GLOBAL ISSUES, GROUNDED PERSPECTIVES
We approach the study of international affairs and development by exploring how social and cultural life, as well as political and economic practices, are shaped across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Our programmes aim to provide students with theoretical perspectives and methodological tools to explore the social and cultural systems that influence, and are influenced by, policy interventions, especially – but not exclusively – in the field of development and international affairs.
- A bi-disciplinary department nestling in the heart of international Geneva offering exceptional access to international organisations.
- A curriculum offering cutting edge, research led teaching and supervision.
- Unique insights into global and international issues taught by a diverse faculty with world-class expertise covering a range of global locles.
- Truly international intellectual multicultural community of students, researchers and faculty.
- Academic and diverse set of international career options, ranging from international organizations, public and private sector and universities worldwide.
- A unique conversation between Anthropology and Sociology covering terrain as diverse as migration, human rights, environment, gender, health, law, and finance.
BUILDING A CAREER
90% of our students find work within four months of graduation. Recent ANSO graduates have secured employment with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Labour Organization, International Committee of the Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières and more. Others have taken up doctoral, post-doctoral or faculty positions at the University of Geneva, the Max Planck Institute, the University of Oxford and University College London, to mention just a few.
Where the Alumni of the Geneva Graduate Institute work one year after their graduation:
A cosmopolitan ENVIRONMENT
With roughly 1,000 students from 100 countries are enrolled in our various programmes, the Geneva Graduate Institute is home to students from all over the world. We are serving a very diverse community in the heart of International Geneva: nearly 20-25% of people in the Swiss city are connected to an international institution. The Institute’s close ties with the international community are reflected in the five social science disciplines taught here, all imbued with a global perspective.
