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Dr. David Day on Learning to be a Leader

Happy New Year to all of our listeners. 
In Episode 41, our Director Francesco Pisano speaks with Dr. David Day, Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College and Academic Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute.
Are leaders born or made? What defines a leader, and how is the concept of leadership evolving as we question the type of leaders we need to meet our global challenges? As we make our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, what can we learn about being a leader? Dr. David Day, a leadership specialist, speaks on the need for three-dimensional leaders, the difference between leader development and leadership development, and looks to the future and what the next generation of leaders might look like. 
In a time where creative, collaborative, and courageous leadership is essential, Dr. David Day encourages us all to be leaders – in any capacity in which we serve. 
About Dr. David Day
David Day, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College and Academic Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute, Steven L. Eggert ‘82 P'15 Professor of Leadership and George R. Roberts Fellow. Previously he was Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Woodside Chair in Leadership and Management at The University of Western Australia Business School.
Resources
Kravis Leadership Institute: https://www.kravisleadershipinstitute.org/
Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/2KKytnh
Content
Speakers: Dr. David Day & Francesco Pisano
Host/Editor: Natalie Alexander & Karen Lee
Producer: Karen Lee
Images: The Kravis Leadership Institute
Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee 
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
 

Prof. Bertrand Badie on inter-sociality and the multilateralism of the future

In this brief English addition to Episode 40 – originally recorded in French – Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert, Chief of the Institutional Memory Section at the United Nations Library&Archives Geneva speaks with Professor Bertrand Badie, a French political scientist and emeritus professor at Sciences Po Paris.
In this short summary of the conversation, Professor Badie captures the essence of his new book, Inter-socialités: le monde n’est plus géopolitique. In his book, he argues that international relations have become inter-social rather than geo-political.
 
Resources 
Learn more about Professor Bertrand Badie's new book Inter-socialités - Le monde n'est plus géopolitique: https://bit.ly/2WoAhF7
Read the transcript here: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/c.php?g=673332&p=4880979&t=16152
Access the UN Library&Archives Geneva research guides and resources here: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/tools
Content
Speakers: Professor Bertrand Badie & Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert
Host/Editor: Pierre-Étienne Bourneuf
Producer: Karen Lee
Images: Citoyens du Monde / Éditions la Découverte 
Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee 
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library&Archives Geneva

40: L’inter-socialité et le multilatéralisme du futur, selon Professeur Bertrand Badie

Dans cet épisode de The Next Page, Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert, Cheffe de la Section de la Mémoire institutionnelle à la Bibliothèque&Archives des Nations Unies à Genève, accueille le professeur Bertrand Badie pour parler de son dernier livre Inter-socialités - Le monde n'est plus géopolitique. 
Professeur à Science Po Paris, le professeur Badie est un des spécialistes français des relations internationales les plus connus et reconnus. Auteur de nombreuses publications, ses domaines de recherches portent sur la sociologie des relations internationales, les droits de l'homme et le multilatéralisme. 
Dans ce podcast, le professeur Badie explique comment le concept d’« inter-socialité » peut nous permettre de mieux comprendre le monde dans lequel nous vivons aujourd’hui. En effet, en examinant les dynamiques du système international d’un point de vue inédit, cet épisode de The Next Page nous amène à réfléchir sur la relation entre le politique et le social, le rôle de la notion de puissance dans les relations internationales, la place de l’Etat dans un monde westphalien de plus en plus contesté, et les transformations provoquées par la mondialisation. 
Cet épisode est également l’occasion pour entendre le professeur Badie sur sa vision du multilatéralisme. Pour lui, le multilatéralisme du futur doit évoluer en s’inspirant de l’histoire, notamment de la notion de solidarité sociale internationale conceptualisée par Léon Bourgeois, un des pères fondateurs de la Société des Nations et lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix en 1920. 
Ressources/Liens
Inter-socialités - Le monde n'est plus géopolitique: https://bit.ly/2WoAhF7
Bertrand Badie est aussi auteur de nombreux articles scientifiques, contributions et ouvrages comme New perspectives on the international order : no longer alone in this world et Nouvelles guerres : comprendre les conflits du XXIe siècle. N’hésitez pas à consulter notre base de données pour avoir accès aux publications disponibles à la Bibliothèque&Archives des Nations Unies à Genève: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/tools
Contenu:
Intervenant(e)s: Professeur Bertrand Badie & Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert
Animateur: Pierre-Étienne Bourneuf
Réalisation et montage: Karen Lee
Image: Citoyens du Monde / Éditions la Découverte 
Enregistré et produit à la Bibliothèque des Nations Unies à Genève

39: Professor Kathryn Lavelle on Multilateralism as "Contrasts in Motion"

