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A leading institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs and located in the heart of International Geneva.
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“What does it mean to do #anthropology in times of genocide?” asks Izzeddin Araj, talking about his research. In his PhD thesis, he explores the #Palestinian experience of sperm smuggling from Israeli prisons, as form of anticolonial #resistance.

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November 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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
“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
👉 shorturl.at/EuCco
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Why has #LatinAmerica struggled to achieve sustained economic progress? Amb. José R. Sánchez-Fung, Prof. Francisco R. Rodríguez & Prof
@upanizza.bsky.social
discuss the region’s structural constraints and development cycles.

📅 6 Nov, Maison de la paix
👉 shorturl.at/MrE6D
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In a special @voxeu.org Economics podcast episode, Professor Beatrice Weder di Mauro discusses what chances there are of significant multilateral agreements being signed at #COP30 and, given that the chances are low, what plan B might be.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join the Global Migration Centre's upcoming talk with Visiting Professor, Dr. Sebnem Koser Akcapar:

International Migration Dynamics: Ongoing Paradigms and Emerging Realities

📅 5th November, 18:15 - Hybrid

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November 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In a world shaped by tensions and divides, philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne invites us to see universality as something built through dialogue and mutual recognition.

📅 5 Nov, Maison de la paix
FR/EN | In partnership with the Salon du livre de Genève
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November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
On 1 October 2025, Professor Bernard Z. Keo presented his new book: Imagining Malaya

The book reexamines the role of the Peranakan Chinese in shaping mid 20th century ideas of an inclusive Malayan nation.

Watch the event recording 👉 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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:
www.graduateinstitute.ch/open-house-w...
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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

shorturl.at/ZDt2B
October 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On 15 October, the Institute hosted the presentation of “An Israeli/Palestinian Federation: An Alternative Approach to Peace”.
Prof. Riccardo Bocco & Nigel Roberts's report considers the possibility of a federal union as a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

📹 Watch now: shorturl.at/iGJ9L
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Reknowned Senegalese philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne invites us to see universality not as a fixed truth, but as something we build together — through dialogue, translation, and mutual recognition:
'Rethinking the Universal in Times of Division'

📅 5th Nov, Maison de la paix
👉 shorturl.at/W28He
October 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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

👉 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Join us for 🌱 Revital - A documentary screening & discussion

Filmed across Amazonian landscapes shaped by both industry and regeneration, the documentary follows those who tend to seeds and soil, memory and life-generating projects.
📅 Wednesday, 23 October
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October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Join us for the Panel Discussion
Challenging the Deficit Model in Education and Development
by @norrag.bsky.social,
confronting the pervasive culture that frames the Global South as inherently lacking or “underdeveloped” compared to the Global North.
📅29th November, 18:30 Hybrid
👇 shorturl.at/Yi0GF
October 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Why does history matter so much to economists?

In a special edition of VoxTalks, International economics professors Nathan Sussmann & Rui Esteves talk about what a hundred lessons from history can teach us today.
With host Tim Phillips ( @talknormal.co.uk )

Listen now 👉 lnkd.in/em9pCiwH
October 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In a Global Challenges special issue by @gvagrad-research.bsky.social, find 16 articles by our professors, researchers and PhD students reflecting on the intersection of art & the study of the international.

👉 globalchallenges.ch
October 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
In her PhD thesis in International Relations/Political Science, Jaewon Kim @jaewonk.bsky.social explores how global economic integration affects the way countries manage skills and education.

www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

@norrag.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Vous vous demandez “Où en est la Syrie" ?

Rejoignez-nous le 📅 3 novembre, 12h30, à l’Institut et en ligne pour un échange sur les dynamiques actuelles, HTS, révolutions et transitions.

Avec @jeromed.bsky.social and Patrick Haenni, co-auteurs de Transformed by the People.

👉 shorturl.at/H0sji
October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Does international human rights law and international migration law serve to secure the rights of families?

@fekadeal.bsky.social's PhD thesis examined the impact of security-based migration policies on the right of families to know the truth about their missing relatives.

👉 shorturl.at/umyA4
October 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Migrant Solidarity: Creating a new "We"

The Global Migration Centre hosts Jacqueline Bhabha, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health,
presenting ongoing research and analyses.

📅 17 Oct, Maison de la paix
👉 shorturl.at/SPJm8
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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.

👉 shorturl.at/9BoGG
October 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Join us at the International History and Politics Forum, a flagship event of the International History and Politics Department that has been bringing scholars together for over five years.
1917-1991: A LONG COLD WAR?
With Professor Cyrus Schayegh
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October 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
'From Gaza to Tel Aviv: What #Journalism in a Society at War?'
Join our public event discussing the challenges reporters face and what these pressures translate into in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

📅 Monday, 3rd November, 18:00
📍 Maison de la paix and online

👉 shorturl.at/3Lot2
October 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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