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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.
Democracy: why does the presidential “third term” plague African politics?
Prof Roger Koudé talks about his book “The fundamentality of human rights” in the programme “Les Belles Lettres” presented by Josué Simon OUANKISSAM on Télé Tchad
International Day of Peace (2022 Edition) and the Nelson MANDELA Decade for Peace (2019-2028)
Prof Roger Koudé talks about his book “The fundamentality of human rights” in the programme “Les Belles Lettres” presented by Josué Simon OUANKISSAM on Télé Tchad
Speech on Peace, Justice and Effective Institutions
Prof Roger Koudé talks about his book “The fundamentality of human rights” in the programme “Les Belles Lettres” presented by Josué Simon OUANKISSAM on Télé Tchad
Security Council reform, sea serpent awakened by Macron and Biden at the UN
Heads of State this week proposed to the General Assembly an expansion of permanent membership, as well as a suspension of the veto in cases of mass crimes. At a time of tensions with Russia, however, any reform seems to be in jeopardy. Read the full...
UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning: Forum On The Futures of Education
The International Commission on the Futures of Education released a report in November 2021, Reimagining our futures together: A new social contract for education (一起重新构想我们的未来：为教育打造新的社会契约, 执行摘要). The UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development & Lifelong Learning will host a forum on the Report with an audience largely focused on Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.