Geneva Graduate Institute

"the most consequential conversations about Africa's future are increasingly happening at the intersection of technology, governance, and security, further away from the traditional spaces of diplomacy and academic debate."
- Reflections from the Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi
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shorturl.at/Sip1w

YouTube video by Geneva Graduate Institute America First, Global Consequences: The New Geopolitics of Industry

US policy shifted away from traditional "aid diplomacy" toward a form of "supply diplomacy", which creates partnerships but also competition. Relationships with resource rich countries have become increasingly negotiated, and not simply one sided. - Assistant Prof. Calvaho
🎧 youtu.be/2ZxdvNYpLRY?...

From unequal foundations to a shared post-2030 future for education? This think piece examines how the historically uneven foundations of cooperation in education continue to shape global governance. As the international community plans for a post-2030 future, it calls

PhD researcher Alex Howells reflects on the
legacies of international development,
today’s geopolitical tensions and
lessons for a post-2030 framework for education.

His piece has just been published as part of UNESCO’s Futures of Education Ideas LAB series.

www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

From Liberalism to Illiberalism This is a question that has become increasingly central to the public debate and one that is undoubtedly on the minds of many of us. For many across what we habitually call «the West», with all the li...

"we should ask ourselves, was liberalism really the default all those years? And if so what kind of definition did we give to that apparently simple term? And who is we? Did we all have the same definition, did we all talk of the same thing?"
-writes Director @mlsalles.bsky.social.
shorturl.at/GoCjM

The Institute will host the event: Iran: Voices of the Uprising
on Monday, 9th March.
The screening of the film 'Where God Is Not' will be followed by a panel discussion.

Partners:
@fifdh.bsky.social
@courrierinter.bsky.social

@sanambna.bsky.social
@whatthewomensay.bsky.social

👉 shorturl.at/4YW7j

The multilateral mechanisms for protecting human rights, and International Geneva itself, are faltering. Can its institutions find renewed purpose?
The institute is proud to host the Geneva International Film Festival Dedicated to Human Rights' event
www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

YouTube video by Geneva Graduate Institute Is Liberalism Still the Default? Illiberalism and Ideological Competition in the West

“the speed in which we are living is in fact structurally against democracy because democracy and deliberation require time and procedure…”
Professor Marlene Laruelle, Luiss University

In case you missed our Opening Lecture yesterday, watch the recording now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnSG...

The International Law Colloquium presents:
Warfare in the Digital Age: Cyber Operations as Means of Modern Armed Conflict

with
Daryna Abbakumova, Visiting Professor, Department of International Law & @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social Postdoctoral fellow.

📅 5th March

Join online:
shorturl.at/sOZpP

Professor @mostowlansky.bsky.social's new book, out open access, will be launched at the Institute tomorrow,
📅3 March, 16:15
as part of ANSO conversations, a space for scholars to share work-in-progress and research findings of relevance to contemporary anthropology & sociology.
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shorturl.at/sZ6MZ

Calling all master students! Present innovative & pragmatic solutions to address the challenges to the Future of Work.

The Geneva Challenge 2026, Advancing Development Goals Contest is open for proposals to address the profound & accelerating transformation in the world of work.

shorturl.at/UnIc1

Professor Sara Hellmüller on two re-emerging trends reshaping the basics of mediation at Doha launch of World Mediation Report 2026:
-the reprioritization of military over political approaches
-the turn toward bilateral & mini lateral formats that bypass multilateral frameworks.
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shorturl.at/Oko1G

How do we best advocate for and shape the future of children’s rights and refugee protection in the context of current political and humanitarian challenges?
Reflections by @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social Researcher Nadine Liddy from a Global Refugee Forum linked event at the Institute
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shorturl.at/oEOdu

Research Professor Sara Hellmüller [@sarahellmuller.bsky.social] speaks at Doha Launch of World Mediation Report 2026

🔗 Watch the recording www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

@gvagrad.bsky.social

Is Switzerland strengthening its defence industry — or quietly redrawing the boundaries of neutrality in a more polarized security landscape? Keith Krause @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social discusses: faculti.net/switzerland-... #defense #security

Is Switzerland strengthening its defence industry — or quietly redrawing the boundaries of neutrality in a more polarized security landscape? Keith Krause @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social discusses: faculti.net/switzerland-... #defense #security

Since 2022, there has been a huge increase in the required labour of care in Ukraine.
The Gender Centre's "Caring to Survive, Surviving to Care" project is funded by @snsf.ch.
Its contributors consider how this burden is falling primarily on women and continues to be undervalued.

shorturl.at/93f3k

Civil resistance against systems of oppression: Discover the Right Livelihood Collection in Salon Davis Visit our latest book exhibition and step into stories of courage and resistance. A guest post by Right Livelihood.

