A virtual panel titled 'The Baltics: Living with the Bear', focusing on Baltic states' geopolitical challenges.

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former Latvia president and scholar, significantly contributed to Latvia's EU and NATO membership and global recognition. She held key roles, including UN special envoy and a candidate for UN secretary general.

Jennifer Keahey's book 'Decolonizing Development' compares Latvia and South Africa's post-authoritarian efforts to decolonize production and trade, integrating political economy with ecocultural and Indigenous insights against global crises like authoritarianism and climate change.

Iveta Silova analyzes Latvian textbooks pre, during, and post-Soviet era, focusing on education transformations after socialism. The FreshEd Podcast

The book examines post-authoritarian Latvia and South Africa, comparing their efforts to decolonize production and trade. It blends political economy and ecocultural heritage studies, offering insights on alternative trade and development theories in the face of global crises.