Results of the Seminar on UN Research and Teaching

Thanks to all who participated in our joint seminar in Bonn on June 4!

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On this page, we gather all results, including the introductory statements, the mindmaps of our brainstorming rounds as well as possible resulting (article) topics, issues, concerns, action, etc. We will also add material from our ACUNS workshop panel.

We invite you to continue our discussions online, using the resources on this site. Please feel free to suggest how we could better structure and link existing content, as well as add new ideas and articles as you deem fit.

Session 1

Title: State of the art: what are current dominant views on the nature of the UN in research and teaching?

Moderators: Julia Harfensteller, Henrike Paepcke, UN Studies Working Group

Presentations:

• Henrike Paepcke (DIAS, UN Studies Working Group, Berlin, Germany): General overview of UN study programs world-wide - see SeminarOverviewPrograms
• Albrecht Horn (former Director of the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs, New York; Lecturer; Board Member, German UNA): Dominant misinterpretations of the UN: assessing autonomy and efficacy of the UN as an intergovernmental organization - see SeminarMisinterpretations?

Mindmap: UN Studies - status quo

Possible new (article) topics:

Welcome Note

Welcome Note by Manuel Fröhlich (University of Jena / German UN Association, DGVN, Germany): UN Studies in Germany - see SeminarUNStudiesGermany?

Report on Wels colloquium

Report by Alexander Siedschlag (WWEDU, Austria) on the Wels colloquium “The United Nations and the New Media/Information Age” (WWEDU/ACUNS) - see SeminarUNNewMedia?

Speech by Richard Jolly

Special speech by Sir Richard Jolly (University of Sussex / UNIHP, Ralph Bunche Institute, CUNY, New York, USA): Lessons from the UN Intellectual History Project - see SeminarIntellectualHistory?

Session 2

Title: Proposals for new views and basic assumptions on the UN

Moderator: Sylvia Karlsson (Turku School of Economics, Finland)
Presentations:

• Julia Harfensteller (University of Bremen, UN Studies Working Group, Berlin, Germany) UN and language; UN as a historical phenomenon - see SeminarLanguageHistory?
• Ibrahim Saleh (The American University, Cairo, Egypt): Studies linking UN and Media as in succcesful public diplomacy, peace building / dealing with the current political PR-ization - see SeminarMedia?
• Sylvia Karlsson (Turku School of Economics, Finland): Research side / multilevelness - see SeminarMultilevelResearch?
• Rudolf Christoph Reiet (University of Bonn): The UN Legal Research Group - re-writing the UN Charter - see SeminarRewriteCharter?
• Albrecht Horn (former Director of the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs, New York; board member of the German UNA): Intergovernmental agreements and their national implementation as core function of the UN - see SeminarAgreements?

Mindmap: UN Studies - innovation in teaching

Possible new (article) topics:

Session 3

Title: Translating new views into UN teaching

Moderator: John Mathiason (Syracuse University, USA)

Presentations:

• Kent Kille (College of Wooster, Ohio, USA): Active Teaching and Learning About the UN - see SeminarActiveTeachingLearning
• Kirsten Haack (Open University, Scotland/UK): Learning about the UN at Masters level: How to bridge the education/training divide? Is problem-based learning the answer? - see SeminarProblemBasedLearning?
• John Mathiason (Syracuse University, New York, USA): Simulations in classrooms / climate change - see SeminarSimulations
• Michael Platzer (Bond University, Australia): E-learning/ distance learning about the UN - see SeminarELearning?
• Rudolf Christoph Reiet (University of Bonn): The UN Legal Research Group - see SeminarResearchGroup?

Mindmaps:

Possible new (article) topics: