Second Summer School

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

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Philippe De Lombaerde

Director ad interim, UNU-CRIS

Susanne Keppler-Schlesinger

Deputy Director, Diplomatische Akademie Wien – Vienna School of International Studies

Johan Verbeke

Former Belgian Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Former Belgian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the United States of America

Andrew Cooper

Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS

Professor, University of Waterloo

Axel Buyse

General Representative of the Flemish Government to the European Union

Thijs Van de Graaf

Professorial Fellow, UNU-CRIS

Associate Professor, Ghent University

Simon Schunz

Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS

Professor, College of Europe

Veronika Hunt Šafránková

Head of Office, UN Environment Brussels Office

Justine Bendel

Postdoctoral Fellow, Diplomatische Akademie Wien

Marc Franco

Former EU Ambassador to Egypt (2009-2012) and Russia (2004-2009)

Emil Brix

Director, Diplomatische Akademie Wien - Vienna School of International Studies

Christian Autengruber

Department for General International Cultural Policy and Cultural Programmes and Guidelines, Austrian Foreign Ministry

Richard Higgott

Research Professor, Institute for European Studies / VUB

Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick

Karel De Gucht

Former European Commissioner for Trade

Former Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Glenn Rayp

Professorial Fellow, UNU-CRIS

Professor, Ghent University

Samuel Standaert

Professorial Fellow, UNU-CRIS

Assistant Professor, Ghent University

Linda Yueh

Chair of the LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission
Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford

Diana Weinberg

Guest Professor, Berlin School of Economics and Law

Mehari Taddele Maru

Part-time Professor, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute

Lead Migration Expert and Chief Strategist, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Ola Henrikson

Regional Director, IOM’s Regional Office for the EU, Norway and Switzerland

Teresa Albano

Economic Affairs Officer at OSCE

Office of the Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities - OCEEA

Luk Van Langenhove

Founding Director, UNU-CRIS

Former Academic Director at the Institute for European Studies

Michaela Told

Visiting Lecturer Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva

Former Executive Director, Global Health Centre, the Graduate Institute

Obijiofor Aginam

Principal Visiting Fellow, UNU-IIGH

Andreas Sami Prauhart

Founding Partner, Y-Motions International

Lecturer, Diplomatische Akademie Wien

Mona Ali Khalil

Founder and Director, MAK LAW International

Former Senior Legal Officer, UN Office of the Legal Counsel (UNOLC) in New York

Jovan Kurbalija

Executive Director of DiploFoundation

Head of the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP)

Florian Pennings

EU Government Affairs Manager - Cybersecurity, Microsoft

Jamal Shahin

Professorial Fellow, UNU-CRIS

Research Professor, Institute for European Studies / VUB

Maarit Palovirta

Director, Regulatory Affairs at ETNO (European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association)

André Barrinha

Senior Lecturer, University of Bath

Clemens Mantl

Austrian Consul General in Milan, Italy

Former Director, Office of Science and Technology Austria (OSTA) in Washington DC

Noé Cornago

Professor, University of the Basque Country

Alexander Segunin

Professor, St. Petersburg State University

Horacio Rodriguez

Editor-in-chief, Paradiplomacia.org
Senior Manager, Operations & Impact at Scale, International Potato Center (CIP)

Nahuel Oddone

Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS

Head of Promotion and Exchange of Regional Social Policies Department, MERCOSUR

Andrew Bradley

Associate Research Fellow, UNU-CRIS

Chief of Staff in the Office of the Secretary-General, ACP Group of States

Mona Ali Khalil

Founder and Director, MAK LAW International

Former Senior Legal Officer, UN Office of the Legal Counsel (UNOLC) in New York

Andrew Dunn

Coordinator

Policy and Communications Officer, UNU-CRIS

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