To complete their studies, Development Policies and Practices, students must write a thesis and prepare a presentation on a topic linked to their work and employer. Bahja Hassan, who received her Diploma in February 2024, works for Save the Children as a Gender...
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The synergy between humanitarian – development – peace and security, the challenges of the “triple nexus” in southern countries: the case of the Sahel and Lake Chad basin regions
A brief overview of the nexus concept The "nexus" aims to change the traditional approach to humanitarian aid and create greater synergy with development, security, and peace. This involves creating both a strategic and operational link between humanitarian...
AI Industry vs Copyright Law: the 2024 battlefield
In 2023, with OpenAI's ChatGPT and other competitors going mainstream, artificial intelligence (AI) gained momentum and general acceptance but also exposed most people to how AI tools function—and sometimes "hallucinate".It has been a watershed moment in AI policy and...
Are alternative proteins an opportunity for food systems?
The environmental toll of animal proteins The carbon footprints of food systems, which include all the emissions from the growing, processing, transportation, and waste of food, are putting important pressure on the environment. Agriculture and food systems...
Tech Diplomacy: Unlocking Solutions to Global Challenges in a Tech-Driven World
As we enter the fourth industrial revolution, disruptive technologies such as generative AI promise to bring industry 4.0 and affect every aspect of our lives. Traditional diplomacy is no longer adequately equipped for the complex challenges...
Sustainable Finance to Address Social and Environmental Injustice
1. Addressing grand challenges in social and environmental justice through sustainable finance Nowadays, sustainable finance, focusing on social and environmental justice, is omnipresent. Achieving these justices means meeting what management now knows as grand...
Blockchain technology in humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is highly complex There is no lack of complexity in solving humanitarian aid issues. Various policy circles work intensively on these issues on multiple levels. They understand that agreed-upon solutions are negotiated outcomes that can have a...
A walk by Geneva Lake: Reflections by MAS 22 cohort
What brings together a senior advisor in multilateral affairs and governance, a gender sociologist with expertise in diversity, equity, inclusion and the Middle East, a business developer with her own think and do tank to co-create impact, a PR & digital marketing...
International Intellectual Property: What Needs to Change?
International Intellectual Property is a branch of Intellectual Property Law and International Law that is governed by the intergovernmental organisation, the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The general objective of the WTO is to lower barriers to international trade...
Artificial Intelligence Promises, Ethics and Human Rights: Time to Open Pandora’s Box
Despite all its promises, Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents risks to human rights online and offline, and growing ethical challenges. To benefit humanity, significant measures are needed, combining positive encouragements and stricter rules. The AI...
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