Second Summer School
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Modern Diplomacy: Across Levels, Actors and Tracks
The art of diplomacy has evolved. In an age where 280 characters from a world leader on Twitter can give a green light to foreign military action or move markets, there is no denying that the classic notions of diplomacy – backroom handshakes between decades-long counterparts with a tinge of cigar in the air – no longer reflect reality.
What has taken its place is a modern, multi-level and multi-faceted approach that encompasses all the tools of the international and interconnected global sphere. Effective diplomacy now relies on the ability of a government to engage on numerous fronts and in numerous departments.
This summer school, organised by UNU-CRIS and Vienna School of International Studies, in collaboration with Department of Foreign Affairs of Flanders, Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), aims to present the most comprehensive, in-depth analysis of and training in modern diplomacy, gaining insights from practitioners, academics and policymakers at the forefront of their fields and operating at the highest levels, on the different facets of modern diplomacy and how they are being employed the world over to shape ideas, discussion and the world we live in.
How will the new methods of modern diplomacy change the art of it? Educate and prepare yourself for this new age of diplomacy at our Second Summer School.
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Modules and Speakers
*speakers subject to change
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Philippe De Lombaerde
Director ad interim, UNU-CRIS
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Susanne Keppler-Schlesinger
Deputy Director, Diplomatische Akademie Wien – Vienna School of International Studies
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Johan Verbeke
Former Belgian Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Former Belgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the United States of America
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Andrew Cooper
Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Professor, University of Waterloo
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Axel Buyse
General Representative of the Flemish Government to the European Union
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Thijs Van de Graaf
Professorial Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Associate Professor, Ghent University
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Simon Schunz
Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Professor, College of Europe
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Veronika Hunt Šafránková
Head of Office, UN Environment Brussels Office
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Justine Bendel
Postdoctoral Fellow, Diplomatische Akademie Wien
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Marc Franco
Former EU Ambassador to Egypt (2009-2012) and Russia (2004-2009)
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Emil Brix
Director, Diplomatische Akademie Wien - Vienna School of International Studies
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Christian Autengruber
Department for General International Cultural Policy and Cultural Programmes and Guidelines, Austrian Foreign Ministry
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Richard Higgott
Research Professor, Institute for European Studies / VUB
Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick
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Karel De Gucht
Former European Commissioner for Trade
Former Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Glenn Rayp
Professorial Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Professor, Ghent University
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Samuel Standaert
Professorial Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Assistant Professor, Ghent University
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Linda Yueh
Chair of the LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission
Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
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Diana Weinberg
Guest Professor, Berlin School of Economics and Law
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Mehari Taddele Maru
Part-time Professor, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute
Lead Migration Expert and Chief Strategist, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
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Ola Henrikson
Regional Director, IOM’s Regional Office for the EU, Norway and Switzerland
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Teresa Albano
Economic Affairs Officer at OSCE
Office of the Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities - OCEEA
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Luk Van Langenhove
Founding Director, UNU-CRIS
Former Academic Director at the Institute for European Studies
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Michaela Told
Visiting Lecturer Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva
Former Executive Director, Global Health Centre, the Graduate Institute
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Obijiofor Aginam
Principal Visiting Fellow, UNU-IIGH
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Andreas Sami Prauhart
Founding Partner, Y-Motions International
Lecturer, Diplomatische Akademie Wien
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Mona Ali Khalil
Founder and Director, MAK LAW International
Former Senior Legal Officer, UN Office of the Legal Counsel (UNOLC) in New York
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Jovan Kurbalija
Executive Director of DiploFoundation
Head of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP)
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Florian Pennings
EU Government Affairs Manager - Cybersecurity, Microsoft
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Jamal Shahin
Professorial Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Research Professor, Institute for European Studies / VUB
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Maarit Palovirta
Director, Regulatory Affairs at ETNO (European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association)
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André Barrinha
Senior Lecturer, University of Bath
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Clemens Mantl
Austrian Consul General in Milan, Italy
Former Director, Office of Science and Technology Austria (OSTA) in Washington DC
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Noé Cornago
Professor, University of the Basque Country
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Alexander Segunin
Professor, St. Petersburg State University
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Horacio Rodriguez
Editor-in-chief, Paradiplomacia.org
Senior Manager, Operations & Impact at Scale, International Potato Center (CIP)
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Nahuel Oddone
Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Head of Promotion and Exchange of Regional Social Policies Department, MERCOSUR
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Andrew Bradley
Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS
Chief of Staff in the Office of the Secretary-General, ACP Group of States
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Mona Ali Khalil
Founder and Director, MAK LAW International
Former Senior Legal Officer, UN Office of the Legal Counsel (UNOLC) in New York
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Andrew Dunn
Coordinator
Policy and Communications Officer, UNU-CRIS
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