Thursday 1 August 2019, the Geneva School of Diplomacy, had not one, but two reasons to celebrate: this day was not only Swiss National Day, but it also marked, this year, the signing of a historic peace agreement in Mozambique. After decades of conflict, Filipe Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique [and GSD alumnus]…
According to the Global Footprint Network a sustainability organization which calculates ecological resources, we are now officially in the red. This means specifically that we humans have officially used up more ecological resources this year than the Earth can regenerate by the end of the year. This overspending of natural capital is leading to the…
We were honored to celebrate our students’ achievements and we congratulate all graduates from Bachelor, Master, Executive and Doctorate level programmes for their hard work; they are now prepared to take new steps in their lives! To view all pictures from Graduation day visit our Flickr account here. To view our short video reel click here
During Graduation, MA Graduate Madhura Nimkar inspired us all with the last words of her speech: “Going forward, some of us would want to study this field further while some of us would want to start working with institutions and the people on the ground. But before I conclude, I will share three things that…
Warm Congratulations to our Graduating Students! Scientists tell us that Planet Earth is about 4.5 billion years. Homo Sapiens is about 200,000 years old. If we subtract 200,000 from 4.5 billion years we see that Planet Earth — for most of its existence — has been empty and devoid of humans. Just imagine Earth, empty…
During graduation day, we were well pleased to confer Deputy Prime Minister Monyane Moleleki from Lesotho with an honorary Doctorate at our Graduation Ceremony as he has been an inspiring example — to his continent and to the world. With the theme of graduation being Climate Change, he charmingly reminded us of the importance of…
We would like to invite you to a seminar taking place on Thursday 4 July 2019 entitled “An Alternative Path on the Cyprus Issue,” which will be presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, Mr. Kudret Özersay, Professor of International Law The presentation will take place…
-Delighted congratulations to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, dear friend and Dean Emeritus of the Geneva School of Diplomacy, now elected President of Kazakhstan. Tokayev is a safe pair of hands: very intelligent, modest, he will advance the interests — stable as well as pluralist — of Kazakhstan, all the while honouring and consolidating the historic, extraordinary legacy…
I am a great believer that teaching is learning. To teach humanitarianism and development-related topics is to carry out applied research in the field. This is why I combine field missions and the creation of advocacy tools, such as my recently released film on international law in conflict www.broken-the-film.com with lecturing and training. Currently, I…
With the hot topic at the moment being the cooling of the planet and the pressing need and call for action, GSD has decided to make Climate Change the theme of its 2019 graduation. The idea of a theme came last year as we were inundated with news of the (continuing) issue of Migration. Unable…
