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SHS MOST/GEG Seminar on "The decline of social ties – Political sociology"
The UNESCO SHS MOST/Groupe d'études géopolitiques (GEG) series of seminars on "Human Sciences and Social Transformations" aims to integrate new concepts into our analysis of the transformations of contemporary societies and the social ties that bind people together, through dialogues between academia and public policy.
This first session on “The decline of social ties – Political sociology” will examine the trend of weakening social ties and how to remedy it, thus drawing observations that will guide and introduce the following seminars. It will take place at UNESCO in Paris, in Room IX, from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (GMT +2), on 17 April 2023.
This first session on “The decline of social ties – Political sociology” will examine the trend of weakening social ties and how to remedy it, thus drawing observations that will guide and introduce the following seminars. It will take place at UNESCO in Paris, in Room IX, from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm (GMT +2), on 17 April 2023.
17 April 2023
UNESCO MOST/GEG Seminars – Human Sciences and Social Transformations
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Location
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Rooms :
Room IX
Type :
Cat VII – Seminar and training
Arrangement type :
Hybrid
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Participants in this session will discuss to which extent social ties have been weakening and tell us which social sciences concepts they think should be mobilized to describe this trend. They will provide perspectives from different regions of the world and at multiple levels of political life, from the global to the local scale.
This session will be introduced by Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO and Gilles Gressani, President of Groupe d'études géopolitiques, Director of Le Grand Continent.
Speakers:
- Fabrizio Barca, Coordinator of the Forum on Inequalities and Diversity, former Minister for Territorial Cohesion of Italy.
- Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, African Union Special Envoy on Food Systems, former Prime Minister of Niger, former Chief Executive Officer of NPCA and AUDA-NEPAD.
- Luciana Mendes Santos Servo, President of Brazil’s Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada.
- Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance, Professor of International Relations, School of International Service, American University, Washington D.C.
- Olivier Roy, Professor at the European University Institute Florence (EUI), author of L’aplatissement du monde (Seuil 2022).
