1963-2018 - 55 years of Research for Social Change

  • 0
  • 0

Feature Stories

UNRISD at the HLPF: Science-to-practice in Action

14 Jul 2021

UNRISD at the HLPF: Science-to-Practice in Action

UNRISD research is playing a vital role supporting the wide-ranging discussions around countries’ progress so far on achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development taking place at the 2021 UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). Find out more.

Read more


Fresh Expertise and Leadership in the UNRISD Board

12 Jul 2021

Fresh Expertise and Leadership in the UNRISD Board

UNRISD is delighted to welcome three new members, including a new chairperson, to its Board, the body which oversees the Institute’s work. Azita Berar Awad is the new chairperson, and she will be joined by Olivier De Schutter and Graziella Moraes Silva.

Read more


Also...

Why Intersectionality is Critical for UNRISD's Work

28 Jun 2021

Why Intersectionality is Critical for UNRISD's Work

UNRISD has launched its new Institutional Strategy focused on inequalities, and the Institute intends to apply an intersectional approach across all of its research programmes. Read on to find out why intersectionality is so important to UNRISD’s mission.

Read more


Call for Papers for the 2021 Social Policy in Africa Conference—Development, Democracy and Social Policy: Remembering Thandika Mkandawire

19 May 2021

Call for Papers for the 2021 Social Policy in Africa Conference—Development, Democracy and Social Policy: Remembering Thandika Mkandawire

The conference organizers invite submissions in the following thematic areas: Critical reflections on development, democracy and social policy; Social policy for inclusive and democratic development; Social policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic; Poverty and inequality; Critical perspectives on social protection; Non-formal social provisioning; Land and agrarian reform. Contributions are welcome on contexts and experiences of the global South broadly. Abstracts accepted through 27 August 2021.

Read more


16 Sep 2021

Global health and social work professions take action on equality and sustainability: returning to our roots

In this issue of the Journal of Public Health Policy , Rory Truel et al. describe recent actions taken by the global health, primary care, and social work professions to fulfill the vision of the founders : to work together toward an equitable, healthy, sustainable, and socially-just world.

Read more


29 Mar 2021

New social contract needed says UN and social work forum during the WSWD 2021

These words from Katja Hujo from UNRISD concluded a two-day online World Social Work day event held at the United Nations Geneva headquarters. The conference co-hosted by the United Nations Research on Social Development agency comprised of local and international social work and education organizations. Professor Annamaria Campanini speaking for the International Association of Schools of Social Work stressed the importance of solidarity, social cohesion and the need to work together as important in making plans for the future.

Read more


15 Jul 2021

Global Summit Announced for a New Eco-Social World

Help us build a new eco-social world that leaves no one behind: there are important preparations under way for a huge people’s summit in 2022.

Read more