UNRISD
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development - Interdisciplinary #research and policy analysis on the social dimensions of contemporary #development issues.
- Who funds the #backlash against women’s and LGBTQIA+ rights in Europe, and why? Neil Datta, Dir of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, unpacks the financial networks fueling anti-gender movements in a new episode of #backlashunfiltered. Listen now shorturl.at/BFRd4
- 🌍 How can #LifeEconomies tackle inequality & drive sustainability? Join us for this global conference co-hosted by @unrisd.org & Yonsei Univeristy 📍 The Commons (Baekyang Nuri), Yonsei University, Seoul (In Person) 🗓 8–9 May 2025 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3Ys1BCQ
- #InternshipOpportunity - Are you a young professional or graduate student interested in contributing to research, policy analysis, and knowledge dissemination on key social development issues? Join the @unrisd.org internship programme! Learn more and apply: shorturl.at/bQK7V
- ⏰ LAST DAYS TO APPLY Join the @unrisd.org team and contribute to our strategy to facilitate knowledge exchange, coordination, and collaborative efforts to understand and address multidimensional inequalities. Learn more and apply: shorturl.at/edMhS
- How can research shape just, inclusive, and sustainable futures? At our Expert Group Meeting, UNRISD convened 50 experts to co-create priorities for our 2026–2030 agenda—on social policy, climate, gender & economic systems. The path to 2030 starts here. 🌍
- Event Wrap-Up What bold transformations are needed to create a just and inclusive future? At last week’s high-level panel—co-hosted by @unrisd.org and the @gvagrad.bsky.social, leaders from across the globe came together to reflect, challenge &inspire action for social development beyond 2030.
- ⏰Last call to apply to: -Social Media Intern 🗓by 14 April (Today) shorturl.at/wEgWI
- We're hiring! -Consultant – Scoping Study for Knowledge Centre for Equality 🗓by 20 April shorturl.at/edMhS -Research Internships • May–July: by 21 April • July–September: by 30 May shorturl.at/bQK7V -Social Media Intern 🗓by 14 April shorturl.at/wEgWI
- 📅 Join us tomorrow! We want to hear your experiences, complains, ideas, and advice on how to make youth forums better. No long lectures, no pretending — just real talk. 📅 April 15, 2025 | 🕒 14:30–16:00 CEST (8:30–10:00 EST) 📍 Online | bit.ly/4j6bDlq
- What’s the point of youth forums if no one’s really listening? We’re opening up a space to talk honestly about what’s working (and what’s not) in youth forums — and how to fix it. 📅 April 15, 2025 | 🕒 14:30–16:00 CEST (8:30–10:00 EST) 📍Online | bit.ly/4j6bDlq
- What’s the point of youth forums if no one’s really listening? We’re opening up a space to talk honestly about what’s working (and what’s not) in youth forums — and how to fix it. 📅 April 15, 2025 | 🕒 14:30–16:00 CEST (8:30–10:00 EST) 📍Online | bit.ly/4j6bDlq
- 🔥 Panel underway! Kumi Naidoo challenges the room regarding what blocks the radical change needed to uproot inequality? 🌍The global governance system is failing the majority ✊Activism isn’t enough 🎭Today’s communication is too boring—artivism is needed to truly reach people
- Opening statements: a powerful call for strong commitment to human rights, sustainable development and multilateralism by 🇫🇮Amb. Heidi Schroderus-Fox 🇨🇱Amb. Claudia Fuentes Julio 🇨🇳Amb. Shen Jian 🇬🇲Amb. Muhammadou M.O. Kah The path beyond 2030 must be collective.
- 🎤 Keynote in progress Prof. Jayati Ghosh from University of Massachusetts Amherst, a leading voice in development economics, is setting the tone with a powerful address on how important is the social policy on global inequality, systemic crises, and pathways to inclusive growth.
- 🔴 Kicking off: Beyond 2030 High-Level Discussion ! With inspiring remarks on co-creating sustainable development solutions through academia–IO collaboration by: 🎙Azita Berar, Board Chair, UNRISD 🎙Marie Laure SALLES, Director, Geneva Graduate Institute Stay tuned!
- Happening now! Join us at the Geneva Graduate Institute or online: lnkd.in/emM6G6jn Looking forward to seeing you soon!