In episode 39, we continue our exploration of multilateralism by looking at the challenges of multilateralism and discussing Professor Kathryn Lavelle’s new book on that topic.
Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs at the Department of Political Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where she has worked for the past eighteen years. Professor Lavelle is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations and is a global fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in its Global Europe programme. She also serves as a member of the editorial review board of the UNCTAD journal Transnational Corporations.
In this conversation with Francesco Pisano, Director of the Library & Archives, Kathryn Lavelle takes us on a journey through her book The Challenges of Multilateralism. Starting with the historical context in which multilateralism emerged and the creation of major problem-solving organizations, she points to how the perception of multilateralism has changed over time. She highlights some of the challenges and the dynamic progress from which these arise, before they move on to discuss International Organizations and what the multilateralism may look like in the future.
Professor Lavelle’s book is an accessible read for anyone interested in global development, public health, the environment, trade, international finance, humanitarian law and security studies.
 
Resources 
Learn more about Professor Kathryn Lavelle's new book The Challenges of Multilateralism: https://bit.ly/37Mol5j
Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/3m1FTj0
The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/
Graduate Institute Geneva: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/home.html
Arctic Circle Assembly: http://www.arcticcircle.org/
Content
Speakers: Professor Kathryn Lavelle & Francesco Pisano
Host/Editor: Amy Smith 
Producer: Karen Lee
Images: Courtesy of Kathryn Lavelle
Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee 
Recorded & produced at the Library & Archives UN Geneva

Carla McKirdy & Klas Moldéus on co-creation and Young UN: Agents for Change #KnowledgeRising

Today, we continue with our Knowledge Rising Series dedicated to conversations with young activists, knowledge-shapers and change-makers. In episode 38, we are joined by Carla McKirdy and Klas Moldéus, members of Young UN: Agents for Change.
Established in 2016, Young UN is a cross-UN, global and inclusive network with more than 2,000 members across UN entities in over 80 duty stations. A voluntary and decentralized global network, Young UN fosters a space to catalyze, amplify and accelerate change by crowdsourcing ideas, driving innovation and advocating for cultural change for UN values and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the bottom-up.
Carla and Klas speak on the values of the Young UN network and their ongoing mission to create a space where innovation and new ideas are encouraged and developed. The two also speak on bridging the gap between Young UN and the mechanisms of the larger international bureaucracy of the United Nations, and the continuous ways they are collaborating and conversing with many different parts of the organization.
Just as “Agents for Change” is the network’s motto, Carla and Klas also emphasize the importance of embodying these very words themselves, in their everyday. As young professionals, and young UN staff members, they continue to work towards a shared vision of a UN that fully embodies the principles it stands for.
About Carla McKirdy
Carla has years of experience in communications and advocacy, encompassing journalism, content marketing, knowledge management and multimedia production in both the private and public sectors. Carla has worked for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition, she has worked for the Department of Global Communications (DGC) in New York, United States, the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands in different capacities. Currently, she is working at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as the Associate Public Information Officer on the Young Professionals Programme (YPP).
About Klas Moldéus
Klas Moldéus is working with United Nations Water based in Geneva, Switzerland. Having grown up in Sweden, he has since led sustainable development and startup initiatives in countries including Myanmar, Kenya and Ethiopia. Klas Moldéus is a passionate advocate for sustainable development and innovation, and as part of the Young UN network he has contributed to several initiatives promoting environmental sustainability, bottom-up approaches and driving innovation at the UN.
Resources 
Learn more about Young UN: http://www.young-un.org/
Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/364KLit
Content
Speakers: Klas Moldéus & Carla McKirdy
Host/Editor: Natalie Alexander 
Producer: Karen Lee
Images: Photos by Klas Moldéus / Carla McKirdy
Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee 
Recorded & produced at the UN Geneva Library & Archives 
 
 

37: Philosopher and Professor Souleymane Diagne on achieving our humanity together

Episode 37 brings you a philosophical view on global cooperation, multilateralism and diversity. We speak with Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne, a Senegalese philosopher who is currently the Director of the Institute of African Studies, as well as Professor of French and of Philosophy at Columbia University in the City of New York. 
In this conversation, Professor Diagne shares the need to replenish pluralism and diversity in the practice of philosophy today, and to understand the bridges that have connected the philosophies of the world throughout history. He also reflects on global languages, and how each language itself brings a perspective on the world that tests the universality of our own thinking.  
We also touch upon philosophy in our daily lives - how can the principles of philosophy help us to face our common global challenges, including the climate crisis and pandemics? He shares the philosophical concepts he believes are critical to restitute in order to move forward together. 
We hope this episode brings you food for thought and action. 
Resources 
Learn more about Professor Souleymane Diagne: https://french.columbia.edu/content/souleymane-bachir-diagne
Find out about Professor Diagne’s books and publications: https://french.columbia.edu/content/diagne
Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/2Hf94AK
Content
Speaker: Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Host/Editor: Natalie Alexander 
Producer: Karen Lee
Images: Photo by Charlotte Force / Columbia University in the City of New York. 
Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee 
Recorded & produced at the UN Geneva Library & Archives 

