Relational Studies Hub (RS Hub)

Relational Studies (RS) Hub brings together scholars sharing a fascination and passion for studying relations, assemblages, processes, fluxes, and flows. We at RS Hub think that whatever happens in life stems from processes and relations. In a world of substances, aggregates, components, and building blocks there would simply be no life. We are also convinced that due to phenomena, events, and challenges like climate change, global inequality, computed sociality, ubiquitous waste, and the crisis of democracy, there is a certain urgency to perceiving reality as relational: the current highly complex and dynamic world can be best understood in relational terms, through interactivity and as fluid constellations of relations.

The Hub is designed as a space of creativity, bringing together people and new ideas across several countries, disciplines, and research traditions. We study relations by engaging in relations, cultivating and taking care of relations, beyond our academic fields and also beyond academia.

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