The first two days of the UNESCO MOST Winter School brought together scientists, researchers and diplomats to reflect on possible outcomes of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Topics for the first two days:
Contemplating on the possible scenarios for the end of the war in Ukraine, this panel investigates various alternative scenarios and explores political, economic, ecological and cultural consequences of the conflict. Why has the war started and how it will end? How to redefine European security architecture and is it possible to establish a new global peace order?
As the world faces both small and large-scale natural disasters caused by climate change and human intervention in the environment, no holistic solution to the interlinked challenges has emerged. Should we talk about ecology or ecologies? This roundtable strives to foster intergenerational dialogue about the environment and the questions of global and local responsibilities.
In light of the environmental crises and war in Ukraine, the importance of global and regional cooperation is being emphasised among scholars, policymakers and diplomats. But while the networked and globalised world is increasingly connected online and through various transnational ties, the pandemic, armed conflict and energy crisis are imposing new challenges to establishing and maintaining intercultural dialogue. This panel investigates how cultural diplomacy as a type of soft power can contribute to building bridges between nations and producing reconciliatory narratives.
Speakers from the first two days:
Jody Jensen (USA and Hungary) Director of the Polanyi Centre at iASK
Sir Richard Shirreff (UK) military expert and former NATO’s Deputy Supreme Commander Europe, honorary fellow at Exeter College, Oxford, UK
Emil Brix (Austria) Former ambassador, Director of the Vienna School of International Studies, Austria
Sean Cleary (South Africa) Member of the iASK International Advisory Board and Executive and Vice-Chair of the Future of the World Foundation, South Africa
Ferenc Miszlivetz (Hungary) Director of iASK, Jean Monet professor at the University of Pannonia, UNESCO Chairholder for Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainability, Hungary
András Szöllösi-Nagy (Hungary) Professor at the National University of Public Service (NUPS) and former Secretary of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
János Bogárdi (Germany) Research Fellow at iASK, Professor at University of Bonn (Chair)
Zita Sebesvári (Germany) Deputy Director of UNU-EHS, Head of Section – Environmental Vulnerability and Ecosystem Services
András Gelencsér (Hungary) Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Rector of the University of Pannonia
Zsófia Szonja Illés (Hungary) Research Fellow at iASK and MOME, Budapest
Sanja Tepavčević (Hungary) Research Fellow at iASK
Anikó Magasházi (Hungary) Research Fellow at iASK, Hungary (Chair)
Daniela Angelina Jelinčić (Croatia) Senior Research Adviser at the Culture and Communications Department of the Institute for Development and International Relations in Zagreb, Croatia
Jean-Luc Soulé (France) President at MEC’ENE/Mécénat & Entreprise, senior lecturer at Sciences Po Paris (1999-2019), Director of the French Institute in Hungary 1994-1998, France
Klaus Wölfer (Austria) Former Ambassador, head of the Austrian Cultural Institute in Rome between 1996 and 2002, Austria
Tamás Fejérdy (Hungary) Senior Academic Advisor at iASK, Member of the Icomos Hungarian National Committee, Hungary
Moshe Caine (Israel) Senior Lecturer at the Photographic Communications Department at Hadassah Academic College, Israel
