About Us

This project brings together an international group of researchers from different disciplines (philosophy, psychology, sociology, political sciences, international relations, history, law, cultural studies, literature) who have for several years been conducting research on issues of cosmopolitanism in its personal, social, cultural, political and legal dimension.

This project endorses and promotes the UN Sustainable Development Goals by raising awareness and reflexivity and by advancing a vision of a just world. Particularly the following goals are envisaged:

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere;

Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries;

Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts;

Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels;

Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Our workstreams

1) Cosmopolitanism;

2) Cosmopolitan local democracy;

3) Cosmopolitan cross-borders associations of individuals;

4) Cosmopolitan Law;

5) Cosmos and Ecology.

Our partners

In Portugal: Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Universidade do Porto;

In Brazil: Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Universidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo;

In Germany: FU Berlin, TU Berlin, Universität Bremen, Universität Stuttgart, Universität Kiel, Universität Darmstadt.;

In France: Université d'Evry-Val-d'Essone, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales de Paris, Collège International de Philosophie de Paris.