Global Citizenship and Institutions

Conflicts, pandemics, climate change, technological and commercial disruption affect us, even if they take place far from home. A globalized world prevents us to treat these issues acting alone. No country can solve them by itself, no matter how powerful may it be. How can we work together to supply global public goods?

The Private Sector and its role in pandemic response

16 de May, 2021

The Independent Panel set up by the WHO just presented its report last week, on…

“Sergio” or the United Nations Reform in COVID-19 times

27 de May, 2020

Netflix´s film about Sergio Viera de Mello, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at…

New Regional Policies that turn “Global”

27 de November, 2018

It was the american sociologist and economist Saskia Sassen who introduced in 1991 the concept…

Megalopolis´Nature

27 de November, 2018

Is it true that the nature of geopolitical competition is evolving from disputin territories to…

Future Urban Challenges

27 de November, 2018

At the middle of last Century, two thirds of the world population lived in the…

Networked Citizens

27 de November, 2018

The road towards global governance system today has the thrust of a substantial and definitive…

Climate Change and Global Cooperation

27 de November, 2018

The Paris Climate Conference (COP 21), or 21st Conference of the Parties of United Nations…

Cities of the Future

27 de November, 2018

An interesting angle to explore how to improve international cooperation - which has received less…

Global Public Goods

27 de November, 2018

Conventional wisdom accepts that national societies seek to ensure the provision of a certain amount…

The contrast between Globalization and Sovereignty

27 de November, 2018

The contrast between globalization and national sovereignty was always center-stage in debates dedicated to organize…

National Sovereignty and International Cooperation

27 de November, 2018

Few doubt the need for a theory of change to understand what is happening in…

Responsible Global Citizenship

27 de November, 2018

Nowadays, we no longer discuss whether or not we are members of the global society.…

Towards a Global Government?

27 de November, 2018

When we talk about creating a global authority to take decisions and exercise control, are…

Building Global Governance

27 de November, 2018

Global economic crises have shown in recent decades that market forces cannot regulate themselves, without…

Challenges to Global Citizenship

27 de November, 2018

Not only the world turns faster, it also seems smaller. What happens in a distant…