The Right Livelihood Award, known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize', was established in 1980 to honour courageous people and organisations offering visionary solutions to pressing global problems. Award Laureates, who now number 170 from 69 countries.

The agreement, signed on 16 April by Graduate Institute Director Philippe Burrin and Foundation Executive Director Ole von Uexküll, will promote cooperation on research projects, outreach activities, professional training, and internship and career opportunities for students. The Foundation will also support the Institute’s Capstone applied research projects for interdisciplinary Masters students, and will donate publications by and about its Laureates to the Graduate Institute library, where they will form a special collection.

Since 2015, when the Right Livelihood Foundation established an office at Maison de la Paix, the Graduate Institute has hosted an annual debate with Award Laureates. You can watch interviews with the 2015 and 2016 laureates; the 2018 event will take place in November (monitor our events calendar for details).