Day 3: Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2025

  Participants visited the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, taking a deep dive into the benefits of strategic anticipation, the subtleties of polarity thinking, and the gripping nature of the latest global and emerging risks. Spending the day with the GCSP at Geneva’s Maison de la Paix, participants focused on strategic anticipation as an action-oriented […]

Day 2: Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2025

Focus shifted to the future governance of neurotechnology, computational diplomacy, and GESDA’s AI-augmented intelligence tool for decision-makers. Inside the wood-paneled meeting room of a newly renovated Geneva church, the cohort began the day focused on the concept that everyone has a right to benefit from scientific progress. The foundation for the human right to science […]

Day 1: Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2025

GESDA welcomed 36 leaders to the fourth edition of its immersive learning and networking experience at International Geneva. Inside the UN’s Palais des Nations, Daria Robinson greeted the new cohort and explained how Swiss and Geneva authorities created GESDA as a foundation in 2019 to launch anticipatory science diplomacy initiatives based in the city that […]

Anticipating an inside look at multilateralism during Geneva Science Diplomacy Week

On the grounds of the Palais des Nations overlooking Geneva, Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's installation of 193 different stones, each bearing the name of a U.N. member nation, is configured as an infinity sign symbolizing a renewed and unified society.

GESDA gears up for the fourth edition of its immersive learning and networking experience based on the dynamic science and diplomacy ecosystem of International Geneva.  On the grounds of the Palais des Nations overlooking Geneva, Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s installation of 193 different stones, each bearing the name of a United Nations member nation, is […]

Radar Spotlight: Tapping into the behavioral science of groups holds promise

  Modern research tools, especially computational resources, are enabling deeper analysis of group behavior. (Mauro Mora/Unsplash) Tapping into the behavioral science of groups holds promise for enhancing cooperation and limiting conflict Over the next 25 years, we can anticipate several advancements in the study of group behavior that will benefit society, ranging from predictive tools […]

Radar Spotlight: Altering our sense of place with the science of the origins of life

Star clusters like NGC 3603 provide important clues to understanding the origin of massive star formations in the early, distant universe. (NASA) Altering our sense of place with the science of the origins of life Life’s complexity is a product of evolution. Achieving a greater understanding of life’s origins through interdisciplinary research will help reveal […]