I had the pleasure to interact with PhD and Diploma students at the Centre of International Health (CIH) at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU). My lecture slides on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, its SDGs, and implications for health and health policies here and on the Socio-economic challenges and the (potential) role of human rights…
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A take on two summits. Doha and Belém.
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Read MoreSome reflections on the 2nd World Summit for Social Development
Panelists at the session on Rethinking Pre-Distribution and Fiscal Policies to Advance Social Justice, organised by UNRISD, International Budget Partnership, the Foundation for European Progress, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, WECF and many others. More ideas.
Read MoreSome reflections on the 2nd World Summit for Social Development
The commitments made at the Doha Summit for Social Development … Approximately 40 heads of state and government, around 200 ministers and officials, and approximately 8,000 representatives from civil society and the business world gathered in Doha during the week of November 3 for the Second World Summit for Social Development. The assembled governments agreed…
Read MoreDer Weltsozialgipfel in Doha
Die Zusagen des Doha- Gipfels für soziale Entwicklung … Circa 40 Staats- und Regierungsoberhäupter, an die 200 Minister:Innen und Beamt:Innen und circa 8000 Vertreter:innen aus Zivilgesellschaft und Businesswelt kamen in der Woche vom 3. November in Doha zum 2. Weltsozialgipfel für soziale Entwicklung zusammen. Die versammelten Regierungen einigten sich in einer moralisch-verpflichtenden – aber…
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World Summit on Social Development
Greetings from the World Summit on Social Development. Social protection and the right to care getting good traction. Discussion piece
Why Care About Care?
This contribution is published as part of the UNRISD Think Piece Series Beyond Copenhagen: Rethinking Social Development for the 21st Century, which supports UNRISD’s efforts to shape the agenda of the upcoming Summit in Qatar in November 2025. This series brings together experts from academia, advocacy and policy practice to critically explore the achievements and…
Read MoreUN social summits as Global Social Policy?
In 2025, multilateralism is under great pressure. Many United Nations (UN) member states violate the binding principles of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, often only superficially commit to non-binding declarations such as the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development or the Paris Agreement, and are delaying or even cutting funding…
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Two Summits – two dynamics – social development and climate justice
The city of Doha, its glass skyscrapers rising overwhelmingly, and menacingly, from desert lands, hosted the 2nd World Summit for Social Development (3 to 6 November). Belém, at the mouth of the lush green Amazon river, was the site for the 30th Climate COP (10 to 22/23 November). The venues of the two Summits obviously…
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