Design the Future of Global Governance
Do you already know how you are going to change the world? This virtual team and project-based experience will help you develop the right mindset and skills needed to imagine the future of global governance.
Why foresight, innovation and technology?
Foresight is about futuring and trend finding. It is also about having a view of the future: a vision of knowing what the future could hold and why. An increasing number of international organizations develop innovative bottom-up practices to find disruptive solutions to global issues such as international migration, humanitarian aid, and global health. They apply foresight to identify weak signals and capitalize on the opportunities they portend, as well as prepare contingency plans for adverse scenarios. They do so with digital technologies and the participation of a number of stakeholders with different views and perspectives.
Our program has three parts:
Days 1 - 3:
Learn from innovation practitioners and international negotiations experts:
- · Learning with innovation (OCHA)
- · Bottom up innovation in international organization (UNAIDS)
- · AI for good (ITU)
- · Prediction and modeling with artificial intelligence (Geneva Science Policy Interface)
- · Social media and digital advocacy (Swiss Youth for Climate)
- · Design Justice and inclusive participation (University of Geneva)
- · Civil society and multi-stakeholder governance (UPF)
- · Tech companies and multi-stakeholder negotiations (Microsoft)
- 2-day Bootcamp: practice the innovation and foresight tactics and tools to imagine the future of international negotiations.
Day 5:
- Present your disruptive ideas and solutions to a panel of experts from international Geneva.
Target Audience:
This summer school is tailored towards undergraduate, graduate and PhD students from all around the world who want to learn more from - and network with - foresight, innovation and digital technology experts in international Geneva.
Course credits
The equivalent of 3 ECTS credits can be obtained (to be validated by the home university) upon submission of a paper.
Early Bird, 28 February 2021: CHF 590*
Final Deadline, 30 April 2021: CHF 790*
Special price for UNIGE students: CHF 250*
*Including 100 CHF non refundable administrative fees
COURSE DIRECTOR :
Dr. Jérôme Duberry
Jérôme Duberry is a researcher at the Dusan Sidjanski Centre of Excellence in European Studies, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva. His research activities focus on the participation of civil society in policy-making processes, and more particularly on their use of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence. His research interests extend to the different forms of governance in Europe, and in particular the federalist project. Within the Global Studies Institute, he teaches the course entitled "Digital Technologies, Europe and International Relations" and contributes to the cross-curricular course on digital technologies. In 2019, Jérôme obtained a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to explore how artificial intelligence can contribute to citizen participation: http://p3.snf.ch/project-190509 Since 2020, Jérôme has been a member of the scientific board for the Think Tank Global Policy Insights. Jérôme holds a PhD in International Relations from the University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain).
TEACHING FACULTY :
Anne-Sophie Allegre, Lead, Digital Learning and Innovation at United Nations OCHA https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-sophie-allegre-690050b4/
Jean-Yves Art, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships at Microsoft https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-yves-art-aa0126125/
Jerome Duberry, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Geneva https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromeduberry/
Vanessa Hanifa, Head of foresight at the Technical School of Commerce, Geneva https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-hanifa-b0216234/
Pradeep kakkattil, Director, Office of Innovation at UNAIDS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradeepkakkattil/
Maxime Stauffer, Science-policy Officer at GSPI & CEO at Simon Institute for Longterm Governance https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxime-stauffer-a95b92113/
Juan Miguel de la Joya, Digital Strategy for Al for Good, International Telecommunication Union, https://www.linkedin.com/in/juandejoya/