Stories of courage, resistance and community power.

Our latest book exhibition at the @gvagradlibrary.bsky.social brings together influential works by Right Livelihood Laureates who have challenged injustice for decades!

🗓️ February 24 – April 15
📍 Salon Davis (Library), @gvagrad.bsky.social

Our new commentary series analyses ‘just transition’ discourses, youth activism, and impacts on policy and politics. Read our first blog post by Maria Mexi: What Geneva reveals about climate justice, ‘glocal’ governance, and democratic renewal

https://shorturl.at/OdX3y

Our latest Research Bulletin is out!

🎤 upcoming events
📚 recent publications
🎥 Multimedia
👥 visitors
📣 calls for papers
🏆 awarded grants

@gvagrad.bsky.social

👉 www.graduateinstitute.ch/sites/intern...

"My courses draw on sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, and philosophy, allowing students to critically evaluate global inequalities while connecting theory to contemporary debates and their own lived experiences."
Meet Professor Graziella Moraes Dias Da Silva
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shorturl.at/rIcSB

On #SocialJusticeDay 2026, the question is no longer whether social justice matters, but how it is delivered.
The Institute contributes through its role within @ilo.org's Global Coalition for Social Justice to restore social justice at the centre of multilateral collaboration.
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In a new podcast w/ Prof. Vincent Chetail, we turn our attention to ICE and
- discuss its creation and its practices since 2003
- examine how allegations surrounding ICE’s treatment of migrants might be understood through the lens of international law & human rights obligations.

🎧 shorturl.at/SACXh

The GEN is at the launch of 2026 #GenevaPolicyOutlook, focused on Navigating a Turning Point for Global Cooperation, released against the backdrop of geopolitical fragmentation and global crises, incl. #TriplePlanetaryCrisis. #GPO2026

@gvagrad.bsky.social

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Young Tanzanians are fed up with not getting a slice of the economic action – research Tanzania’s October 29 protests were framed as an electoral dispute. Research links them to a deeper crisis of blocked adulthood among young people.

🆕 in @theconversation.com by ✍️ Genevieve Sekumbo, PhD candidate, @gvagrad.bsky.social

Young Tanzanians are fed up, yet their transition to adulthood remains closely shaped by commodity cycles.

#Tanzania #youth #anthropology #sociology

theconversation.com/young-tanzan...

Fabia Jenny's Master’s thesis at the Geneva Graduate Institute won the @norrag.bsky.social Prize in Comparative and International Education, an annual award presented by the NORRAG Global Education Centre and the @unesco.org Chair in Comparative Education Policy.

“Overall, most studies are clear that migrant workers are not in competition with national workers in the labour market. [...] In Western countries, the medical sector depends on migrant workers,”
Professor Vincent Chetail reflects on migration in a Swissinfo podcast by @imogenfoulkes.bsky.social.

Professor Andrew Clapham’s 7th edition of "Brierly’s Law of Nations" is now available in open access.

Originally published in 1928 by James Brierly, the work continues to shape the study of international law.

Read here:
fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

@abclapham.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social

Agenda-Keeping in International Geneva As crises multiply, institutions in Geneva race to keep long-term priorities alive. Lucile Maertens and colleagues reveal how UN Agencies keep vital issues on the world’s agenda through agenda-keeping...

📌 How do institutions keep longterm priorities alive amid crisis?
In #GPO2026, the authors reveal how agendakeeping has become a strategic tool for relevance in International Geneva.
👉 Read more: www.genevapolicyoutlook.ch/agenda-keepi...

@GePolOutlook #GlobalGovernance

Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still AWOL | The Observer The resultant uncertainty is Tehran’s last point of leverage

“My sense is it is probably split between various facilities, especially those that were struck by the US last year, where it could be buried under rubble,” Managing Researcher Farzan Sabet in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

shorturl.at/H20Eq

New power dynamics,
the erosion of international law,
the future of the International Order,
democracy in the Americas, as well as the so-called
"Neo-Imperial “Manifest Destiny” in the Age of Reshoring"
were the topics of last week's event on "Trump and Latin America"
Watch now 📽️ shorturl.at/K0IRk