- Join us tomorrow! 🌍Beyond 2030: The Future of Social Development in a Changing World Join ambassadors, scholars, policymakers &civil society to shape the future of social development. 🗓️9 April 2025 📍Ivan Pictet Auditorium, Geneva Graduate Institute 🕔 17:00–18:50 CET 🔗 bit.ly/4kKezFA
- Join us tomorrow! 🌍Beyond 2030: The Future of Social Development in a Changing World Join ambassadors, scholars, policymakers &civil society to shape the future of social development. 🗓️9 April 2025 📍Ivan Pictet Auditorium, Geneva Graduate Institute 🕔 17:00–18:50 CET 🔗 bit.ly/4kKezFA
- Last month, at #CSW69, UNRISD highlighted the critical need to move from rhetoric to structural reform—reframing care as infrastructure, climate action as feminist action, and rural empowerment as central to gender equality.
- 📢 Last call for Geneva-based students (18–35)! Today is the final day to apply for our blog call. 📩 Register now: bit.ly/3QYvWoz
- 📢 Calling Geneva-based students (18–35)! Passionate about social development? ✍ ️Join @unrisd.org & @gvagrad.bsky.social's Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy blog call: 🗓️ Register by 7 April 🖋️ Submit by 19 May 🌍 Shape the future of just, sustainable development. 🔗 bit.ly/4hBeDVm
- Beyond 2030: The Future of Social Development in a Changing World 🌍 We are honoured to welcome four distinguished ambassadors to open our high-level dialogue on the future of social development. Join us for this strategic dialogue. 🔗 bit.ly/4kKezFA
- 🌍 UNRISD Pledges for Disability Inclusion! ♿💙 At the Global Disability Summit, we are joining International Disability Alliance, BMZ and HCD to commit to real action for a more inclusive world. Here’s how we’ll make a difference!👇 #GDS2025 #CommitToChange #OverABillionReasons
- #PrinciplesforChange #FightRacism How can the SSE contribute to addressing historical injustices &building inclusive economies? Our research provides evidence-based insights, highlighting key pathways for redistributive justice &sustainable development shorturl.at/ujucf 🎨Ivan Ciro Palomino
- We're hiring! -Consultant – Scoping Study for Knowledge Centre for Equality 🗓by 20 April shorturl.at/edMhS -Research Internships • May–July: by 21 April • July–September: by 30 May shorturl.at/bQK7V -Social Media Intern 🗓by 14 April shorturl.at/wEgWI
- 🌟 Meet our Speaker: Yanina Welp 🌟 Research Fellow at Geneva Graduate Institute (@gvagrad.bsky.social), expert on democracy, social justice & global inequality. 📣 Join her at #Beyond2030 to explore democracy’s role in social change! 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4kKezFA
- 🌟 Meet our Speaker: Anton Leis Garcia 🌟 Director of AECID, championing global partnerships, sustainability & human rights. 📣 Hear his vision for the future of development at #Beyond2030! 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4kKezFA
- #PrinciplesforChange #FightRacism How can gender-responsive approaches to justice repair past harms and foster equitable futures? Our research provides evidence-based insights, highlighting key pathways for empowerment and inclusive development. shorturl.at/8hWMh Artwork by Ivan Ciro Palomino
- 🌟 Meet our Speaker: Tomas Lamanauskas 🌟 ITU Deputy Secretary-General. 20+ years in global ICT, champion of digital inclusion & sustainability. 📣 Hear his vision for a more connected, just future at #Beyond2030 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4kKezFA
- 🌟 Meet our Speaker: Kumi Naidoo 🌟 Human rights and environmental justice activist. Former head of @greenpeace.org & @amnesty.org. President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Lecturer at Stanford University, and host of Power, People and Planet! 📣 Register now: bit.ly/4kKezFA
- #PrinciplesforChange #FightRacism How can environmental action address past injustices &build equitable ecological futures? Our research provides evidence-based insights, highlighting key pathways for climate justice & indigenous rights. shorturl.at/yhLoG 🎨Ivan Ciro Palomino
- 🌟 Meet our Keynote Speaker: Prof. Jayati Ghosh 🌟 A trailblazer in development economics, inequality, & social justice. Professor at @umassamherst.bsky.social, author of 20+ books, and winner of the ILO Decent Work Research Prize! 📣 Don't miss her talk! Register: bit.ly/4kKezFA
- 📢 Calling Geneva-based students (18–35)! Passionate about social development? ✍ ️Join @unrisd.org & @gvagrad.bsky.social's Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy blog call: 🗓️ Register by 7 April 🖋️ Submit by 19 May 🌍 Shape the future of just, sustainable development. 🔗 bit.ly/4hBeDVm
- #PrinciplesforChange #FightRacism How can social policies confront historical injustices and promote equitable futures? Our research provides evidence-based insights, highlighting key pathways for redress, redistribution and inclusion. bit.ly/4j0bakg Artwork by Ivan Ciro Palomino
