UNU-CRIS at the 2024 ACUNS Annual Meeting

20 June 2024

The 2024 Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) Annual Meeting on Global Governance and Sustainable Development: Revitalizing Research to Support Multilateral Solutions is taking place in Tokyo (and online) from 20-22 June 2024 and is co-hosted at UNU, Tokyo and the University of Tokyo.

A UNU-CRIS contigent will take part in the conference both in-person and online. Read more about which discussions we'll be shaping below, and consult the full programme at the bottom of the page.

Philippe De Lombaerde

Director

Localising the Sustainable Development Goals: Needs and Challenges,
Panel on Cross-Border Cooperation and the Attainment of Sustainable Development (Friday, 21 June from 08.30 - 09.45)
 
Co-Chair: Panel: Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanisms in Africa: Prospects and Challenges towards Greater Effectiveness and Continental Integration (Saturday, 22 June from 13.30-15.00)

 

Nidhi Nagabhatla

Senior Research Fellow

Unlocking Urban Resilience: Evaluating New York City's Bluebelt System through the Lens of the UN Ecosystem Restoration Decade, Panel on Climate Change: Governance and Resilience (Friday, 21 June from 08.30-09.45)

Roundtable: Empowering Minds in the Climate Change Era: Unveiling Risks and Opportunities for Psychological Well-Being (Friday, 21 June from 14.00 - 15.15)

Roundtable: Synerging Agenda to Speed Sustainability Targets in Industrial Policy, Water Governance, Urban Development, and Human Security (Friday, 21 June from 15.30-16.45)

Roundtable: Advancing Socio-Ecological Resilience to Promote Coherence among and between Policy and Practice (Saturday, 22 June from 13.45-15.00)

 

Frank Mattheis

Research Fellow

Roundtable: Global Governance: Meet the Editors (Friday, 21 June from 14.00-15.15)

Enhancing Regional Institutions? Multilateral Contributions to African Union Peace and Security Initiatives, Panel: Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanisms in Africa: Prospects and Challenges towards Greater Effectiveness and Continental Integration (Saturday, 22 June from 13.30-15.00)

 

Jamie Pring

Associate Research Fellow

Conflict Early Warning Systems in Africa: Balancing Differentiation and Standardization, Panel: Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanisms in Africa: Prospects and Challenges towards Greater Effectiveness and Continental Integration (Saturday, 22 June from 13.30-14.45)

 

Amal Sarsour

Associate Research Fellow

Roundtable: Empowering Minds in the Climate Change Era: Unveiling Risks and Opportunities for Psychological Well-Being (Friday, 21 June from 14.00 - 15.15)

 

Vijay Kumar Chattu

Visiting Research Fellow

Panel: A Greenhouse of Many Mansions and Prospects for a Just Green Transition (as discussant) (Friday, 21 June, 14.00 - 15.15)

Climate Change and Public Health, Relation to One Health and Human Security, Panel: A Greenhouse of Many Mansions and Prospects for a Just Green Transition (Friday, 21 June, 14.00-15.15)

Strengthening Global Health Security through Global Health Diplomacy, Panel: Public Health (Saturday, 22 June from 08.30-09.45)

 

Chen Qu

Former Visiting Research Fellow

Urban Disciplining in Public Space and Bubble Acculturation of Migrants, Panel: Inclusive Planning and Addressing Inequality (Friday, 21 June 15.30-16.45)

Antirivals, Archives and AI: How Can Gender Health Inequalities in the Pandemic be Possible? Panel: Global Health (Friday, 21 June, 11.15-12.30)

More than Hukou and of a Spectrum: Rethinking Migrant Citizenship, Panel: Inequality: Gender and Citizenship (Saturday, 22 June, 08.30-09.45)

 

Padmi Ranasinghe

PhD Fellow

Unlocking Urban Resilience: Evaluating New York City's Bluebelt System through the Lens of the UN Ecosystem Restoration Decade, Panel on Climate Change: Governance and Resilience (Friday, 21 June from 08.30-09.45)