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In Conversation with Civil Society: The Future of Multilateralism and Empowering Youth

Event

24.6.2026

In Conversation with Civil Society: The Future of Multilateralism and Empowering Youth

Multilateral institutions shape the future young people will inherit, yet youth perspectives are routinely sidelined. This webinar asks how global governance can move beyond tokenism to meaningfully empower the next generation.

ENSURED's Global Trade Governance Research in Indonesia

trade and inequality

News

10.6.2026

ENSURED's Global Trade Governance Research in Indonesia

ENSURED researcher Clara Weinhardt presented project findings on EU trade policy and WTO reform in Indonesia.

NYC Event: Best Practices to Save Multilateralism

EU foreign policy

Event Summary

4.6.2026

NYC Event: Best Practices to Save Multilateralism

A collaboration between UNU-CPR and the ENSURED consortium, this panel in New York City brought together leading experts to explore the best practices needed to save multilateralism in an era of unprecedented global strain.

Mihaela Papa, Hylke Dijkstra, Federica Marconi, Ettore Greco

Academic Publication: The EU's Global Health Leadership Challenge

health and pandemics

News

20.5.2026

Academic Publication: The EU's Global Health Leadership Challenge

ENSURED researchers Óscar Fernández and Hylke Dijkstra have published a new article in The BMJ, arguing that the EU has the potential to fill the global health leadership vacuum left by the US – but must first overcome its own internal divisions.

Academic Publication: Are UNFCCC COPs Up To the Challenge?

climate and sustainability

News

13.5.2026

Academic Publication: Are UNFCCC COPs Up To the Challenge?

ENSURED researchers Franziska Petri and Jan Karlas open a new special issue in Global Policy by asking a pointed question: are climate COPs up to the challenge?

In Conversation with Civil Society: Democratic Governance in the Digital Age

digitalisation

Event

7.5.2026

In Conversation with Civil Society: Democratic Governance in the Digital Age

This webinar explored how democratic and rights-based approaches to digital governance can be strengthened amid growing cyberspace fragmentation and rapid AI development.

Governing the Digital Future: Global Challenges and Opportunities

digitalisation

Event

29.4.2026

Governing the Digital Future: Global Challenges and Opportunities

This hybrid event (Rome and online) explored the future of digital governance and the role of multilateral fora in shaping global rules and cooperation in this field.

Federica Marconi, Ettore Greco, Wade Hoxtell

strategic communication

News

22.4.2026

Out Now: Issue #5 of Axial Shifts

The fifth edition of Axial Shifts, ENSURED’s biannual newsletter, features 11 new research reports spanning ENSURED’s core policy areas and cross-cutting themes, alongside selected action-oriented policy briefs and expert blogs. Plus: an event update, our IO speed-dating, and a historical note marking 80 years since the UN’s first General Assembly.

In Conversation with Civil Society: Human Rights Governance in a Multipolar World

migration and human rights

Event Summary

15.4.2026

In Conversation with Civil Society: Human Rights Governance in a Multipolar World

Human rights governance is facing an existential crisis. In this ENSURED webinar, researchers and civil society actors explored how the UN human rights system can be strengthened in a rapidly changing global order.

What ENSURED Is Up To

In Conversation with Civil Society: The Future of Multilateralism and Empowering Youth

ENSURED's Global Trade Governance Research in Indonesia

NYC Event: Best Practices to Save Multilateralism

Academic Publication: The EU's Global Health Leadership Challenge

Academic Publication: Are UNFCCC COPs Up To the Challenge?

In Conversation with Civil Society: Democratic Governance in the Digital Age

Governing the Digital Future: Global Challenges and Opportunities

Out Now: Issue #5 of Axial Shifts

In Conversation with Civil Society: Human Rights Governance in a Multipolar World