Geneva Intl.

This episode of the Geneva Challenge Podcast answers questions from the participants related to the upcoming submission of their proposals, and explores the theme and the vision of the context more elaborately.  This episode is hosted by the Project Coordinator of the contest, Mukta, where she provides answers to different questions. Which one is on … Continue reading [Podcast] The Geneva Challenge 2021: Challenges of crisis management

In this episode, professor Nicole Bourbonnais, Carolina Earle, Gaya Raddadi and Trang Tran discuss the recent incidences of recorded gender-based violence across the world, what it means for them personally and how intersectionality of gender issues affect the perception of gender-based violence. Music: Stay Warm, by Scott Holmes (CC BY-NC) Picture by Hugo Brendam (all … Continue reading [Podcast] Gender-based violence and intersectionality

As the Lunar New Year celebrations come to a close and the full moon makes an appearance, let’s enter the year of the Ox with new perspectives, courtesy of the China and East Asia Studies initiative. Listen as they reflect on different traditions in East Asia, their personal experiences of past new years, the soft … Continue reading Lunar New Year with CEAS

Might sound like a fantasy. Or maybe it sounds a little dystopic. But Alexandre Maaza stopped by to make a pretty convincing argument for a future where we may need to change our perceptions of work, salaries and everything that goes with it. Hosts: Michelle Olguin and Alexandre Maaza Music: Settling in – Dexter Britain, … Continue reading [Careers Podcast, ep. 2] What if the future of work was… well, no work at all?

Rather than a grouping of sovereign states, the League of Nations, the precursor organisation to the United Nations, admitted several colonies and Dominions as member-states. Perhaps the most unusual addition to the League was that of British India, that was described as an ‘anomaly among anomalies’. In today’s podcast, we will discuss under what terms … Continue reading An anomaly among anomalies: Colonial membership at the League of Nations

Introducing a new podcast series by the Macro-Development Research Initiative, from the Graduate Institute in Geneva. “Let’s put it on the table” will discuss development-related topics that are not receiving enough attention. Our guest for this episode is Alejandro Castro, one of the founding members of Club Macro, the Club de Macroeconomía UCV, the student analysis … Continue reading Let’s Put it on the Table, ep. 1: Where the Idea Was Born

Geneva Intl. is always looking for new talent, and a couple of weeks ago we found it among the students at the Graduate Institute. During our welcome day event we put all of these people in front of a microphone and asked them to make a talk show from scratch. Here’s the result!  If you … Continue reading Let’s make a talk show!

This podcast is a short and fun conversation with a recent graduate of MIH (Masters in International History student) on life before, during and after the Graduate Institute. It features questions on what John’s first impression of Geneva was, what his advice would be to students coming in this year and some light trivia questions … Continue reading Let’s chat with a recent graduate from our Institute, John!

The Geneva Challenge is an international contest for graduate students to develop analysis-based proposals on advancing human development in a relevant topic of global concern. Tune in to learn more about this year’s theme, submission requirements and the evaluation criteria of the proposals! For any further queries, reach out to [email protected] Hosts: Michelle Olguin Fluckiger … Continue reading The Geneva Challenge Begins!

For the very first episode in this Pop Theory podcast, we will be discussing *drum roll* images, or pictures, or whatever you want to call them. We see them every day, they scroll past us on screens, they take up most of the free spaces around us but do you ever really notice them? Well, we do, … Continue reading Introducing “Pop Theory” (ep. 01)