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

Scientific Programme

11:45-13:00 – Lunch (cafeteria)

Introductory Remarks 13:00 - 13:15

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

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

Alanna O’Malley (Erasmus University Rotterdam) confirmed

The Global South and the UN: a long historical gaze

Jussi Hanhimäki (Graduate Institute) confirmed

The eclipse of American multilateralism? A historical perspective

Steen Rynning (University of Southern Denmark / DIAS) confirmed

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

Lynda Chinenye Iroulo (Georgetown University) confirmed

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) confirmed

What is the United Nations now? Scenarios ahead

Anna Ayuso Pozo (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) tbc

Title TBA

Marlene Wind (University of Copenhagen) confirmed

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

Toni Sandell (Finnish OSCE Chairpersonship 2025) confirmed

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

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