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Ten Things That Happened At KIT in 2022

Highlights from 2022

After almost two gruelling years dealing with the pandemic, we were ready to meet and share a space with our partners, peers and colleagues again – as research and education centre and a venue.

This year, we were able to contribute to discussions in conferences in-person and online. We forged some significant partnerships. We got together with our partners to co-host the first edition of our Power of Knowledge Symposium, where were questioned how the North-South paradigm shapes the flow of knowledge adversely. And at the event, we announced this year’s Eijkman medal winners.

We were also especially pleased to welcome our class of 2022-23 at KIT – 88 students from 30 countries – for the opening ceremony of their masters’ courses.

Many of our projects also drew global attention, like our projects on addressing gender inequality and child labour in cocoa value chains with Mars and Nestlé.

In 2022, we also we bid farewell to our CEO Mark Schneiders, who will retire after eight memorable years at KIT, and we look forward to welcoming the new year with our new CEO Henri van Eeghen.

Highlights below.

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  • Nestlé – Tackling Child Labour in Cocoa Supply Chains

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    As millions of people throng to the supermarkets for their end-of-year chocolates and gifts, chocolate manufacturers face fierce criticism for child labour in their supply chains. In Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana where about 60 percent of the world’s cocoa is grown poverty among cocoa farming households is still a key driver of child labour. KIT […]

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  • KIT and AKADEMIYA2063 sign MoU for Impact Research Partnership

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    KIT Royal Tropical Institute has signed an MoU with the Kigali-based research institute AKADEMIYA2063 for a partnership to strengthen Africa-based expertise in support of impact driven, evidence-based policymaking, implementation and evaluation.  The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) sets out to facilitate cooperation that leverages opportunities for joint research, technical assistance, capacity building and outreach activities, targeting […]

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  • KIT Turns Off the Gas

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    The KIT building, a national monument dating from 1926, is moving away from gas, making it the largest national monument to do so in Amsterdam. In future, underground thermal storage will be used to heat our historic building and our hotel on the KIT campus. Renovation of the Tropen Hotel The reason for our switch […]

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  • Only fair research is good research

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    Comments on a Volkskrant article – by Sandra Alba The excellent article by Stan van Pelt in the Dutch newspaper, De Volkskrant, on dubious research practices in low and middle income countries is a timely reminder of the ethical issues in the research conducted by high-income countries scientists in low and middle-income countries. The evolution […]

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  • Online tour of our colonial past

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    KIT has launched a new website where you can learn more about our colonial past by taking a virtual tour of our building. Designed as the seat of the Netherlands Colonial Institute, the building is lavishly decorated with artwork that served to enshrine the institute’s colonial history and mission.   In the tour, fourteen works […]

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  • “We know who holds most of the power, and they need to change”: Dr Samuel Oti on parity and the power of knowledge

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    As a public health professional who has written several peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Oti is very vocal about the power imbalances that plague the practice of global health. He has spoken at many events about decolonizing knowledge. Before he travels to Amsterdam from Nairobi, Kenya, he speaks to us about why he considers it important to […]

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  • Festive Opening Ceremony KIT Master’s Programmes Academic year 2022-2023

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    Welcome to KIT Royal Tropical Institute! Yesterday the opening ceremony for the master’s in International Health and master’s of Public Health took place in our beautiful historical building, marking the moment when a diverse group of 88 health professionals from 30 countries officially started their studies at KIT. Lakshmi Krishnan from India, course participant from […]

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  • Announcing the Eijkman Medal Winners

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    Today, the winners of this year’s Eijkman Medal received their awards from jury chairman Prof. Dr Teun Bousema, himself a winner of the Eijkman Medal in 2017. The award ceremony took place during the ‘Power of Knowledge’ symposium at KIT. Previously, only Dutch scientists were eligible for the Medal, but in recognition of the global […]

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  • Annual Report 2021 & Our Stories Brochure 2022

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    We are pleased to announce that our 2021 Annual Report is now available along with a new brochure on our flagship work. This collection of stories explains who we are and what we do – from our hospitality services, campus and SDG House community in Amsterdam to our research and advisory work with partners across […]

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  • The Political Dimensions of Rebuilding Health Systems in Afghanistan and South Sudan – A podcast for the Fragility Forum 2022

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    KIT is pleased to join and contribute to the Fragility Forum 2022 hosted by the World Bank from 7 to 15 March 2022. The Fragility Forum provides the opportunity for organizations that work on development in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) to exchange ideas on development approaches to foster peace and stability. KIT has years of […]

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