Seriously Different

Where: Lebanon

Lebanon Stories

Assessing vulnerabilities for urban recovery solutions in Beirut post-explosion

PROCOL Lebanon Lebanon

The case of Mar Mikhael neighbourhood On the 4th of August 2020, a large am...

Infrastructural solutions for Lebanon’s turbulent times

RELIEF Work Infrastructure Lebanon

12 January 2022 Lebanon's severe economic crisis and political instability has had a devastating impact on people's livelihoo...

Hosting Syrian Refugees in Saida (Lebanon) Under Protracted Displacement: Unfolding Spatial and Social Exclusion

07 July 2021 Lebanon has witnessed multiple waves of displaced people throughout its recent history, inc...

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Assessing Vulnerabilities in Mar Mikhael (Post Beirut Blast)

RELIEF PROCOL Lebanon Energy Food Mass Displacement Public Services Infrastructure Middle East Lebanon

The RELIEF Centre and Catalytic Action have been working together to Assess Vulnerabilities in Post-Blast ...

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Citizens' Assembly on Energy in Lebanon

PROCOL Lebanon Energy Lebanon

In October the RELIEF Centre convened a Citizens' Assembly on Energy in Lebanon. Residents of Hamra, Beirut gathered to deliberate energy...

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Arts, Prosperity and Crisis

RELIEF Mass Displacement Prosperity Index Arts Middle East Lebanon

Performances from the RELIEF Centre 2021 conference Working Through Crisis: Innovations, Possibilities and Limitations of Researc...

Lebanon Data

Assessing vulnerabilities for urban recovery solutions in Beirut post-explosion: The case of Mar Mikhael neighbourhood

PROCOL Lebanon Infrastructure Lebanon

Pietrostefani, Elisabetta; Dabaj, Joana; Sleiman, Yara; Jallad, Mayssa; Maassarani, Sara; Charalambous, Efrosini; (2022) ...

Decentralised renewable energy: a pathway to prosperity for Lebanon?

This chapter reviews the current state of play on energy and prosperity in Lebanon. The focus is on opportunities for decentralised renew...

A pilot Citizens' Assembly on Electricity and Energy Justice in Hamra, Lebanon

RELIEF Energy Lebanon

The Citizens’ Assembly Pilot (CA) on energy justice and electricity was a conceptual and a methodological experiment conducted over five ...

Evaluating Deliberative Democratic Designs

As democratic nations suffer from a lack of responsiveness and democratic deficits, there is a need for a better democratic process. One ...

Lebanon Events

Symposium: Infrastructural Solutions for Lebanon’s Turbulent Times

RELIEF Infrastructure Lebanon

Lebanon’s crisis of economic and political instability has led to severe deficits in infrastructural provision and essential public servi...

Venice Biennale 2021: Beirut Shifting Grounds

RELIEF PROCOL Lebanon Public Services Arts Infrastructure Lebanon

Data from the RELIEF Centre and CatalyticAction project Assessing Vulnerabilities in Post-Blast Beirut is now featured in the ...