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International Summit: Islamic Education in Present-Day World

International Summit Recap: ‘Islamic Education in Present-Day World: Challenges, Trends, Possibilities’

UNESCO Chairs Seminars: Human Rights Economy

Seminar Recap: A solution in plain sight for a better world: a Human Rights Economy

UNESCO Chairs Seminars: Science Benefitting Society

Seminar Recap: Unleashing Science’s Potential through Human Rights

UNITWIN Network renewal

UNITWIN Network on Inter-Religious Dialogue for Intercultural understanding (IDIU) has been renewed until 30 June 2026.

Swords into Plowshares Project

A new project to promote global peacebuilding has been launched by UNITWIN’s Chair in Transnational Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace.

Call for papers / Appel a communication / Chamada de artigos

We are now part of an ecosystem where digital technologies and social networks are the core of communication. Advanced digital, in particular, along with artificial intelligence, have promoted what is known as civic tech; technologies aimed at improving democratic participation.. Theoretical and empirical contributions are expected, based on different methodologies which can demonstrate the diversity and richness of scientific production in these subjects.

This call for papers (in English, French and Portuguese).

UNESCO Chairs Seminars Futures of Higher Education – Seminar 3

The third in a series of three UNESCO Chairs Seminars on the Futures of Higher Education, co-organized with UNESCO’s Higher Education Section, has been scheduled for Wednesday 15 March 2023, 14:00-15:30 (Paris time) . 

UNESCO Chairs Seminars Futures of Higher Education – Seminar 2

The second in a series of three UNESCO Chairs Seminars on the Futures of Higher Education, co-organized with UNESCO’s Higher Education Section, has been scheduled for Wednesday 15 February 2023, 17:00-18:30 (Paris time) . 

New book publication: La Justice Pénale Internationale: Un instrument idoine pour raisonner la raison d’État ?

Case study published in the International Journal of Cultural Research by Prof Demtri Spivak, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue.

Publication on Religious Orientations of Present-Day Russian Citizens (Shiites)

Case study published in the International Journal of Cultural Research by Prof Demtri Spivak, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue.