Graduate Institute In Conversation With

This podcast follows an 18 March workshop moderated by Professor Paola Gaeta and convened by the Swiss delegation during the meeting of the legal advisers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg: “Arrest Warrants by International Criminal Tribunals and Peace Negotiations: Between Peace and Justice, Legal Obligations and Political Realities.” More information about the event is available here .  As...

In early 2025, the Royal Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science released a new conceptual framework for science diplomacy—an update to the widely used 2010 model. Their report, Science and Diplomacy in an Era of Disruption, argues that today’s profound technological and geopolitical shifts require a more dynamic understanding of how science and diplomacy shape one anot...

Welcome to a special edition of the Geneva Graduate Institute’s In Conversation With podcast series. In this series, we’ll be exploring a range of critical issues shaping Africa’s future, with more episodes to come as we continue to dive into this important topic. This series offers in-depth discussions on the challenges and opportunities facing the continent today. Hosted by Eric Degila, Professo...

In this episode of In Conversation With, we are honored to host Professor Gandhi, a distinguished historian and scholar. Join us as we delve into the current state of democracy worldwide, examining whether it is truly in retreat as some argue, or if there are signs of resilience and hope. Professor Gandhi shares his unique perspectives on the rise of far-right movements in Europe, the surprising o...

2024 is a decisive year for democracies around the world, as at least 40% of the world's population will head to the polls in over 50 countries. However, while elections take place, democracy cannot be taken for granted. The Democracy Report 2024 , recently launched by Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) and covering 202 countries from 1789 to 2003, highlights that the level of democracy worldwide in 2...

In this episode of In Conversation With, we explore Professor Abi Saab's unique approach to the study and practice of international law and how he seamlessly merged his roles as both a scholar and a practitioner. He also imparts invaluable lessons he has passed on to his students during his distinguished academic career.

This episode features a conversation between Stuart Campo, Team Lead for Data Responsibility at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’s Centre for Humanitarian Data, Charlotte Lindsey, Chief Public Policy Officer at the CyberPeace Institute, Balthasar Staehelin, Special Envoy for Foresight and Techplomacy at the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Achim W...

This episode features a conversation between Michel Jarraud, Secretary General Emeritus at the World Meteorological Organization, Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization, Marek Harsdorff, Economist in the Green Jobs Programme at the International Labour Organization, and Joëlle Noailly, Head of Research of the Centre for In...

This episode features a conversation between Enrico Letta, President of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy, and Christine Lutringer, Executive Director and Senior Researcher of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Geneva Graduate Institute. This discussion focuses on the challenges European democracies are currently facing and highlights concrete proposals t...

This episode features a conversation between Barry Eichengreen, the George C. and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and Rui Esteves, Professor of International History and Politics at the Geneva Graduate Institute. The dramatic economic and financial measures taken by the United States and its allies in response to Russia’s atta...

This episode features a conversation between Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Theory at Harvard University, and Marie-Laure Salles, Director of the Geneva Graduate Institute. In his latest book, The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good?, Michael Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward...

What characterizes Mexico's feminist foreign policy and why was it proposed? How can a feminist foreign policy influence domestic policy regarding the gender perspective and equity? These are some of the questions that are addressed in this episode of In Conversation With. Our guest is Ms Martha Delgado Peralta, Mexican Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. She is interviewed b...

This episode features a discussion between Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Co-Chair of the International Crisis Group, and Professor Keith Krause, Director of the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the escalation of conflicts in some parts of the world and led to se...

This episode features a discussion between David Nabarro, Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and Special Envoy of WHO Director General on COVID-19 and Ilona Kickbusch, founding Director and Chair of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. The COVID-19 pandemic reveals that our food systems are not working properly; food supplies...

This episode features a discussion with Helen Clark, Former Minister of New Zealand and former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, and Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, Professor of International History at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. The so-called War on Drugs has led to devastating consequences. According to Helen Clark, it is time to rethink the drug policies rationale and a...

This episode features a discussion with Philippe Sands, Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, and Zachary Douglas, Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. Philippe Sands explains the challenges he faced while writing his new book "The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive"...

This episode features a discussion with Carlos Lopes, Professor in the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, former executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and alumni of the Graduate Institute, and Gilles Carbonnier, Professor of Development Economics at the Graduate Institute and Vice-President of the International Committee of...

This episode features a discussion with José Manuel Barroso, former President of the European Commission, former Prime Minister of Portugal, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute, and Erica Moret, Senior Researcher and Adjunct Professor in International Relations and Political Science at the Graduate Institute. This discussion focuses on the European Union’s policy response, and geopoli...

On 5 May 2020, the German Constitutional Court declared that the bond-buying programme of the European Central Bank was ultra vires (exceeding its competences) and therefore, explicitly challenged the authority of the European Court of Justice. Joseph Weiler, University Professor at NYU School of Law and Director of the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, an...

This episode features a discussion with Ivan Krastev, Director of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and Permanent Fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, and Shalini Randeria, Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Graduate Institute. This discussion focuses on the paradoxical world and new power dynamics emerging from the Covid-19 crisis.