UNRISD
@unrisd.org
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development - Interdisciplinary #research and policy analysis on the social dimensions of contemporary #development issues.
🗞️ UN Press highlights UNRISD’s call for stronger, rights-based social protection and expanded fiscal space at the Commission for Social Development.
Read full news:
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Read full news:
🔗 press.un.org/en/2026/soc4...
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🗞️ UN Press highlights UNRISD’s call for stronger, rights-based social protection and expanded fiscal space at the Commission for Social Development.
Read full news:
🔗 press.un.org/en/2026/soc4...
Read full news:
🔗 press.un.org/en/2026/soc4...
🎉 UNRISD now chairs COPAC with our Senior Research Coordinator, Ilcheong Yi, serving as Chairperson! Following the historic UNGA resolution on the International Year of Cooperatives @icacoop.bsky.social – every 10 years, momentum is growing for inclusive development.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🎉 UNRISD now chairs COPAC with our Senior Research Coordinator, Ilcheong Yi, serving as Chairperson! Following the historic UNGA resolution on the International Year of Cooperatives @icacoop.bsky.social – every 10 years, momentum is growing for inclusive development.
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🌍 UNRISD at #CSocD64 | On 4 Feb 2026, we convened “Beyond Normative Commitments: Care & Support Systems in LAC” with partners, incl. Gov of Chile, IDRC, GRADE, CLACSO, ELA, and the Global Alliance for Care.
📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqNo...
📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqNo...
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
🌍 UNRISD at #CSocD64 | On 4 Feb 2026, we convened “Beyond Normative Commitments: Care & Support Systems in LAC” with partners, incl. Gov of Chile, IDRC, GRADE, CLACSO, ELA, and the Global Alliance for Care.
📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqNo...
📹: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqNo...
🌏 What is the youth vision for 2030?
UNRISD asked @gvagrad.bsky.social students to reimagine social development's future. Meet our #YouthVoices:
🌟Brian Kelly Nyaga (Climate Action)
🌟Louise Alberti (Emotions as political tools)
🌟Shilpa Ann Thomas (Global South lens)
🔗https://ow.ly/2h6g50Y9aAl
UNRISD asked @gvagrad.bsky.social students to reimagine social development's future. Meet our #YouthVoices:
🌟Brian Kelly Nyaga (Climate Action)
🌟Louise Alberti (Emotions as political tools)
🌟Shilpa Ann Thomas (Global South lens)
🔗https://ow.ly/2h6g50Y9aAl
February 5, 2026 at 9:49 AM
🌏 What is the youth vision for 2030?
UNRISD asked @gvagrad.bsky.social students to reimagine social development's future. Meet our #YouthVoices:
🌟Brian Kelly Nyaga (Climate Action)
🌟Louise Alberti (Emotions as political tools)
🌟Shilpa Ann Thomas (Global South lens)
🔗https://ow.ly/2h6g50Y9aAl
UNRISD asked @gvagrad.bsky.social students to reimagine social development's future. Meet our #YouthVoices:
🌟Brian Kelly Nyaga (Climate Action)
🌟Louise Alberti (Emotions as political tools)
🌟Shilpa Ann Thomas (Global South lens)
🔗https://ow.ly/2h6g50Y9aAl
🎙️This week on our #SSEEssentials Podcast Spotlight: “Working Conditions and Wages”, with Kunle Akingbola.
In this episode, we explore how decent work and community engagement strengthen SSE organizations and their development impact.
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#Beyond2025
In this episode, we explore how decent work and community engagement strengthen SSE organizations and their development impact.
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#Beyond2025
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
🎙️This week on our #SSEEssentials Podcast Spotlight: “Working Conditions and Wages”, with Kunle Akingbola.
In this episode, we explore how decent work and community engagement strengthen SSE organizations and their development impact.
🔗 ow.ly/PZv550Y8R4M
#Beyond2025
In this episode, we explore how decent work and community engagement strengthen SSE organizations and their development impact.
🔗 ow.ly/PZv550Y8R4M
#Beyond2025
🇨🇭🇺🇳 Switzerland has been a key UNRISD partner since our founding. On 21 Jan, we met with Amb. Julien Thöni and Mr Vincent Conus at the Swiss Mission to reaffirm our partnership and commitment to evidence-based dialogue, multilateral cooperation, and inclusive social development.
