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🎧 What to do in times of democracy decline?
Mainstream narratives focus so narrowly on the rise of the far right, yet reality is more fluid. There’s still plenty of room for political dialogue and collective action. Not easy, but worth trying! We talk about this @unrisd.org 👇
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🎧 New Episode: #BacklashUnfiltered feat. Yanina Welp. We explore civic resistance, new forms of participation, and movements reshaping democracy. From Chile to beyond, discover how people are reclaiming rights & inclusion.
🔗Tune in now! youtu.be/MNRcWrWEhC4?...
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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In the new episode of What Matters Today, Dr. Vassily Klimentov discusses the current state of affairs in #Ukraine and the challenges facing #diplomatic efforts toward #peace.

Listen now: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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À l’heure de la COP30 au Brésil, les #peuples #autochtones sont-ils enfin entendus ?

22% du #carbone des #forêts tropicales sont gérées par ces communautés, estime Marine Gauthier, PhD Candidate @gvagrad.bsky.social, dans @france.theconversation.com

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COP après COP, les peuples autochtones sont de plus en plus visibles mais toujours inaudibles
Ils occupent 20 % des territoires terrestres, mais leur voix demeurent souvent inaudibles lorsque les décideurs du monde entier se réunissent.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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At 80, the UN stands at a crossroads. As highlighted by Professor Fuad Zarbiyev in an interview with SWI swissinfo.ch, “the UN is what we make of it”, a reminder that its future depends on our cooperation, our reforms and our voices.
#UN80 #GlobalCooperation #Geneva

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Inside Geneva: taking the pulse of the UN at 80
As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary, Inside Geneva asks: is the world’s most ambitious multilateral project still fit for purpose?
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November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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En 🇦🇷 la debilidad judicial viene de:
❎patrón de “purga y reemplazo”
❎no hay diversidad (ni mujeres ni ni pluralidad) y esto empobrece el debate
❎Sobrecarga y parálisis (una locura)
❎Los jueces actúan como actores estratégicos p/ preservar permanencia. Imperdible 👇 rb.gy/zwzwud
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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➡️ En #Brasil, el Supremo juzga a Bolsonaro por golpismo
➡️El Congreso debate una amnistía para perdonarlo
➡️Si la aprueba, el TS puede vetarla
🔃Una tormenta política y estructural con la defensa institucional en el ojo del huracán
🧭 El análisis de Marjorie Correa Marona 👇
redpolitologas.bsky.social Red de Politólogas - #NoSinMujeres @redpolitologas.bsky.social · 12d
📢 #LaRedPolitologasEnMedios

✍ Marjorie Correa Marona, colega de la @RedPolitologas, publica “Democracia en Juicio” en la plataforma @Latinoamerica21 , donde analiza la capacidad de resistencia de la democracia brasileña. 📰✨

🔽 Consulta aquí
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Democracia en juicio - Latinoamérica 21
Análisis L21 | La democracia brasileña no solo está juzgando a un expresidente, está midiendo su propia capacidad. Democracia en juicio.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Read our latest Research Bulletin !
🎤 upcoming events
📚 recent publications
👥 visiting research fellows
📣 calls for papers and prizes
🏆 awarded grants and prizes
@gvagrad.bsky.social

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November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Trade policies can have surprising effects and not all shocks hurt #trade.

🎤 Read the interview with Carolina Lemos Rêgo, the newly graduated PhD, exploring trade dynamics and policy.

#internationaleconomics #phd @gvagrad.bsky.social

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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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“In the Dark Times / Will There Also be Singing?” Fuad Zarbiyev reflects on what may be becoming of international law in today’s world. Part of the #InternationalLaw Colloquium series.

📅 13 Nov 2025, 12:45–14:00
📍 Maison de la paix, room S7 & online
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In the Dark Times / Will There Also be Singing?” On What May Be Becoming of International Law
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Call for papers
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November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Call for papers: 50 Years After the Coup in Argentina: Continuities & Ruptures.

Submit by 1 Dec 2025

Find out more and submit:

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November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Our colleagues at the University of Geneva are organizing this great event: Semaine des Droits Humains.https://www.unige.ch/cite/evenements/semaine-des-droits-humains/sdh2025
Semaine des droits humains 2025 - Services à la cité - UNIGE
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October 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Is today!
💥AI and the Democratic Commons: New Practices of Participation, by Clarie Alspektor
28/10, 12:30 - 13:30
Room S11, Maison de la paix, and online

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October 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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We often get Citizens’ Assemblies backwards. Don't fit a problem to an institution. Instead:
☑️Define the problem.
☑️Assess strengths & weaknesses.
☑️Choose the right participatory tool.

Align resources with the problem, not the other way around.
#DeliberativeDemocracy #ProblemSolving
October 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I've lived in Europe for + 20 years. It’s either extremely difficult to get political rights (Switzerland), or theoretically easy but practically blocked by administrative obstacles (Spain).

Today I exercised my voting right for the Argentine elections, voting from Barcelona. Mixed feelings.
October 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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How can journalism fulfill its mission in a protracted conflict where reporters navigate restricted access, political and physical threats, and struggle to verify facts with rigor?

Join our event
'From Gaza to Tel Aviv: What Journalism in a Society at War?'

📅Monday, 3rd November

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October 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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👉 New article: “Art and the Social Sciences” by Alessandro Monsutti in Global Challenges
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How #art and the #SocialSciences can converge to rethink our ways of knowing, representing, and acting in the world?
— in #OpenAccess

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Global Challenges - Arts and the Study of the International
Art and the Social Sciences: Between Research, Creation and Social Commitment by
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October 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Open House Week starts today and here's today's classes still left to join real time, online.
Designed for prospective students but open to anyone to get a true sense of what it’s like to study here.

Access via webex, links below:
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October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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The @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social launches its Research Seminar 2025–2026, a forum for sharing ongoing research in an informal setting, opening methodological perspectives on the study of #democracy.
This year's theme is Democracy Unsettled.

Upcoming sessions👇 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
October 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Hosted by @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social, Geneva Democracy Week took place from 1-9 October, to foster debate on a range of themes.
Read Christine Lutringer's reflections on the week and watch the recording of the keynote: 'Can Democracy Survive Polarisation?' by George Papandreou.

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October 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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How can #generativeAI strengthen democracy rather than undermine it?
Clarie Alspektor (make.org) will present @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social's research seminar:
"AI and the Democratic Commons: New Practices of Participation"
📅28 Oct, Maison de la paix & online

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October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Today was #DemocracyWeek day 2. A deep dive into Swiss institutions, the role of business, and youth civic power.

Kicking off with a tour of the Hôtel de Ville, followed by a workshop on referenda & initiatives by @GE_chancellerie
October 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Democracy week is off to a great start with a keynote by former greek prime minister George Papandreou "Can democracy survive polarisation?"

Find the rest of the programme at https://f.mtr.cool/qzxdsglhjg
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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On 9 Oct in Geneva, join us for Remapping Political Power in India: a discussion on how the next census + redistricting could reshape, representation & democracy.

🗓️ 9 Oct 2025 | 18:30–20:00

https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/remapping-political-power-india

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October 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Democracy + Rights = more than words.
On 9 October 2025, 12:30-13:30 at the Graduate Institute join a panel on “How to protect rights-based pathways to democracy and development?” 

https://f.mtr.cool/kojhpzhtxx
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM