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Welcome to the second season of The Vision Thing. In this episode, Sorcha and David share Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) and Green Horizon’s innovative approach to engaging with governments and private companies to address labour shortages and match skill gaps with skilled refugees and displaced talent worldwide. While TBB promotes labour mobility pathways for displaced talented professionals acro...

Welcome to the second season of The Vision Thing . In this first episode, Professor Mair, Director of the School ofTransnational Governance European University Institute (EUI), speaks with hosts Cristina and Antara about scaling social innovation, learning from the Gram Vikas program in India in transforming communities and addressing inequality. The relationship between learning, social innovatio...

Welcome to our last episode of The Vision Thing . From conflict and forced migration to the erosion of democratic norms, peace today is not a given — it’s something we must continuously build and protect.

Welcome back to The Vision Thing . Today, we’re talking about People — a topic that feels more urgent than ever. From conflict and forced migration to the erosion of democratic norms, peace today is not a given — it’s something we must continuously build and protect. We’re joined by Dominic Richardson, Managing Director of the Learning for Well-being Institute and Laura Rahm Political Sociolgist a...

Welcome (back) to The Vision Thing . Today, we’re talking about Partnerships — a topic that feels more urgent than ever. From conflict and forced migration to the erosion of democratic norms, peace today is not a given — it’s something we must continuously build and protect. We’re joined by Matthew Cummins is a development economist who has worked with various United Nations agencies (UNDP, UNICEF...

Welcome (back) to The Vision Thing . Today, we’re talking about Partnerships — a topic that feels more urgent than ever. From conflict and forced migration to the erosion of democratic norms, peace today is not a given — it’s something we must continuously build and protect. We’re joined by Leslie Johnston is the founding CEO of Laudes Foundation, where she leads the transition to a green, fair, a...

Welcome back to The Vision Thing . Today, we’re talking about Peace — a topic that feels more urgent than ever, with multiple wars and conflicts around the globe at the moment. From conflict and forced migration to the erosion of democratic norms, peace today is not a given — it’s something we must continuously build and protect. We’re joined by Hamid Khallafalah and Valentina Bacchin. Hamid is a...

Welcome back to The Vision Thing . Today, we’re talking about Prosperity — a topic that feels more urgent than ever. From conflict and forced migration to the erosion of democratic norms, peace today is not a given — it’s something we must continuously build and protect.

Welcome back to The Vision Thing . Today is our second 'Planet' episode focusing on the transition to renewable energy— something that is relevant across the globe. Unlocking renewable energy to its full potential is one of the keys to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. While progress has been made, getting there is not easy — we need the right incentives and supporting infrastructure.

Today, we’re talking about Planet — a topic that feels extremely urgent.  Our planet is under threat from global warming. It’s affecting our temperatures, our cities and regions, our land, our food sources, our forests, our oceans, our species and health and well-being. Given the breadth of the subject matter on climate change, we are having two Planet episodes. In this episode we will discuss the...

With a shifting world order, conflict and forced migration, political polarisation, misinformation and disinformation, threats to democracy and climate change, the rise of artificial intelligence, we are living in uncertain times. We’re joined by Professor Miguel Poires Maduro, academic and former Portuguese politician, who brings broad insight on these and other issues facing us globally right no...

Climate-changed induced migration has severe effects for all population, but arguably some impacts are especially strong for women. What challenges, in particular, do female face? And how can policies take these into account?

Every year, millions of people are forced to leave their homes because of floods, tropical storms, droughts, melting glaciers, earthquakes and other natural hazards. What is the space for cross-sectoral, coordinated action to address the diverse and region-specific challenges of human mobility in the context of disasters and climate change?

The project UNICORE offers selected refugees the opportunity to attend a master’s degree programme at an Italian university. How did this project come about and how does it work?

The increase in voting for anti-immigration parties in the past decade has been an important political development in Western Europe. What explains this development?

Today, in 25 countries worldwide women cannot pass their nationality to their children on an equal basis to men. Many of these countries are in the Gulf, where women find it more difficult than men to acquire and transfer nationality. Why is this important and what changes have there been over the last few years?

Population displacement often takes place in countries and communities where livestock plays an essential role in people’s livelihoods and food security. What is the risk that diseases trasmitted from animals to human spread in these contexts? And what policy actions can be put in place to mitigate the effects of such zoonotic diseases?

In March 2020, the US government invoked Title 42 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, using it to restrict the entry of non-US citizens into the country at its borders with Canada and Mexico. What have been its effects on asylum seekers reaching the border in Tijuana?

In the last episode, Professor Claudio Radaelli, Academic Coordinator of the Policy Leaders Fellowship and source of inspiration for the Sandals podcast, joins Carla in the studio. Claudio takes listeners on a journey from the summer of 2019 by the Italian sea, across the cobblestones of Florence's Piazza Santissima Annunziata to the STG's headquarters, Palazzo Buontalenti. Hear what role...

Policy Leader Fellow Daiva Repeckaite takes us to Malta, more specifically to the days when Maltese writer and journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb placed inside her car. Learn how this tragic event shaped Daiva's perception and her career as a journalist, and a life that embraces the unpredictable.

Policy Leader Fellow Aleksei Karnaukhov has lived in 12 different cities around Russia. On his day-long train journeys between the city of Chita in the far east and the capital Moscow he has not only witnessed the difference in landscapes but also the injustice and inequality. Tune in to know how this has affected Alex's views on Russia and how it inspired his interest for investigative journa...

In the 11th episode of Sandals, Policy Leader Fellow Ani Hovhannisyan pays tribute to the importance of mentorship. She takes us back to her childhood in Armenia and tells us how the things you share with others can lay the foundation for their success.

"Life is full of poetry," says Policy Leader Fellow Sema Merve Is from Turkey. In a very personal Sandals episode, she talks about her "crush on poetry" and how her relationship with this passion has changed over the years.

A tasty conversation with Policy Leader Fellow Sarah Cruz. The Foreign Service Officer from Manila almost went to culinary school. Tune in to hear about her passion for traveling and brownie and cup cake baking skills.

How does a 180-degree turn in a rowboat on the Arno connect with the transition from Argentina's agricultural sector to a local government focusing on urban issues? Find out in the new Sandals episode with Policy Leader Fellow Alejandro Saez Reale.