36: The World's Most Traveled Document, with Gudrun Beger & Colin Wells #SpecialEpisode

While we cannot travel much these days, as we work together through COVID-19, we hope this story will take you on a bit of a journey!
Our colleagues Gudrun Beger and Colin Wells, from the Institutional Memory Section at the UN Geneva Library & Archives, join us for a special look into the League of Nations Archives. 
Gudrun is Team Analyst and Colin is Project Manager for the LONTAD Project, the Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives Project, which upon completion will ensure free access online to, as well as the digital and physical preservation of, the entire archives of the League of Nations.
For this conversation, Gudrun shares a brief history of The World’s Most Traveled Document: our passports and travel IDs. As part of the team working recently on the processing of the Mixed Archival Nansen Fond, they came across examples of some of the very first modern passports and travel IDs issued. Colin also shares some analysis about what we can find in the Archives on these documents, as well as the importance of the Archives collection to our understanding today of our history, the work of the League and some its lasting impacts, and multilateralism as it evolves and moves forward.  
Resources and Episode Materials 
The Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives Project (LONTAD) will ensure state-of-the-art free online access and the digital and physical preservation of the entirety of the archives of the League of Nations (1920-1946), the first global intergovernmental organization aiming to establish international peace and cooperation, and the predecessor of the United Nations. The League of Nations Archives have been registered since 2009 on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Find out more here: https://lontad-project.unog.ch/
The LONTAD Project Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Digital_Access_to_the_League_of_Nations_Archives_Project 
Learn more about the United Nations Archives at Geneva: https://bit.ly/2WZQuRH
Find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/UNOGLibrary and https://twitter.com/lontadinho 
More on the dried bananas mentioned in the episode: the dried bananas were initially sent by a producer of banana flour to the Economic and Financial Section of the League, with a request to include the item in the new unified customs nomenclature. See a photo of the dried bananas below!
Images and Credits
Dried bananas, found in the League of Nations Archives (United Nations Archives at Geneva).
 
Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace prize laureate. (Wikimedia Commons: Henry Van der Weyd)
 
 
Nansen certificate issued in France as an international substitute for a passport, part of the League of Nations Archives (United Nations Archives at Geneva).
   
Passport of a Russian refugee (Konstantin Wlassoff-Klass) containing numerous German stamps, part of the League of Nations Archives (United Nations Archives at Geneva).
Content:
Speakers: Gudrun Beger, Colin Wells and Stefan Vukotic.
Host & Editor/Producer: Natalie Alexander.
Images: United Nations Archives at Geneva (see images for more information).
Sound effects: Via Envato Market (Belle Epoque Waltz and WWI Battle Ambience), Soviet March by Shane Ivers (https://www.silvermansound.com) and World of Brothers Allegretto by Dee Yan-Kee).
Recorded & produced by the UN Geneva Library & Archives.
 

35: James Bell on public perception of global cooperation

In episode 35, James Bell, Vice President of Global Strategy at the Pew Research Center, joins us for a deeper look into one of the Center’s latest research polls on public perception of international cooperation. James and his team surveyed more than 14,000 citizens in 14 different countries, asking participants their opinions on the United Nations and its role in multilateral governance.  
Drawing from his extensive background in research and a specific interest in citizens and how they think and what they care about, James takes us through the research project that was published in September 2020.  
With a special focus on the way in which young people (those aged 18-29) viewed global cooperation, he shares that the findings indicate an encouraging optimism towards multilateralism and the increasing importance of young voices. He also explores the ways in which different global issues – such as the pandemic and climate change – affect public opinion.  
We hope this episode offers you a fresh perspective on the importance of data, research and all of its findings. 
The Research Report – International Cooperation Welcomed Across 14 Advanced Economies: https://pewrsr.ch/3l43bVU
About James Bell
James Bell is vice president of global strategy at Pew Research Center. He plays a leading role in guiding the international research undertaken by the Center. Bell helps to design survey projects, develop questionnaires, analyze data and write reports. Prior to joining the Pew Research Center, Bell worked at the U.S. State Department for nearly a decade, most recently as director of international opinion research. Bell earned his doctorate in geography from the University of Washington in Seattle.
He is an author of The World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity, Global Opinion of Obama Slips, International Policies Faulted, Russians Back Protests, Political Freedoms, Egyptians Remain Optimistic, Embrace Democracy and Religion in Political Life and Religion in Latin America. Bell has appeared on CNN, CNBC, and BBC World Service Radio, and has presented internationally, including at the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations annual conference.
James’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/james_e_bell
Further Resources
The Pew Research Center: https://www.pewresearch.org/
The Pew Research Center Twitter: https://twitter.com/pewresearch
Access the episode transcript here: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/c.php?g=673332&p=4880979&t=15784
Content
Speakers: James Bell & Karen Lee
Host & Editor/Producer: Karen Lee
Images: James Bell / The Pew Research Center
Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee 
Recorded & produced at the UN Geneva Library & Archives 

