Explore ideas, findings, and updates that expand conversations on inequality
Teaching for equity is not just about incorporating new content into the classroom. It also involves reviewing one’s own teaching practices, learning from others’ experiences, and working with fellow teachers to develop new ways of understanding and addressing inequalities.
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In the second episode of El juego de la vida, the videopodcast of TREES and the documentary film directed by Andrés Ruiz Zuluaga, we talk about motherhood, caregiving, teenage pregnancy and the inequalities that begin to mark life from early childhood.
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In this masterclass, Leopoldo Fergusson, full professor at the School of Economics of the Universidad de los Andes and co-founder of TREES, explores the cultural dimensions of inequality based on everyday examples and research findings.
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Based on the film El juego de la vida, TREES and its director, Andrés Ruiz, launch a new videopodcast that opens conversations about inequality, social mobility, early childhood, classism, education, privilege and territory in Colombia.
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On March 16 and 17, we held the second edition of the Political Economy of the Global South Conference (PEGS) at the Universidad de los Andes.
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In this report we share what we have done between 2023 and 2025 in our three areas of work: Research, Teaching and Outreach. Here you will find our main achievements, learnings and challenges.
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The TREES Challenge: revealing classisms (2024-2025) brought together undergraduate and master's students from different disciplines and regions of the country (add data and number of students) in an immersive and collaborative experience aimed at designing strategies to strengthen social cohesion.
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The conference brought together the authors of *Whither Meritocracy?* to discuss the role of meritocracy, social inequality, and their implications for contemporary public policy.
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This TREES special brings together data, voices and perspectives to understand the challenges of the Colombian labor market and open a critical conversation on informality, gender, youth and equity.
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With the support of TREES, Juan Sebastián Lemos lived a formative experience at Harvard that strengthened his research, broadened his international perspective and reaffirmed his academic vocation.
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TREES and PRAEM organized Brown Bag Seminars to discuss research on inequality in Latin America and promote exchange between researchers from both institutions.
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Seminar organized by TREES and PRAEM on labor informality in the global south, where this phenomenon was analyzed beyond the traditional division between formal and informal.
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A discussion at the Universidad de los Andes analyzed the effects and limits of the Washington Consensus in Latin America and the current challenges of inequality, inclusion and economic policy.
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