This episode of the Geneva Challenge Podcast answers questions from the participants related to the upcoming submission of their proposals, and explores the theme and the vision of the context more elaborately. This episode is hosted by the Project Coordinator of the contest, Mukta, where she provides answers to different questions. Which one is on…

In this episode, professor Nicole Bourbonnais, Carolina Earle, Gaya Raddadi and Trang Tran discuss the recent incidences of recorded gender-based violence across the world, what it means for them personally and how intersectionality of gender issues affect the perception of gender-based violence. Music: Stay Warm, by Scott Holmes (CC BY-NC) Picture…

As the Lunar New Year celebrations come to a close and the full moon makes an appearance, let’s enter the year of the Ox with new perspectives, courtesy of the China and East Asia Studies initiative. Listen as they reflect on different traditions in East Asia, their personal experiences of past new years, the soft … Continue reading Lunar New Year …

Might sound like a fantasy. Or maybe it sounds a little dystopic. But Alexandre Maaza stopped by to make a pretty convincing argument for a future where we may need to change our perceptions of work, salaries and everything that goes with it. Hosts: Michelle Olguin and Alexandre Maaza Music: Settling in – Dexter Britain, … Continue reading [Careers…

Rather than a grouping of sovereign states, the League of Nations, the precursor organisation to the United Nations, admitted several colonies and Dominions as member-states. Perhaps the most unusual addition to the League was that of British India, that was described as an ‘anomaly among anomalies’. In today’s podcast, we will discuss under what t…

Introducing a new podcast series by the Macro-Development Research Initiative, from the Graduate Institute in Geneva. “Let’s put it on the table” will discuss development-related topics that are not receiving enough attention. Our guest for this episode is Alejandro Castro, one of the founding members of Club Macro, the Club de Macroeconomía UCV, t…

Geneva Intl. is always looking for new talent, and a couple of weeks ago we found it among the students at the Graduate Institute. During our welcome day event we put all of these people in front of a microphone and asked them to make a talk show from scratch. Here’s the result! If you … Continue reading Let’s make a talk show!…

This podcast is a short and fun conversation with a recent graduate of MIH (Masters in International History student) on life before, during and after the Graduate Institute. It features questions on what John’s first impression of Geneva was, what his advice would be to students coming in this year and some light trivia questions … Continue readin…

Lisa Kucher is a space law student, ISU Space Studies Program fellow and space travel advocate. You could keep in touch with her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/legalcookie.

Today on the Foundation show — Anna Hurova, she is a brilliant lawyer and curios scientist dedicated her time to the research of sustainable development on the Earth orbit and topic of space debris. Keep in touch with her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hurova.anna. You can find show notes from today's show at https://stargatefund.com/podcast.…

Today on the Foundation show — Mads Wilson, he is an exceptional space exploration admirer, experienced manager and in his free time, Communication Lead for Copenhagen Suborbitals, a volunteer space program based in Denmark with the ambitious goal of launching a human into orbit. What's most important, their rocket developments is fully crowdfunded…

Tetiana Timchenko and Bohdan Lysenko from Lunar Research Service on the show today. Tetiana has been in startups and science for over 8 years. She received a Master Degree in Math and Physics, was a head of publishing company before she branched out and started an aerospace project with her husband. Constant iterations lead them to the ideas of pro…

The Geneva Challenge is an international contest for graduate students to develop analysis-based proposals on advancing human development in a relevant topic of global concern. Tune in to learn more about this year’s theme, submission requirements and the evaluation criteria of the proposals! For any further queries, reach out to geneva.challenge@g…

For the very first episode in this Pop Theory podcast, we will be discussing *drum roll* images, or pictures, or whatever you want to call them. We see them every day, they scroll past us on screens, they take up most of the free spaces around us but do you ever really notice them? Well, we do, … Continue reading Introducing “Pop Theory” (ep. 01)…

In the third episode of the Health, Intl. podcast, Samhita and Thomas discuss the Spanish flu of 1917-1920, a global pandemic that could provide analogies for the current Covid 19 crisis. They discuss how the Spanish flu has been often forgotten in history, and how the flu compares and contrasts with today’s pandemic. Listen now. … Continue reading…

Frangela Dorsainville got the coveted internship so many people want, working for Haiti’s permanent mission for a semester. She’ll give you all the tips and tricks on how to get there and how to make the best of it. And hopefully, provide a few laughs along the way. This is the first episode of the … Continue reading Careers podcast, ep. 1: Permane…