- On the Week of Solidarity with Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination, we highlight our #PrinciplesForChange: Addressing Historical Injustices It calls for decolonized systems, Indigenous rights, just transitions&fair climate action 🔗bit.ly/45gVF1w #FightRacism 🎨CIRO Palomino
- 🚀What will the future of social development look like beyond 2030? Join us on 9 April for a high-level panel to explore challenges, opportunities & the role of research in shaping a just & sustainable future. 📅 9 April, 17:00📍Geneva Graduate Institute bit.ly/4kKezFA
- Happiness is impossible without social justice. What does #SocialJustice mean to young people today? With ShapShap& City of Geneva,we took the streets of Geneva to hear their views firsthand. 🎥 Watch the full document here: bit.ly/4iB0A3h 🎤Karima Cherif 📽️bureautuk #InternationalDayOfHappiness
- #Principlesforchange How can the Social and Solidarity Economy contribute to environmental justice? Our research provides evidence-based insights into how A Contract for Nature intersects with SSE, highlighting key pathways for reform and inclusion bit.ly/41xZ7DG
- Last month, for #WorldSocialJusticeDay, we hit the streets of Geneva with Shap Shap, City of Geneva & the Youth Service to hear young people’s ideas & actions for a more inclusive world. Be inspired by our mini-documentary. 🎥http://bit.ly/4iB0A3h 🎤Karima Cherif 📽️BUREAU TUK
- #PrinciplesforChange 🌍A Contract for Nature &Gender🌍 How can we ensure that ecological sustainability advances, rather than undermines, gender equality? Our research provides evidence-based insights, highlighting key pathways for inclusion bit.ly/422pcuK Artwork by Ivan Ciro Palomino
- #PrinciplesforChange 🌍A Contract for Nature & Social Policy🌍 A Contract for Nature and social policy are deeply interconnected—how we design social systems influences how we interact with nature &vice versa. Explore our evidence-based research: bit.ly/3DListe Artwork by Ivan Ciro Palomino
- Happening tomorrow! Join us for World Social Work Day 2025—Caring Societies for All: Advancing Social Rights for Persons with Disabilities Date: March 19, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM CET Register now: bit.ly/3B26WZd
- Thank you to everyone who joined our Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social at today’s #HRC side event on the human rights dimension of care & support. Together, we explored how to build gender-responsive, disability-inclusive &age-sensitive care and support systems that uphold human rights.
- #PrinciplesforChange 🌍 A Contract for Nature: this principle calls for protecting ecosystems, transforming consumption & recognising the rights of nature to ensure a sustainable future for all. bit.ly/45gVF1w Artwork by Ivan Ciro Palomino
- Join our Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social for discussion today! This event will highlight the findings of the new comprehensive study on care& support and explore how we can build gender-responsive, disability-inclusive &age-sensitive care systems. Register: bit.ly/4i8nz5F
- 🌍📢 The latest @UNRISD #eBulletin is out! Discover what we've been up to so far this year: us18.campaign-archive.com?u=d1fa34ab85... Sign up today and join us in our mission to drive social change through research and policy.
- This week we convened an insightful meeting with #WSSD co-facilitators. Discussions highlighted human rights, equality, climate resilience, digital inclusion and intergenerational equity. Solidarity and action-oriented proposals will be key as we move forward. ➡️ Learn more bit.ly/4246rs0
- 📢 UNRISD at #CSW69 Care work sustains societies &economies, yet remains undervalued &underfunded. How can financing care systems drive gender equality &sustainable development? 📅 19 March | 16:45–18:00 EST 📍CR-12, UN HQ, NY 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4bzvI0j
- 🟠 Gender Equality Continuing the #IWD conversation! 💡 Gender equality means equal rights and opportunities for all. From leadership to economic autonomy and safety—let’s build a fairer world! Learn more: bit.ly/45gVF1w
- 📢 UNRISD at #CSW69 This side event will explore how a care-centered just transition can drive climate resilience and economic justice. 📅 17 March | 15:00–16:15 EST 📍 CR-12, UN HQ, NY 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/41yNa0m
- 📢 How can universal social protection combat inequalities? Join us on 13 March 2025, 13:00 CET for a webinar by the International Labour Organization and @socialprotection.org, featuring new ILO, WHO and UNRISD research and expert insights. 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4hrxPES
- 📢 UNRISD's #CSW69 Side Event From gender mainstreaming to feminist development policies—where do we stand 30 years after the Beijing Platform for Action? 📅 14 March 2025 | 16:00–17:15 CET 📍 CR-12, UN HQ, New York Register now: bit.ly/4iyRt2I
