Down to Earth Dialogues

Description of our collaboration proposal

The Down to Earth Dialogues aim to bring cutting-edge academic research into dialogue with practitioners and policy makers. It is proposed by the Laudato Si Research Institute (LSRI), based at the University of Oxford and part of The Global Laudato Si’ Research Network (GLSRN), which seeks to channel the vast resources of scholarship toward meeting the challenges posed by the present socio-ecological crisis.

These dialogues are a unique opportunity to enrich and refine current academic thinking about today's world by sharing experience with those who are on the ground or suffering from some of these problems.

These are the next events (you can check them all here too):

• November, 17: Theological Ethics through a Multispecies Lens
• November, 19: Land Rights and Globalization
• November, 26: Building a Sustainable Economic Future 
• December, 3: The Politics of Asylum and Refugee Protection 

Since opening in 2019, LSRI’s work has been inspired by Pope Francis' vision in the encyclical Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home, which calls all people to respond to the 'cry of the earth' and the 'cry of the poor'.

Needs, support or request

We would love for you to participate in these webinars! Sign up for the webinar or webinars that interest you through the LSRI website.

Please share this initiative with anyone you think might be interested.