18. August 2025

Conference: Knowledge Dependencies and the Un/Making of Equitable Futures Conference: Knowledge Dependencies and the Un/Making of Equitable Futures

Jointly organized by the BCDSS & IDOS, in partnership with the GHL

Amid escalating geopolitical instability, authoritarian retrenchments, and the deepening securitisation of knowledge-making, this conference critically examines how entrenched knowledge dependencies continue to shape practices of future-making—and how more equitable futures might still be (re)imagined. From the weaponisation of AI to the erosion of indigenous, activist, and academic freedoms, and the constraints of donor-driven agendas, we ask: How is knowledge circulation mediated? Under what conditions have alternative epistemic futures emerged—in the longue durée and within present formations?

With keynotes by Lisa Tilley (SOAS, University of London), AbdouMaliq Simone (University of Sheffield & University of Turin, online), and Margarita Gómez (Southern Voice). 

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When: 18–19 September 2025

Where: IDOS, Tulpenfeld 6, 53113 Bonn

Program: Please find the program here.

Book of Abstracts: Find the full booklet here.

 

Please note

Seating for in-person participation is limited, registrations will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. To accommodate those attending the majority of the conference, we kindly ask for your understanding in making space if you expect to join only a small part of the program. Please also note that the Praxis Workshop "Beyond the Mind: Embodied and Alternative Approaches to Academic Experience" (facilitated by Dr. Veronica Cordova de la Rosa) is available only for in-person participation.

Registration for in-person participation: Please register by 26 August

Registration for online participation: Please register by 12 September