Calling master students to present innovative solutions to the challenges to the future of work.
Send theoretically grounded ideas offering pragmatic solutions, stemming from an interdisciplinary collaboration between 3-5 students from anywhere in the world.
The Geneva Challenge - shorturl.at/hHeTY
Professor Dominic Rohner's book, The Peace Formula, now available in French.
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"À l'heure où les conflits se multiplient et s'internationalisent, ce livre offre des clés essentielles pour comprendre pourquoi la guerre persiste — et surtout, comment il reste possible de l'empêcher."
shorturl.at/TuTSo
#PhDThesis
Luisa Lupo examines the lives of people working in the cotton fields of Southeast #Turkey and within the supply chains that connect them to international markets.
She finds that precarious labour and violences of state security measures produce veritable “cotton wars”.
shorturl.at/WO7av
In this episode, with Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Filipe Calvão, we explore how the United States is rethinking its industrial strategy—from “America First” policies and supply‑chain reshoring to the global race for critical minerals.
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www.graduateinstitute.ch/podcast-series
How should we prepare the next generation of peacebuilders?
The Geneva Graduate Institute & @interpeace.org launch the International Geneva Peace Fellowship, a 9-month programme connecting research, practice & humanitarian diplomacy, supporting emerging professionals in the field.
shorturl.at/PUIYJ
Do you remember the group of retired women who took the Swiss government to court for failing to protect them from the impacts of #climatechange?
The film TROP CHAUD traces their journey to the @echr.coe.int, which in 2024 delivered a historic ruling against Switzerland.
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shorturl.at/rnptq
Having searched in vain for a study explaining where 'global citizenship' came from and how it grew to what it is today, Bram Barnes, in his #PhDThesis, traced the history of the same concept through the lens of international education movements, institutions & projects.
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shorturl.at/iUIyv
"A feminist approach to security would mean prioritising listening to people most affected by state security policies. Just as there are plural feminisms, security is experienced and understood in multiple ways."
PhD Candidate Raksha Gopal moderated the Gender Debate on 7th March 👉 shorturl.at/S9Cva
🌱 Excited to share my new article with Saniye Dedeoglu!
We look at how #farmworkers’ inclusion in commercial #agriculture in 🇹🇷 works through patriarchal family relations and labor brokerage practices that connect home and farm, reproducing inequalities @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-gc.bsky.social
"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
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?...
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/...
"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...
“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
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
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"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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