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

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

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 @gvagrad.bsky.social

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

Faire voter les jeunes : une question de moyens ? 7 octobre, 18h-20h | Maison des Fondations, rejoignez un débat participatif pour explorer ce qui encourage ou freine la participation des jeunes. https://f.mtr.cool/waubusbeiy

Democracy week is back!

Democracy Week is coming soon! A quick look at our selection on display in the Library.

@gvagrad.bsky.social students, Curious how Swiss democracy works? Join us 7 Oct, 11:30–14:30 at Hôtel de Ville, Geneva for an interactive visit + workshop with a democracy expert Places are limited register now! 👉  https://f.mtr.cool/oucupposjx

📺 Estuve en "Protagonistas de la Ciencia Política", un ciclo de entrevistas organizado por la Carrera de Ciencia Política de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Comparto con fe de erratas: Cuando digo Chile 1980 debería decir 1988 😐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijxP...

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

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

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

Your perspective matters! As a student in Geneva, be a part of the discussion on youth shaping an inclusive green transition.  6 Oct, 09:00 | @gvagrad.bsky.social  🔗 https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/towards-inclusive-green-transition-local-international-youth-driving-change

The @redpolitologas.bsky.social #NoSinMujeres (Network of Women Political Scientists) will be the topic of the next seminar of the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS) at Princeton University. More than happy to share the floor with Julieta Suarez-Cao. @gvagrad.bsky.social

📝While Youth climate activists distrust traditional politics, their mobilizations pushed cities to adopt Citizens’ Assemblies. Our study explores whether these new spaces truly amplify youth voices—or risk fueling further disengagement. #ClimateAction #DemocraticInnovation @laurabullon.bsky.social

The democracy week 2025 is coming soon!https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/democracy-week-2025

Authored by researchers of @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social of the Institute, this article in @theconversation.com highlights how citizen climate assemblies offer meaningful democratic engagement for young activists—yet many express disappointment over their limited real-world impact." 👉 shorturl.at/1wji6

First, I show how new pedestrian areas reduce radical-right support while helping incumbents, focusing on Milan’s Piazze Aperte. I’m really thankful for all the feedback I received at @dec-gr.bsky.social @uab.cat, @unil.bsky.social, @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social, @epsanet.bsky.social, @apsa.bsky.social

Edit post What can the past teach us about democracy today? Join Bernard Keo for the launch of Imagining Malaya and dive into colonial histories & democratic futures in Southeast Asia. 📅 1 Oct, 18:30 | Geneva 🔗 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

Democracy week is back! This year we have panels, keynotes, workshops and much more! With global thinkers like UN special rapporteur Irene Khan, or former greek PM George Papandreou and many more. Join online or at @gvagrad.bsky.social Register here: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

Education is a major driver of global poverty reduction. It accounts for 40% of the decline in poverty worldwide since 1980. How has International Geneva shaped cooperation in education? Discover the actors that made Geneva a global hub for education policy. 🔗 buff.ly/5vSgNzS

💥To what extent did CCAs meet the expectations of youth climate movements and empower them by making them feel heard and listened to by institutions? See the new publication by @laurabullon.bsky.social, C. Lutringer, M. Méxi & @welpita.bsky.social @gvagradlibrary.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social

On 8th June, @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @laurabullon.bsky.social featured in Radio Television Suisse’s programme Géopolitis on #TechOligarchs and the shifting lines between media, money, and political power. Watch here (in French): www.rts.ch/emissions/ge...

In a new episode, Honorary Professor & Co-Director @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social Gopalan Balachandranwe explore the layered and turbulent history of #Kashmir How did we get to recent events, such as violence in Pahalgam, and what lies ahead for this deeply contested region? Listen now👉 shorturl.at/crMNI

Join us today for the launch event of the 2025 State of World Population Report, at 12:00 at the Maison de la Paix or in live streaming ! More informations:

🎙️ Laura Bullon-Cassis, chercheuse au Centre Albert Hirschman sur la Démocratie, intervient dans Géopolitis (RTS) sur les nouveaux oligarques de la tech et les mutations du pouvoir politique. 📺 À voir ici : www.rts.ch/emissions/ge... #démocratie #technologie #oligarques #AHCD #IHEID

🎙️ Laura Bullon-Cassis from the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy features in RTS Géopolitis on tech oligarchs and the shifting lines between media, money, and political power. 📺 Watch here: www.rts.ch/emissions/ge... #democracy #tech #oligarchs @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagradlibrary.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych. A haunting film. A generous discussion. A necessary conversation.

