UNESCO Chairs Seminars
About
These online seminars mobilise the collective intelligence and experience of UNESCO's network of some 1000 university Chairs and UNITWIN networks from around the world to exchange on emerging issues related to sustainable development. Through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary discussions, the seminars aim to push back the boundaries of knowledge on topics related to UNESCO's mandate in education, culture, communication and the sciences, as well as broader issues for the United Nations.
Open to the public, they bring together the UNESCO Chairs community, researchers, civil society representatives, practitioners and UN specialists to an open platform for discussion, collaboration and knowledge exchange, with a view to expanding cooperation to tackle the pressing issues of our time. The UNESCO Chairs Seminars were prepared in follow up to the UNITWIN 30th Anniversary Conference on Transforming Knowledge for Just and Sustainable Futures, held in November 2022.
"Transforming knowledge for Africa’s future": upcoming series
From September to November 2023, the UNESCO Chairs Seminars will focus on the 5 Flagship Programmes of the 2022-2029.
These Seminars will provide an interdisciplinary venue for UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks, and other experts, to engage with each Flagship Programme.
The Seminars are a contribution towards the African Union’s Theme of the Year 2024, devoted to education.
Series 5 - Towards a Pact for the future
UNESCO Chairs Seminars are linked with a particular programmatic focus of the Organization on which the UNESCO Chairs work. The UNESCO Chairs Seminars have stimulated debate through a a broad, transversal approach, engaging the community of Chairs and affiliated institutions.
Access previous series below.
Series 4: Transforming knowledge for Africa's future
Series 3: Science and sustainability
Series 2: Human rights
Series 1: Futures of higher education
