27 January 2026 IN-PERSON
Palais des Nations
Europe/Zurich timezone
Welcome to UN Geneva!

Scientific Programme

11:45-13:00 – Lunch (UN cafeteria)

Introductory Remarks 13:00 - 13:15

Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle (Director of Library and Archives, UN Geneva)

Roundtable – Session 1: The state of multilaterlism (13:15-15:00)

Alanna O’Malley (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

The Global South and the UN: a long historical gaze

Jussi Hanhimäki (Graduate Institute)

The eclipse of American multilateralism? A historical perspective

Steen Rynning (University of Southern Denmark / DIAS)

Whither NATO? NATO’s many faces and the current situation

Lynda Chinenye Iroulo (Georgetown University)

The African Union – regionally and globally

15:00-15:50 – Coffee and Cookies

Roundtable – Session 2: The future of multilateralism (16:00-17:45)

Corinne Momal-Vanian (Executive Director, Kofi Annan Foundation)

What is the United Nations now? Scenarios ahead

Anna Ayuso Pozo (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
Latin American Perspectives on Multipolar Multilateralism

Marlene Wind (University of Copenhagen)

The EU – what kind of geopolitical actor has it been and what is it becoming?

Toni Sandell (Finnish OSCE Chairpersonship 2025)

Dialogue for what? The state and possible futures of the OSCE

18:30-20:00 – Drinks reception at Mama & Zita