📝 Examining Lebanon’s postconflict setting, Christiana Parreira demonstrates how the sectarian peace agreement entrenched leaders who instigated and perpetuated the civil war, even decades after its signing #NewPublications www.jstor.org/stable/10.39...

⁉️¿Se debe prohibir un partido con amplio apoyo popular? 👨‍⚖️En Alemania, la AfD es ya un “caso seguro de extremismo de derecha” 🤔Pero actos inconstitucionales no son partidos Y la respuesta jurídica no reemplaza la política. Mucho para pensar acá rb.gy/t3l8mf

“We live in a world where, just by walking on the street, you’re already being exposed to plastics,” the public heard at a gathering at the Geneva Graduate Institute on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming UN Environment Programme's #PlasticTreaty talks in Geneva in August.

The new issue of Globe, the Institute's bilingual revue, is out. This edition's special dossier explores #diplomacy today, how it’s evolving amid global shifts, digital disruption, and rising geopolitical tensions. Read more: www.graduateinstitute.ch/globe

Interview (in Turkish) www.capital.com.tr/ekonomi/makr...

📅Today in Lasa Congress lasaweb.org/en/

🔴 #NoticiasDeLaRed La Red de Politólogas estará muy activa esta semana en LASA presentando ponencias, participando en una Mesa Redonda organizada por la Red y conversando en una de las Mesas Presidenciales.

Join us for a film screening of the documentary  Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych, a haunting look into war through intercepted phone calls. 📍 Maison de la Paix 📅 04 June, 17:30 🔗https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/film-screening-intercepted-oksana-karpovych @gvagrad.bsky.social

The conference "Multilateralism, Democracy & Human Rights", with the participation of Christine Lutringer, Executive Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, starts now on room 24 at the Palais des Nations.

The image app project's exhibition is happening right now at the @gvagrad.bsky.social Don't miss it!

From May 13-15, 2025, the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy will host the concluding conference of the Images, (In)visibilities, and work on appearances (ImageApp) Project. Check out the complete program: https://tinyurl.com/4pwubsvu @gvagrad.bsky.social

While digital technologies like AI enable innovative democratic participation through civic tech and social movements, their misuse in data-driven manipulation and disinformation threatens public trust—making it urgent to democratize debates about AI’s role www.graduateinstitute.ch/SOF

In a podcast, Shalini Randeria, Senior Visiting Fellow and former Director of @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social, explore the broad implications of the large-scale protests across Turkey, in response to President #Erdoğan’s repression of political opposition. With Soli Özel (Kadir Has University). 👇

The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the @snsf-ch.bsky.social project “Labor Market Changes and Gender Polarization in Deindustrializing Societies”, led by Prof. Sungmin Rho 👇 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio... @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social

🚀 Thrilled to see The Will of the People sparking debate! 📢 A thoughtful review by @adrianbua.bsky.social explores how the book tackles democracy’s paradoxes—from participation’s promises to perversions. @democratization.bsky.social 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Institute is recruiting a pre-doctoral Research Fellow for the @gvagrad-hcgs.bsky.social. The fellow will work with Prof. Julia Cajal-Grossi, supporting ongoing research in #InternationalTrade, #EconomicDevelopment, and #IndustrialOrganization. 👉 erecruit.graduateinstitute.ch/recrutement/...

Listen to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's podcast on the Law channel with Prof @abclapham.bsky.social about his award-winning book 'War' (now Open Access). Professor Clapham argues that human rights law should play a bigger role in limiting actions of states in armed conflict. 👉 tinyurl.com/4p5t4b5a

'Some people say to me, "Finland can afford to care about gender issues because it is a rich country." I respond that Finland is a rich country precisely because it cares about gender issues'. —H.E. Ms. Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Ambassador of Finland

H.E. Ms. Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Ambassador of Finland (@un.finlandabroad.fi) at the Beyond 2030: The Future of Social Development in a Changing World high level panel by @unrisd.org  Watch the full video https://youtu.be/aTUyErqXC_Y

Reconnecting with our humanity, a call to action by @gvagrad.bsky.social  director Marie-Laure Salles at the @unrisd.org  Beyond 2030: The Future of Social Development in a Changing World panel. Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/aTUyErqXC_Y

Great event yesterday in Geneva. www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...