Rey | Professor, Fielding Graduate University, USA |
Maria Eugenia Santana | Professor, Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico |
Marina Pikulina | Editor-in-chief, web-site: east-expert.com, Israel |
Marta Harnecker | Writer, Chile |
Martí Olivella | President, Nova-Centre for Social Innovation, Spain |
Masaaki Ohashi | Professor, University of the Sacred Heart; JANIC; Shapla Neer, Japan |
Meaghan Morris | Professor, Dept. of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Australia; Founding Director and Fellow, Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development Program, Lingnan University, Hong Kong |
Michael Brie | Professor, Institute for Critical Social Analysis of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin, Germany |
Michael Hudson | President, The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends, USA |
Michel Bauwens | Founder, Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives |
Mireille Fanon-Mendes France | Director, Frantz Fanon Foundation, France |
Mushakoji Kinhide | Professor, Centre for Asia Pacific Partnership, Osaka University of Economics and Law, Japan |
Muto Ichiyo | People’s Plan Study Group, Japan |
Nuria Costa Leonardo | Director, Mexican Women Network, Mexico |
Ogura Toshimaru | People’s Plan Study Group, Japan |
Ohashi Seiko | Free-lance writer, editor; Board member of People’s Plan Study Group; Alternative People’s Linkage in Asia, Japan |
Olin Monteiro | Director, Arts for Women, National Coordinator of PWAG, Indonesia |
Pablo Gentili, Executive Secretary | Professor, Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO); State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Argentina |
Pablo Solon | Executive Director, Focus on the Global South |
Palagummi Sainath | Journalist & Founding Editor, The People’s Archive of Rural India, India |
Pan Jie | General Secretary, Great China Institute for Sustainable Development, China |
Patrick Bond | Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Paulo Nakatani | Professor, Department of Economics and Post-Graduate Program in Social Policy of Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil |
Pedro Paez | Superintendence, Market Power Control, Ecuador |
Pierre Beaudeat | Professor, Alternatives International |
Pierre George | Extension Commission 2015 WSF |
Qiu Jianzheng | Director, Beijing Jame Yen Popular Education Centre, China |
Raj Patel | Professor, University of Texas, USA |
Rajani Kanth | Visiting Scholar, Department of English, Harvard University, USA |
Renata Moreira | Professor, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil |
Rogerio Naques Faleiros | Professor and Director, Centro de Ciências Jurídicas e Econômicas, Universida de Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil |
Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold | Co-President, PeaceWomen Across the Globe, Switzerland |
Sahling Meike | Director, PeaceWomen Across the Globe |
Sam Moyo | Executive Director, African Institute for Agrarian Studies, Zimbabwe |
Samia Zennadi | Apic éditions, WFA, Algeria |
Samir Amin | President, World Forum for Alternatives |
Sandeep Chachra | South South Peoples Solidarity, Network Actionaid, India |
Sima Samar | PeaceWomen Across the Globe, Afghanistan |
Sit Tsui, Margaret Jade | Associate Professor, Institute of Rural Reconstruction of China, Southwest University, China |
Sun Heng | Director, Beijing Migrant Workers Home, China |
Supawadee Petrat | Director, Thai Volunteer Service Foundation, Thailand |
Surichai Wungaeo | Director, Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
Susan George | President, Transnational Institute |
Suthy Prasartset | Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
Tani Barlow | Professor, Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University, USA |
Teng Wei | Professor, South China Normal University, China |
Tian Song | Professor, Beijing Normal University, China |
Urvashi Butalia | Direcotr, Zubaan Books, India |
Ute Scheub | 1000 PeaceWomen Across the Globe, visionews.net, Collaborative, Germany |
Vera Vieira | Executive Director, Brazilian Peacewomen Association, Brazil |
Victor Hugo Jijon | Engineer, Commission for the Protection of Human Rights, France |
Walter Mignolo | Professor and Director, Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, Duke University, USA |
Wang Hui | Professor, Tsinghua University, China |
Wang Shaoguang | Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Wang Xiaoming | Professor, Cultural Studies/Modern Chinese Thought, Shanghai University, China |
Wen Tiejun | Professor, School of Agronomics & Rural Development, Renmin University of China, China |
Wim Dierckxsens | World Forum for Alternatives |
Wong Tak Hing, Erebus | Researcher, ARENA; South South Forum on Sustainability, Hong Kong |
Yan Aibin | Associate Professor, East China University of Science and Technology, China |
Yan Xiaohui | Director, Little Donkey Farm, China |
Zhao Ling | Coordinator, PeaceWomen Across the Globe – China Office, China |
Zhou Li | Professor, School of Agriculture Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China |
Partners
China Social Services and Development Research Centre (CSD)
Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA)
Culture and Livelihood Programme, KFCRD, Lingnan University
Little Donkey Farm (Beijing)
PeaceWomen Across the Globe – China Office (PWAG-China)
South South Forum for Sustainability (SSFS)
Third World Forum (TWF)
World Forum for Alternatives (WFA)
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