Future AIA fellow Heloise Weber takes an interdisciplinary approach to the human rights implications of the right to development. She offers an anti-colonial critique of the post-war belief in modernisation, which is also reflected in the Declaration on the Right to Development. Human rights are not a Western invention but are known to many cultures, and therefore social justice and human rights are not necessarily linked to economic development. The colloquium examines, among other things, the ‘new international economic order’ and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in order to contextualise contemporary debates on human rights and development policy. Heloise’s colloquium brought together current and future AIA fellows and fostered lively debate.