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This episode, in French, explores the changing craft of historians in the digital age through the book "Écrire l'Histoire: Gestes et expériences à l'ère numérique" and a conversation with historian and co-author of the book, Frédéric Clavert. It examines how smartphones, search engines, databases, online archives, social media and AI reshape research practices—reading, searching, annotating and writing history.

The discussion covers working with web archives and massive corpora like Twitter, the shift from finite collections to continual data streams, the emotional and methodological impact of digitization, and the emerging uses and challenges of AI and metadata for historical analysis.

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In this episode, we explore the League of Nations' impact on the development of international law and global governance.

We explore the League’s legal section and court experiments, tensions between sovereign equality and imperial hierarchies, and case studies like Upper Silesia and the Manchurian crisis, as well as how the Handbook reframes the League as central to the development of international law and institutions, while noting the limits of ‘‘peace through law".

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Guests: Karin van Leeuwen & Morten Rasmussen

Host: Amy Smith

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva. 

In this episode, we explore diplomacy in action.

Featuring chapters from experienced legal advisors from foreign ministries as well as international organizations and institutions, the book's central message is that international law is not a specialist domain but rather diplomacy’s keystone, essential for advancing state interests and reinforcing the rule of law.

Mario Oyarzábal reminds us, "that international law is a toolbox for cooperation for resolving disputes peacefully, for accountability."

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Guest: Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal.

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva.

This is AIxMultilateralism, where we’re joined by experts who help us unpack the many ideas and issues at the nexus of AI and international cooperation.  

The environmental impact of AI systems is increasingly discussed. But what if we went beyond this to look at how the success of AI is dependent on the earth’s resources? In this episode we are joined by Martín Tironi Rodó, Director of FAIR, the Futures of Artificial Intelligence Research Nucleus, and the sociologist of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He shares why artificial intelligence is deeply interconnected with planetary intelligence, and calls for more research, agency and leadership across Chile and Latin America in shaping the future of AI.

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Guest: Martín Tironi Rodó.

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In this episode, we explore an interesting facet in the life of international governance: emotions. 

Professor Daniel Laqua, Professor Dan Gorman and Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard join us to explain GLO (Global Governance Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present), a transatlantic research project examining how civil society, activists and NGOs have campaigned to build, shape, reform or put an end to international organizations from the early 20th century to the early 2000s.

The project's findings reveal interesting aspects about how people relate to and through international insitutions, particularly, emotional experiences such as love, hate, trust, and a sense of belonging. Our guests explore these ideas using examples from the League of Nations, United Nations Associations, Jubilee 2000 and the Council of Europe. And, they also share what grassroots diplomacy suggests about the possibilities of change.

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Guests: Professor Daniel Laqua (Northumbria University, United Kingdom), Professor Dan Gorman (University of Waterloo, Canada) and Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard (Leiden University, The Netherlands).

Host: Amy Smith

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva.

This is AIxMultilateralism, where we’re joined by experts who help us unpack the many ideas and issues at the nexus of AI and international cooperation.  

Should philanthropy be a part of the development and governance of AI? We explore this question with Hubert Halopé and Giuseppe Ugazio, part of the team at the Artificial Intelligence & Philanthropy Project at the University of Geneva. They share the findings of the project's open source book The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy, why philanthropic organisations should play a key role in AI governance and in the ethical use of AI, and argue how philanthropy can be present in multilateral AI governance mechanisms at the UN.

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Guests: Giuseppe Ugazio and Hubert Halopé.

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In this episode, we explore how African states have actively shaped multilateral institutions. Lynda Chinenye Iroulo, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University in Qatar, shares her research in decolonial international relations and the design of regional organizations, including the history behind the African Union, the African Peer Review Mechanism, and the push for common African positions at the UN.

Lynda highlights examples such as the shift from non‑intervention to the responsibility to protect, reforms in peace support operations, debates over the ICC, and ongoing calls for UN reform. She argues for a post‑colonial institutionalist lens to make African contributions visible and to rethink how global institutions are designed and implemented.

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Guest: Lynda Chinenye Iroulu, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University in Qatar https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/faculty/lynda-chinenye-iroulo/

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva. 

This is AIxMultilateralism, where we’re joined by experts who help us unpack the many ideas and issues at the nexus of AI and international cooperation.  

There are many calls today to enact redlines for AI, but what about redlines for data? In this episode we're joined by Emily Tucker, Executive Director at the Center on Privacy & Technology and Adjunct Professor of Law, at Georgetown Law. Emily shares her research on datafication, the impact of this process on political participation and the public interest, and the implications for our collective capacity to create the futures we want as communities and societies. She also reflects on three priorities for data redlines, and what multilateral fora should be asking when it comes to how data is collected and used in today’s world.  

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Guest: Emily Tucker.

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This is AI x Multilateralism, a playlist of conversations at the UN Library & Archives Geneva where we’re joined by experts who help us unpack the many ideas and issues at the nexus of AI and international cooperation.  

For this conversation we’re joined by Emily Tucker, Executive Director at the Center on Privacy & Technology and Adjunct Professor of Law, at Georgetown Law. There are many calls today to enact redlines for AI, but what about redlines for data? In this episode, we explore Emily’s work and research on what’s called datafication. She shares what this means, the impact of datafication on political participation and the public interest, and the implications for our collective capacity to create the futures we want as communities and societies. She also reflects on three priorities for data redlines, and what multilateral fora should be asking when it comes to how data is collected and used in today’s world.  

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How can science support better diplomacy? In this episode, we're joined by Professor Marilyne Andersen, Director-General of GESDA, to explore how anticipatory science diplomacy works: gathering scientists’ foresight, translating breakthroughs into policy and practice, and preparing society for disruptive technologies.

Marilyne shares her insights on GESDA’s Radar of 5–25-year futures, the importance of open science and inclusivity, training for decision‑makers, and the role of art in engaging the public.

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Guest: Marilyne Andersen.

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva.