Conflict in Ukraine has escalated to a major armed conflict leaving thousands dead and uprooting hundreds of thousands of people in the first week of fighting. In the face of these rapid developments, the Geneva Graduate Institute is convening a town hall to provide context and understanding of the unfolding developments and to situate what is happening within the broader trends in international relations and governance. The town hall will feature different perspectives that draw on the academic foundations of the Institute across disciplines and fields of thematic expertise. 

The event will include several speakers from the Institute before opening up to the audience for a broader discussion on the implications for the future of democracy and global governance.

• Gopalan Balachandran, Co-Director, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy

• Delidji Eric Degila, Professor of Practice, Interdisciplinary Programmes and International Relations/Political Science

• Marcelo Kohen, Professor of International Law 

• Sara Hellmüller, Senior Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, and Visiting Lecturer, International Relations/Political Science Department and Interdisciplinary Programmes

• Erica Moret, Senior Researcher, Global Governance Centre, and the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies

• Achim Wennmann, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Programmes (moderator)

This town hall is co-hosted by the Director's Office and the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy.

Please note that this event can be joined online or in-person and will be recorded and made available on the Institute's YouTube channel.