Geneva Graduate Institute
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A leading institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, located in the heart of International Geneva. 🌍️ www.graduateinstitute.ch
We are pleased to see you again for the 13th Annual Alumni Reunion, which will be held on Saturday 12 September, beginning at 2pm at Maison de la Paix. Registration and payment are open until 2 September on the platform reserved for you... alumni.graduateinstitute.ch/s/ @gvagrad.bsky.social
📚 #PhDDefense in #InternationalHistory: 🎓 Alessandro Ambrosino explores how the cold war fragmented the Alps–Adriatic region—and how border communities challenged the the frontier. @daviderodogno.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social #Europe #borderlands 🎤 Read the Interview : shorturl.at/kv7bL
Le professeur de relations internationales et de science politique, Cédric Dupont était l'invité du podcast Let's Talk de SWI swissinfo.ch pour décrypter les suites du vote sur « Pas de Suisse à 10 millions » et l'avenir des relations Suisse-UE. À écouter ici : shorturl.at/ZgyLS #Suisse #Votations
What is a family? Clara Silveira's PhD defense (Int'l History & Politics) explores how the Brazilian press portrayed families & family policy 1930–45 — revealing patterns still shaping Brazil today. www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio... #PhDDefense #Brazil #history
⚠️ 1/ The challenge What happens when energy, AI, critical minerals, care systems, food systems and regions all transform at once? How can we ensure these transitions are just, embedding decent work, labour rights, livelihoods, and inclusive development within economic and industrial change?
Read International History and Politics Professor Cyrus Schayegh's geopolitical analysis on Iran and stay tuned for weekly updates, "that seeks to bring history to bear on current geopolitics": substack.com/home/post/p-...
Power and insecurities in Tehran
State funerals are ceremonies of power, but especially during transitions also evince insecurities.
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#SummerReads The first half of 2026 saw the publication of a selection of books by Geneva Graduate Institute faculty, covering a wide range of topics from human rights to women in science to transimperial history and more. 👇 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
In his PhD thesis "Reason against Passion: Scientific Vocabularies in International Law," Thomas Romailler examines how international lawyers borrowed ideas from science — and how this shaped the profession's obsession with neutrality and objectivity. Full interview 👉 shorturl.at/4vRwD
New episode of What Matters Today with Professor Cyrius Schayegh on "Beyond the Ceasefire: Iran, the United States, and a Changing Middle East" Listen now👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRDn... #Ceasefire #Iran #US
Beyond the Ceasefire: Iran, the United States, and a Changing Middle East
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Watch Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and an alumnus of the Institute discuss how multilateral organisations and their leaders can step up to the challenges of today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP1x... Rafael Grossi is a candidate to be the next UNSG.
The Importance Of Multilateral Organisations: How Can They Step Up to the Challenges of Today
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In the context of the class “Politics of International Organizations”, taught by Lucile Maertens, students created fictional candidates for the position of United Nations Secretary-General and elaborated a series of documents for their campaign kit. Read on: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
👉 PhD thesis | The Hospital after Infection: An Ethnography of (Resistant) Infections in a Hospital in India 🇮🇳 🎓 Purbasha Mazumdar situates antimicrobial resistance in global health discourse and clinical work. @gvagrad.bsky.social Read the full interview: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
🇧🇷 Bolsa Família: Why the Ongoing Controversy Despite the Evidence? 👉 A new article in @theconversation.com on Brazil by Prof. Graziella Moraes Silva, Lívio Silva-Müller, and Matias López @liviosilva.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-ggc.bsky.social theconversation.com/pobres-nao-m...
Pobres não merecem Bolsa Família? Por que a polêmica vigora, apesar das evidências
Pesquisa mostra que a crença no demérito dos pobres ainda é grande entre as elites brasileiras – e pesa na hora de rejeitar políticas redistributivas
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75 years of the Refugee Convention. Professor Vincent Chetail marks the anniversary with a new essay for Opinio Juris/UNHCR. The Convention is "neither a relic of the past nor a panacea for the future. It is an imperfect instrument for an imperfect world." Read more 👉 shorturl.at/9Ezfr
Some countries would "likely consider U.S. preferences in whom they support, but not all countries necessarily want the U.S. back in the WHO," states Professor Suerie Moon in Politico's article. www.politico.eu/article/the-...
