Heinrich Boell Foundation Yerevan Office – South Caucasus Region invites you to take part in the four-day Green Laboratory Armenia 2025, whether you are eager to deepen your understanding of the connections between biodiversity and political ecology, or critically engage with the pressing environmental and social challenges shaping Armenia’s future.
As Armenia prepares to host the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2026, the urgency to address the country’s biodiversity crisis has never been greater. Against a backdrop of accelerating climate change, aggressive resource extraction, irregular urbanisation, and inadequate environmental governance, the Green Laboratorium in Armenia – 2025 will provide a platform to engage scholars, activists, journalists, and youth in a forward-looking dialogue.
In the context of intensifying pressures on biodiversity, Green Laboratorium in Armenia – 2025 aims to critically examine the intersection of biodiversity loss and political ecology. The program will explore how state and business-driven priorities, particularly around mining, infrastructure, and territorial conflicts, often override ecological concerns and marginalise community voices. Green Lab 2025 will focus on rethinking biodiversity as a dynamic element shaping and shaped by social, political, and environmental forces.
Green Laboratorium 2025 will combine diverse formats such as lectures, discussions, workshops, film screenings and activities in nature.
The Laboratory's guest speakers represent academia and environmental activism.
Dates and Location:
The Green Lab 2025 will take place from July 25-28, in Stepanavan, Armenia. The program covers travel, food, and accommodation costs.
Who can apply:
Students (environmentalists, ecologists, urbanists, anthropologists, sociologists, etc.) young activists, journalists, scholars from Armenia interested in the topic are kindly invited to apply for the Laboratory. The participation of interested young people with experience in the related topics is also welcome.
The language of the event is Armenian. In the case of an English lecture, translation will be provided.
Please complete the application form here.
The deadline for the submission of applications is July 2, 2025, until 23:00.
The selected candidates will be contacted at the latest on July 7, 2025.
If you have any questions, please contact mkrtich.dallakyan@am.boell.org email address.