34: Dr. John Pace and the role of civil society in the fabric of human rights

In episode 34, Dr. John Pace, former Secretary to the Commission on Human Rights and Coordinator of the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights joins The Next Page to share his knowledge in the field of human rights, while introducing his recently published book, The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, A Very Great Enterprise.  
With more than three decades of experience in humanitarian work, Dr. Pace takes us back in time, with a special focus on the council that began it all: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Starting from its inception and moving through its ongoing evolution, he takes us on a journey along the Commission’s rich history and its role in the multilateral protection of human rights. 
He also emphasizes the role of civil society in the discussion and advancement of human rights and multilateral cooperation, and considers the critical questions: how does a topic as universal and intersectional as human rights translate into global cooperation? And why are universal human values important? In this conversation, Dr. Pace richly informs us on a subject that is integral and invaluable to us all.   
 
About Dr. John Pace 
To learn more about his new book: https://bit.ly/3mynCdPThe e-version may also be found on most online book stores.
In the course of a career spanning over fifty years in the field of human rights, John Pace has been involved in a wide range of experiences in human rights and related institutional structures and procedures.  Since leaving regular UN service in 1999, he has held senior positions in the human rights/humanitarian field in Liberia, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and Nepal. In the same period, he has worked in various other countries such as Indonesia, Sudan, Cambodia and Vietnam.
He has been involved in the establishment and management of most departments that currently make up the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, such as Special Procedures, Technical Cooperation, and External Relations and in later years, the formation, or re-structuring of teams and management units.  As a senior official, he played an important role in the design and restructuring of the Secretariat upon the creation of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
He is currently Senior Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, he also sits on the Board of the Diplomacy Training Programme. He is Adjunct at University of Sydney, School of Law.
Dr. John Pace on the Future of Human Rights Forum: https://bit.ly/3kE6a6Z
Dr. John Pace on civil society and the voyage of the great enterprise: https://bit.ly/31T79c8
Further Resources  
Access the episode transcript here: https://bit.ly/35HUOsB
The UN Geneva Library & Archives also has a Research Guide on human rights! Find out more here: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/hrtimeline
Content
Speakers: John Pace & Karen Lee
Host & Editor/Producer: Karen Lee
Images: John Pace / Karen Lee
Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee 
Recorded & produced at the UN Geneva Library & Archives 
   

33: Ambassador Umej Bhatia on multilateralism through the eyes of small states

In Episode 33, Ambassador Umej Bhatia, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN in Geneva and the UN in Vienna, joins The Next Page to speak about multilateralism from the perspective of a small state.  
What kind of distinct importance does multilateralism and diplomacy have for small states? How does a rules-based multilateral order achieve global cooperation? How can small states turn vulnerability into opportunity? And, how have small states come together in the past and the present to further solidify their commitment to multilateralism? Ambassador Umej answers these questions and more, sharing insights from his years of experience not only as an Ambassador but also as an author and historian.  
Ambassador Umej speaks about the various layers of multilateralism, from globalization, micro and macrolateralism to vaccine multilateralism. He also shares some insights on his new book, Our Name is Mutiny, a piece of creative non-fiction exploring the Singaporean experience between the years 1907 and 1915.  
We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!
About Ambassador Umej Bhatia  
Beyond being Singapore's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Umej is also a writer, historian, Permanent Representative to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization and Resident Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.To learn more about Ambassador Umej: https://bit.ly/34zvDaP
Ambassador Umej's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BhatiaUmej
Singapore UNOG Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGPMissionGva
To learn more about his new book: https://bit.ly/2HWBrnc
Further Resources  
Access the episode transcript here: https://bit.ly/3j28XVU
The UN Geneva Library & Archives also has a Research Guide on multilateralism! Find out more here: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/multilateralism 
Content
Speakers: Umej Bhatia & Francesco Pisano
Host & Editor/Producer: Karen Lee
Images: Arabian Business / The National
Social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee 
Recorded & produced at the UN Geneva Library & Archives