Who will lead the WHO after Trump’s retreat?
The next director-general will inherit an organization grappling with a funding crisis while trying to implement a new global health model.
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The international economics department at the Institute is looking for a full professor at the Pictet chair in finance & development. Policy-relevant economic research and training for a better world. Apply by 16th August, 2026. Start date: 1st September, 2027. More info lnkd.in/e-5W_crm
Professor Fuad Zarbiyev has been elected to the UN Human Rights Committee for 2027-2030. He is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute and Programme Director of the LL.M. in International Law. Read more: shorturl.at/ZwOLGhttps:/... #UN #HumanRightsCommittee #Law
PhD Thesis in #Anthropology and #Sociology Purbasha Mazumdar examines the paradoxical figure of the “infectious hospital” in contemporary India: a space that promises cure while simultaneously engendering and sustaining infections, including resistant ones. 👇 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
🌍 #NOVAFRICA2026 Conference in Economic: Labor Session! #ClaudeRaisaro from @gvagrad.bsky.social presenting "Hidden Discrimination in Frictional Labor Markets". #NOVAFRICA2026 #DevelopmentEconomics #NovaSBE
What would a conflict with #Iran actually cost #Europe? Energy markets, trade, inflation, green targets, security alliances — all of it on the table. New What Matters Today with Professor Dominic Rohner from the Geneva Graduate Institute. Listen now: shorturl.at/OYR4t #Geopolitics #Podcast
Listen to the new episode on the podcatcher of your choice. Democracy in question is a podcast by the @weareceu.bsky.social and the AHCD at the @gvagrad.bsky.social https://democracy-in-question.simplecast.com/episodes/marleneengelhorn
A useful overview of the IHR, as amended in 2022 and 2024, and its rejections - by Gian Luca Burci @gvagrad.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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Want to know how the candidates for the position of the next UN Secretary General reflect on the future of multilateralism, human rights, youth involvement & more? Watch the debate which took place at the Geneva Graduate Institute yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTc7... @gwlvoices.bsky.social
The Candidates Debate - Next UNSG
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Following the 'Candidates’ Debate for #NextUNSG at the Institute on 9th June, the public is invited to join 'Launch of Her Turn Decalogue for the Next UNSG - Youth Voices Shaping Multilateralism' an event focusing on #intergenerational dialogue in the context of #multilateralism. 👇 shorturl.at/5s0Hi
🎙️ 8 high-quality podcasts by students on human rights and humanitarianism Produced under the guidance of professors Julie Billaud and Maria Neus Torbisco Casals @juliebillaud.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social #HumanRights #Humanitarian #Podcast shorturl.at/7gzVR
There's been a lot of interest in the rationale of the GGRCC since we announced it, and this interview at @gvagrad.bsky.social presented an excellent opportunity to share that rationale from my perspective as president: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
A New Consortium to Strengthen Global Governance Research
The Global Governance Centre (GGC) at the Graduate Institute is a founding member of the newly established Global Governance Research Centre Consortium (GGRCC), a network uniting six leading research ...
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Agi Veres, Director of @undp.org Geneva and Director @mlsalles.bsky.social focus on the future of development in this conversation. Together they reflect on global trends, funding pressures, the emergence of new partners & tech transformations redefining the sector. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XB6...
Rethinking Development: Toward Collective Stewardship of Our Shared Future
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What challenges to the international rule of law? Join our lunch briefing online TOMORROW to hear from Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, formerly Judge & President of the ICJ, who will explore the resilience of the international legal order & the need to stand up for its defense. 📅 5th June shorturl.at/dOl0t
📣Out now on #firstview! George J. Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social on 'HIV/AIDS and the English Countryside' #Urban #Rural #Heteronormativity #Sexual #Morality #History #Demography 20thc 🗃️ 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
👉 Development aid is under pressure: shrinking funding, multiple crises, and fading public support. Is the model collapsing — or evolving? #ODA #Development 📖 Read the new #GlobalChallenges issue on the future of development: @gvagrad.bsky.social globalchallenges.ch/issue/19/