International Colloquium “Las ciudades frente a los nuevos gobiernos de derecha” · Event Summary
Michael Cohen attended a Colloquium in Mexico City from March 17-19, 2025, entitled, “Las ciudades frente a los nuevos gobiernos de derecha”, (Cities Confronting New Governments of the Right”), organized by URBS.TIC, UNAM, and UAM. The event was attended by an...
“Cities Facing the New Right-Wing Governments” International Colloquium
The Observatory on Latin America OLA is pleased to invite you to URBS.TIC Interuniversity Alliance’s First International Colloquium “Las ciudades frente a los nuevos gobiernos de derecha” (Cities Facing the New Right-Wing Governments) which will take...
“Infrastructure Policy and Inequality” by Michael A. Cohen · Book Launch Event Summary
The Observatory on Latin America (OLA) hosted a book launch for the book Infrastructure Policy and Inequality by Michael Cohen on September 24, 2024. The event had welcoming remarks from Joel Towers, President of The New School and Michael Cohen, Director of the...
Contesting Futures: Beyond the UN Summit for the Future · Event Summary
On September 19, the OLA held an event on “Contesting Futures: Beyond the UN Summit for the Future” as part of the 2084 Imagined Futures from the South program. The panelists invited for the event were Adam Brown, vice provost of research and professor of psychology...
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