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
🇨🇭🇺🇳 Switzerland has been a key UNRISD partner since our founding. On 21 Jan, we met with Amb. Julien Thöni and Mr Vincent Conus at the Swiss Mission to reaffirm our partnership and commitment to evidence-based dialogue, multilateral cooperation, and inclusive social development.
🎉 A year full of connection, dialogue, and impactful events!
These were our most popular events in 2025, advancing social rights and shaping the future of social development:
1️⃣ World Social Work Day 2025
2️⃣ UNRISD at the 2nd WSSD
3️⃣ Beyond 2030
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These were our most popular events in 2025, advancing social rights and shaping the future of social development:
1️⃣ World Social Work Day 2025
2️⃣ UNRISD at the 2nd WSSD
3️⃣ Beyond 2030
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January 30, 2026 at 12:28 PM
🎉 A year full of connection, dialogue, and impactful events!
These were our most popular events in 2025, advancing social rights and shaping the future of social development:
1️⃣ World Social Work Day 2025
2️⃣ UNRISD at the 2nd WSSD
3️⃣ Beyond 2030
🔗 ow.ly/pYEB50Y5rIU
These were our most popular events in 2025, advancing social rights and shaping the future of social development:
1️⃣ World Social Work Day 2025
2️⃣ UNRISD at the 2nd WSSD
3️⃣ Beyond 2030
🔗 ow.ly/pYEB50Y5rIU
As we enter the “final sprint” of the #2030Agenda, whose voices count?
At the #SDGs 10th anniversary in Beijing, UNRISD spotlighted Global South knowledge and inclusive research. Progress beyond 2030 depends on shared leadership & diverse perspectives.
🔗 Read full story here: ow.ly/AkvV50Y5jxY
At the #SDGs 10th anniversary in Beijing, UNRISD spotlighted Global South knowledge and inclusive research. Progress beyond 2030 depends on shared leadership & diverse perspectives.
🔗 Read full story here: ow.ly/AkvV50Y5jxY
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
As we enter the “final sprint” of the #2030Agenda, whose voices count?
At the #SDGs 10th anniversary in Beijing, UNRISD spotlighted Global South knowledge and inclusive research. Progress beyond 2030 depends on shared leadership & diverse perspectives.
🔗 Read full story here: ow.ly/AkvV50Y5jxY
At the #SDGs 10th anniversary in Beijing, UNRISD spotlighted Global South knowledge and inclusive research. Progress beyond 2030 depends on shared leadership & diverse perspectives.
🔗 Read full story here: ow.ly/AkvV50Y5jxY
🕊What does peaceful coexistence really take?
UNRISD’s research on #InclusivePeace for Social Development shows that inclusive education, socio-economic equity, women’s leadership & community action are key to lasting peace.
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#PeacefulCoexistenceDay
UNRISD’s research on #InclusivePeace for Social Development shows that inclusive education, socio-economic equity, women’s leadership & community action are key to lasting peace.
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#PeacefulCoexistenceDay
January 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM
🕊What does peaceful coexistence really take?
UNRISD’s research on #InclusivePeace for Social Development shows that inclusive education, socio-economic equity, women’s leadership & community action are key to lasting peace.
🔗 ow.ly/UH3K50Y4Lqq
#PeacefulCoexistenceDay
UNRISD’s research on #InclusivePeace for Social Development shows that inclusive education, socio-economic equity, women’s leadership & community action are key to lasting peace.
🔗 ow.ly/UH3K50Y4Lqq
#PeacefulCoexistenceDay
🌍 Continuing the celebration of #InternationalEducationDay, this week’s UNRISD #SSEEssentials podcast features Christina Clamp on cooperative-led education and how SSE tackles inequality while strengthening public education in Brazil, Africa & beyond.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
🌍 Continuing the celebration of #InternationalEducationDay, this week’s UNRISD #SSEEssentials podcast features Christina Clamp on cooperative-led education and how SSE tackles inequality while strengthening public education in Brazil, Africa & beyond.
🎧 ow.ly/crO950Y4Hs5
🎧 ow.ly/crO950Y4Hs5
📅 Mark your calendar! At #CSocD64, UNRISD joins 3 events – side events & a high-level dialogue – sharing research on care & inclusive social development.
