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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 1d

In ANSO Conversations scholars share their work & research findings of relevance to contemporary anthropology & sociology.
The department is kicking off this semester's series with a book launch:
Justice in the Balance: Democracy, Rule of Law, and the European Court of Human Rights
shorturl.at/WYGkY

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 1d

The GEN is at #BecomingNaturePositive: Transitioning to a Safe and Just Future, a discussion on a book gathering global leaders in sustainability, business & policy to share perspectives on how to achieve a #NaturePositive world. @gvagrad.bsky.social

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Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social · 14d

Polarisation is straining democracies across the globe. Can they survive it?

Join us for a public debate on 6 Oct, 18:30 | @gvagrad.bsky.social

Register here: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/can-democracy-survive-polarisation

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 2d

Red a recap of the recent seminar hosted by the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Health Centre and the International Geneva Global Health Platform, highlighting a massive increase in attacks on health facilities, particularly by states.

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI - When hospitals become battlefields, care itself is under fire.

Co-hosted by @gvagrad.bsky.social @msf.de @msf.ca @qmul.bsky.social

📖➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/ban-all-atta... ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social

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Ban All Attacks On Hospitals To Reduce Civilian Deaths In Conflict Zones - Health Policy Watch

All attacks on hospitals should be banned and the exceptions in international humanitarian law (IHL) that enable aggressors to justify bombing hospitals – by,

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 5d

In case you missed our Opening Lecture of the Academic Year, watch the recording now 👇
Prof. @davidcolon.bsky.social drew on historical examples and contributions from various sciences to explain how our brains have become the target of a new global #InformationWar.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gncg...

Propaganda and Mass Manipulation in the Contemporary World

YouTube video by Geneva Graduate Institute

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 6d

...information is more than ever a power issue in international relations. In this lecture, David Colon draws on historical examples and contributions from various sciences to explain how our brains have become the target of a new global information war.

Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 6d

Propaganda is proving to be more prevalent than ever in the age of digital revolution and social media. For over a century, the art of persuasion and mass manipulation has been constantly refined, to be used in the service of manufacturing consent or dissent. In the age of generative AI, ...

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 6d

Join us THIS EVENING for the
Opening Lecture of the 2025-2026 Academic Year:

Propaganda and Mass Manipulation in the Contemporary World

with @davidcolon.bsky.social, Professor and Researcher, Sciences Po Paris.

In person or Online 🔗 shorturl.at/cbbt7

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 6d

Digital space, digital economy: Does it have borders? Rules? Who runs it?
Join #InternationalLaw Professor @nehamishra.bsky.social for a discussion of digital sovereignty & learn about the curriculum and how to apply.

📅 Monday, 6 October

shorturl.at/N6hfO

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Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 14d

The lecture will be introduced by Director @mlsalles.bsky.social and Thierry Apothéloz, President of the Council of State and State Councillor for the Department of Social Cohesion of the Republic and State of Geneva.

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 14d

In the age of digital revolution and social media, #Propaganda is proving to be more prevalent than ever.
In our Opening Lecture of the Academic Year 2025-26, Professor @davidcolon.bsky.social will explain how our brains have become the target of a new global information war.
👉 shorturl.at/zFYPM

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 14d

Director Marie-Laure Salles will deliver the Keynote 'POWER WITH: A WAKE-UP CALL', at the
ELIA Leadership Symposium 2025,
at the forum serving as a platform for discussing the evolving role of arts education in addressing global challenges.

📅15 Oct, 14:00 📍 HEAD – Genève & Online

shorturl.at/W09PS

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Research Office @gvagrad-research.bsky.social · Sep 8

New PhD 👉BEYOND THE BINARY: HOW AI SYSTEMS REDEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW | by 🎓Anna Rosalie Greipl🎓 @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-law.bsky.social

🪖What role do humans have left in military decision-making processes? 👁️ 👁️ Read the interview shorturl.at/rqdtJ

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 14d

The GEN is at “Our Living Ocean: Solutions for a productive & resilient ocean, sustaining people and nature” focusing on the role of nature finance & a sustainable “blue” economy to, ensure the ocean continues providing socio-economic benefits.

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 14d

"Governance of global commons, such as the #ocean, is difficult."

Beatrice Weder di Mauro, co-director of the @gvagrad.bsky.social Hoffmann Center, underscores the center's effort to combine research with impact across disciplines and systemically, bringing together science and economics.

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 14d

The Geneva Graduate Institute, the @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social
and @gpplatform.ch invites you to the fifth edition of the
Kofi Annan Geneva Peace Address,
a high-level lecture on peace, held annually as part of #GenevaPeaceWeek.

🗓 14 October📍 Maison de la Paix & Online
👉 shorturl.at/B9XDL

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 15d

Alumnus Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín awarded @europeanisa.bsky.social Best Doctoral Dissertation Award at the Pan-European Conference on International Relations, for his thesis:
‘Architects of the Better World’: Democracy, Law, and the Construction of International Order 1919–1998'
shorturl.at/jctG5

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Research Office @gvagrad-research.bsky.social · 16d

New PhD 📢 The Political Economy of Global Value Chains and Skills Governance | by 🎓 Jaewon Kim in #internationaleconomy @gvagrad.bsky.social

👁️👁️ Read the interview 🎤 shorturl.at/790JP and explore insights at the intersection of political economy, labour studies, and education policy.

#education

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 16d

OUR LIVING OCEAN: Solutions for a productive and resilient ocean, sustaining people and nature
📅23th Sept, 6pm

With:
Jessica Battle of WWF @wwfswitzerland.bsky.social
@wederdim.bsky.social of @gvagrad-hcgs.bsky.social
Prince Hussain Aga Khan of Focused on Nature

Join us: shorturl.at/t393D

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GGC | Global Governance Centre @gvagrad-ggc.bsky.social · 20d

📢You are invited to join our upcoming event "Race in the Anthropocene: Coloniality, Disavowal and the Black Horizon" with Farai Chipato, David Chandler and @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social

🗓️ 24 September| 18:30-20:00
📍 @gvagrad.bsky.social | Auditorium A2
🔗Register here: bit.ly/4mfVyKx

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 20d

New episode of What Matters Today: Prof. Fuad Zarbiyev unpacks Palestine’s status at the UN, the legal criteria for statehood, and what recognition by countries like France could mean.

Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GGx...

#Palestine #UnitedNations #Podcast #InternationalLaw

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 21d

The world is adjusting to President Trump’s 2nd term in office. Professors @upanizza.bsky.social & @wederdim.bsky.social will discuss how the new administration’s policies are reshaping the #USEconomy and the global economic order.

Join in person or online on 📅Monday, 22nd Sept.
👉 shorturl.at/psoVL

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @noiweala.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulation to the Global Grains team (comprising students from the European University Institute and @gvagrad.bsky.social) for winning the first global policy hackathon on trade, organized by the @wto.org in partnership with Geneva Trade Platform and CropLife International.

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Geneva Graduate Institute @gvagrad.bsky.social · 21d

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