Right Livelihood Center

The Right Livelihood Center at UC Santa Cruz is a partnership between UC Santa Cruz and Right Livelihood. Housed at the Institute for Social Transformation, the Right Livelihood Center links faculty and students with ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ winners for research and education about proven solutions to the world’s most pressing global problems. 

A global network of scholar-activists dedicated to social transformation.

The Right Livelihood Center (RLC) was created to link the activism of the Right Livelihood Award Laureates with the research, teaching, and service of universities. In 2013, UC Santa Cruz became the first RLC campus in North America, joining campuses in Bangkok/Thailand, Bonn/Germany, Córdoba/Argentina, Lund/Sweden, Mumbai/India, Port Harcourt/Nigeria, Valdivia/Chile, and Zurich/Switzerland.

Please visit the Right Livelihood Center at UC Santa Cruz website to explore more.

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  • Open House: Oakes Collaborations

    Open House: Oakes Collaborations

    Explore Our New Collaborative Spaces in Oakes College! We’re excited to welcome you to the newly expanded spaces in the Oakes Academic Building, now home to a vibrant community of Social Sciences research centers and programs. Connect with colleagues from the Institute for Social Transformation, the Center for Labor and Community, the Right Livelihood Center, […]

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  • Right Livelihood Community Organizing Workshop

    On SuperBowl weekend, students part of the Right Livelihood Student Club, YDSA, and other communities organized a successful local rally against ICE operations, showing solidarity with Americans and the global consciousness against current agendas of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism. The Right Livelihood Community Organizing Workshop focuses on issues that students want to strategize. A nice […]

  • Conference Kick-Off

    Virtual Event

    Join for the global kick-off of the 2026 Right Livelihood International Conference. All conference participants and organizers are invited to a fun, global meet-and-greet event on Zoom.