2 Feb: ow.ly/oQbs50Y1G1w
4 Feb: ow.ly/IMEN50Y1G1v
5 Feb: ow.ly/IMEN50Y1G1v
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2 Feb: ow.ly/oQbs50Y1G1w
4 Feb: ow.ly/IMEN50Y1G1v
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January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
📅 Mark your calendar! At #CSocD64, UNRISD joins 3 events – side events & a high-level dialogue – sharing research on care & inclusive social development.
2 Feb: ow.ly/oQbs50Y1G1w
4 Feb: ow.ly/IMEN50Y1G1v
5 Feb: ow.ly/IMEN50Y1G1v
🔗 ow.ly/vXe350Y1G1
2 Feb: ow.ly/oQbs50Y1G1w
4 Feb: ow.ly/IMEN50Y1G1v
5 Feb: ow.ly/IMEN50Y1G1v
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📢 New UNRISD #FFDP Working Paper: Opportunities and Challenges from a Global South Perspective.
Anna Ackzell examines Feminist Foreign and Development Policies beyond their origins in the Global North, and their influence on global issues.
🔗 www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
Anna Ackzell examines Feminist Foreign and Development Policies beyond their origins in the Global North, and their influence on global issues.
🔗 www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
January 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
📢 New UNRISD #FFDP Working Paper: Opportunities and Challenges from a Global South Perspective.
Anna Ackzell examines Feminist Foreign and Development Policies beyond their origins in the Global North, and their influence on global issues.
🔗 www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
Anna Ackzell examines Feminist Foreign and Development Policies beyond their origins in the Global North, and their influence on global issues.
🔗 www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
📚 On Jan 24, we celebrated #InternationalDayOfEducation!
How can education reduce inequality and make higher education inclusive and transformative? UNRISD research shows education is a pathway to equity and shared prosperity.
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How can education reduce inequality and make higher education inclusive and transformative? UNRISD research shows education is a pathway to equity and shared prosperity.
🔗https://ow.ly/M0qN50Y3tXr
🔗https://ow.ly/iCrp50Y3tXs
January 26, 2026 at 1:01 PM
📚 On Jan 24, we celebrated #InternationalDayOfEducation!
How can education reduce inequality and make higher education inclusive and transformative? UNRISD research shows education is a pathway to equity and shared prosperity.
🔗https://ow.ly/M0qN50Y3tXr
🔗https://ow.ly/iCrp50Y3tXs
How can education reduce inequality and make higher education inclusive and transformative? UNRISD research shows education is a pathway to equity and shared prosperity.
🔗https://ow.ly/M0qN50Y3tXr
🔗https://ow.ly/iCrp50Y3tXs
On the International Day of #WomenInMultilateralism, we celebrate women’s leadership in building fairer global governance.
Our Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social reminds us: full women’s participation is essential to redesign and strengthen global systems.
🔗https://ow.ly/IUOf50Y3C0T
Our Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social reminds us: full women’s participation is essential to redesign and strengthen global systems.
🔗https://ow.ly/IUOf50Y3C0T
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
On the International Day of #WomenInMultilateralism, we celebrate women’s leadership in building fairer global governance.
Our Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social reminds us: full women’s participation is essential to redesign and strengthen global systems.
🔗https://ow.ly/IUOf50Y3C0T
Our Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social reminds us: full women’s participation is essential to redesign and strengthen global systems.
🔗https://ow.ly/IUOf50Y3C0T
📹 Our most-watched videos from 2025, spotlighting social justice and change:
1️⃣ Stand Up for Social Justice: Special Concert at the UN
2️⃣ Meet the 2025 APOHS Fellows!
3️⃣ Live from New York! UNRISD Director on ILO’s Social Justice Report
✨Follow for more impactful content!
1️⃣ Stand Up for Social Justice: Special Concert at the UN
2️⃣ Meet the 2025 APOHS Fellows!
3️⃣ Live from New York! UNRISD Director on ILO’s Social Justice Report
✨Follow for more impactful content!
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 PM
📹 Our most-watched videos from 2025, spotlighting social justice and change:
1️⃣ Stand Up for Social Justice: Special Concert at the UN
2️⃣ Meet the 2025 APOHS Fellows!
3️⃣ Live from New York! UNRISD Director on ILO’s Social Justice Report
✨Follow for more impactful content!
1️⃣ Stand Up for Social Justice: Special Concert at the UN
2️⃣ Meet the 2025 APOHS Fellows!
3️⃣ Live from New York! UNRISD Director on ILO’s Social Justice Report
✨Follow for more impactful content!
📖 Which ideas resonated most in 2025?
Our most-read blogs & think pieces:
1️⃣ Beyond Copenhagen
2️⃣ International Women’s Day 2025
3️⃣ Still Reaching for the Band-Aid
→ Read here: www.unrisd.org/en/library/b...
Our most-read blogs & think pieces:
1️⃣ Beyond Copenhagen
2️⃣ International Women’s Day 2025
3️⃣ Still Reaching for the Band-Aid
→ Read here: www.unrisd.org/en/library/b...
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
📖 Which ideas resonated most in 2025?
Our most-read blogs & think pieces:
1️⃣ Beyond Copenhagen
2️⃣ International Women’s Day 2025
3️⃣ Still Reaching for the Band-Aid
→ Read here: www.unrisd.org/en/library/b...
Our most-read blogs & think pieces:
1️⃣ Beyond Copenhagen
2️⃣ International Women’s Day 2025
3️⃣ Still Reaching for the Band-Aid
→ Read here: www.unrisd.org/en/library/b...
🎧 Over 1000 hours of listening in 2025 — thank you!
Our most-played episodes:
1️⃣ Evolution of Anti-Gender Movements
2️⃣ Responding to Backlash Impacts
3️⃣ North American Religious Right’s Global Influence
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Acast & YouTube
ow.ly/SgSu50XY3G5
Our most-played episodes:
1️⃣ Evolution of Anti-Gender Movements
2️⃣ Responding to Backlash Impacts
3️⃣ North American Religious Right’s Global Influence
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Acast & YouTube
ow.ly/SgSu50XY3G5
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
🎧 Over 1000 hours of listening in 2025 — thank you!
Our most-played episodes:
1️⃣ Evolution of Anti-Gender Movements
2️⃣ Responding to Backlash Impacts
3️⃣ North American Religious Right’s Global Influence
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Acast & YouTube
ow.ly/SgSu50XY3G5
Our most-played episodes:
1️⃣ Evolution of Anti-Gender Movements
2️⃣ Responding to Backlash Impacts
3️⃣ North American Religious Right’s Global Influence
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Acast & YouTube
ow.ly/SgSu50XY3G5
🎧 Final episode of #BacklashUnfiltered — From Evidence to Action.
We close the series with Constanza Tabbush on the UNRISD–UN Women report, Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality, to advance gender justice and call for action.
🔗 Listen now → youtu.be/Kpr00xyqLEI?...
We close the series with Constanza Tabbush on the UNRISD–UN Women report, Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality, to advance gender justice and call for action.
🔗 Listen now → youtu.be/Kpr00xyqLEI?...
Episode 10. From Evidence to Action: Understanding Global Implications of Gender Backlash
YouTube video by UNRISD
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January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
🎧 Final episode of #BacklashUnfiltered — From Evidence to Action.
We close the series with Constanza Tabbush on the UNRISD–UN Women report, Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality, to advance gender justice and call for action.
🔗 Listen now → youtu.be/Kpr00xyqLEI?...
We close the series with Constanza Tabbush on the UNRISD–UN Women report, Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality, to advance gender justice and call for action.
🔗 Listen now → youtu.be/Kpr00xyqLEI?...
📚 Which was your top research read in 2025?
Check our readers’ favorites last year:
1️⃣ Just Transition & Care Work
2️⃣ Ensuring Justice in Transition
3️⃣ Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality
🔗 Read more: https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1fa34ab85f52d0ea48d940fb&id=c863564202
Check our readers’ favorites last year:
1️⃣ Just Transition & Care Work
2️⃣ Ensuring Justice in Transition
3️⃣ Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality
🔗 Read more: https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1fa34ab85f52d0ea48d940fb&id=c863564202
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
📚 Which was your top research read in 2025?
Check our readers’ favorites last year:
1️⃣ Just Transition & Care Work
2️⃣ Ensuring Justice in Transition
3️⃣ Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality
🔗 Read more: https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1fa34ab85f52d0ea48d940fb&id=c863564202
Check our readers’ favorites last year:
1️⃣ Just Transition & Care Work
2️⃣ Ensuring Justice in Transition
3️⃣ Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality
🔗 Read more: https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1fa34ab85f52d0ea48d940fb&id=c863564202
📚 From critical reports to policy briefs, 2025 was a year of crucial questions, engaged research and necessary publications.
Explore UNRISD open-access library in our website and dive into the insights that are shaping global conversations → www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
#unrisd2025impact
Explore UNRISD open-access library in our website and dive into the insights that are shaping global conversations → www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
#unrisd2025impact
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📚 From critical reports to policy briefs, 2025 was a year of crucial questions, engaged research and necessary publications.
Explore UNRISD open-access library in our website and dive into the insights that are shaping global conversations → www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
#unrisd2025impact
Explore UNRISD open-access library in our website and dive into the insights that are shaping global conversations → www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
#unrisd2025impact
What a year! 🌍 From groundbreaking research to global dialogues, 2025 has been full of impact and collaboration ✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us on this journey toward social justice and sustainability. Here’s to building even stronger connections in 2026! 💡 #UNRISD2025Impact #ResearchForChange
December 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
What a year! 🌍 From groundbreaking research to global dialogues, 2025 has been full of impact and collaboration ✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us on this journey toward social justice and sustainability. Here’s to building even stronger connections in 2026! 💡 #UNRISD2025Impact #ResearchForChange
At #COP30, governments agreed to develop a #JustTransition Mechanism that, for the first time, explicitly recognizes the care economy.
Read @unrisd.org’s reflections linking this shift to our research on care-centred transition policy → shorturl.at/iXdh7
#YearinReview #UNRISD2025Impact
Read @unrisd.org’s reflections linking this shift to our research on care-centred transition policy → shorturl.at/iXdh7
#YearinReview #UNRISD2025Impact
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
At #COP30, governments agreed to develop a #JustTransition Mechanism that, for the first time, explicitly recognizes the care economy.
Read @unrisd.org’s reflections linking this shift to our research on care-centred transition policy → shorturl.at/iXdh7
#YearinReview #UNRISD2025Impact
Read @unrisd.org’s reflections linking this shift to our research on care-centred transition policy → shorturl.at/iXdh7
#YearinReview #UNRISD2025Impact
Honored to engage in the #SocietyOfCare dialogue organized by @SRE_mx ! W/ CEPAL @unwomen.bsky.social we discussed the vital role of care in public policy, shared global insights, and highlighted Mexico’s National Progressive Care System.
Read more (ES): oncenoticias.digital/nacional/sre...
Read more (ES): oncenoticias.digital/nacional/sre...
SRE realiza diálogo sobre sociedad del cuidado
La SRE encabezó un diálogo internacional para fortalecer la sociedad del cuidado y reconocer el trabajo de las mujeres en esta labor esencial.
oncenoticias.digital
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Honored to engage in the #SocietyOfCare dialogue organized by @SRE_mx ! W/ CEPAL @unwomen.bsky.social we discussed the vital role of care in public policy, shared global insights, and highlighted Mexico’s National Progressive Care System.
Read more (ES): oncenoticias.digital/nacional/sre...
Read more (ES): oncenoticias.digital/nacional/sre...
📢 New UNRISD #ThinkPiece: #Taxes aren’t just revenue—they’re a foundation for health, equity & governance. L&MICs lose ~$500B annually to tax abuse. Rethink tax to fund health, justice & universal coverage.
📕Read more: ow.ly/L1am50Xz9F4
#WSSD #WorldSummit
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#WSSD #WorldSummit
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
📢 New UNRISD #ThinkPiece: #Taxes aren’t just revenue—they’re a foundation for health, equity & governance. L&MICs lose ~$500B annually to tax abuse. Rethink tax to fund health, justice & universal coverage.
📕Read more: ow.ly/L1am50Xz9F4
#WSSD #WorldSummit
📕Read more: ow.ly/L1am50Xz9F4
#WSSD #WorldSummit
Honored to join the 10th anniversary of the #2030Agenda! UNRISD Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social joined Minister @jmalbares.bsky.social & Spanish civil society leaders calling for global unity for peace, human rights & sustainability.
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Honored to join the 10th anniversary of the #2030Agenda! UNRISD Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social joined Minister @jmalbares.bsky.social & Spanish civil society leaders calling for global unity for peace, human rights & sustainability.