Equitable access to outer space: specifying new regulatory needs for radio spectrum management [ICP 2023]

This project aims to support the update of the ITU Radio Regulations with…

Supporting the routine use of evidence during the health policy-making process: a pilot project of World Health Organization checklist [ICP 2023]

This project aims to pilot the application of a new WHO guidance which assists…

Engaging with 30 leaders at the 2023 Science Diplomacy Week

The second Science Diplomacy Week took place between 8 and 12 May 2023 and…

Learning workshop for the EPFL PhD Excellence Program

EPFL hosts researchers from diverse fields ranging from civil and environmental…

Two new collaboration projects to receive our support in 2023-2024

We are pleased to announce the final selection of the two projects that will be…

Satellite imagery as evidence in international justice proceedings [ICP 2022]

Images acquired by satellites have become key sources of information and…

Policy Brief: Catalysing One Health with Swiss diplomacy

Co-authored by over 30 international experts, this policy brief led by the…

A global diabetes research agenda [ICP 2022]

This project seeks to address the research-policy gap in the field of diabetes…

A toolbox for measuring immigrant integration and inform programming [ICP 2022]

This project seeks to bring more effective policy expertise in the management…

Launch of the World Migration Report digital toolkit for policy officials

The World Migration Report digital policy toolkit was launched on 23 June…

Workshops with researchers from UCL and ICL in London

For researchers and fellows working and living away from global decision-making…

Boundary spanning during the Science Diplomacy Week

The team of Geneva Science-Policy Interface organised two sessions during the…

Knowledge and action to build pandemic preparedness

Opinion piece by Maxime Stauffer, based on the presentation given at the Geneva…

Science and policy at the centre of lively discussions during the Geneva Health Forum

For this year’s Geneva Health Forum, two interactive sessions held by the GSPI…

Announcing ICP 2022 selected projects!

The GSPI is pleased to announce the selection of the three Impact Collaboration…

Building support for a new science-policy interface on chemicals & waste management

Human activity produces vast amounts of chemical products and waste which can…

Smart regulation for smart technologies

The project Disruptive technologies and rights-based resilience, supported by…

MAPMAKER, an unprecedented visualization tool for marine biodiversity conservation, now online!

The GSPI is very proud to announce the launch of MAPMAKER, an unprecedented…

Digitising clinical guidelines – lessons learned from the field

What have we learned from existing CDSS in the management of childhood illness…

Decision-making in the face of global catastrophic biological risks

Are we prepared to prevent a global catastrophe? Are we doing enough to…

Side event – BWC Meeting of Experts

Complementing the BWC Meeting of Experts, the GSPI, together with the Simon…

Mitigating the unintended humanitarian impacts of UN targeted sanctions [ICP 2021]

This project seeks to bring together UN Sanctions scholars with global…

Building resilient migration management systems: Developing a World Migration Report digital toolkit for policy officials [ICP 2021]

This project develops an interactive digital toolkit for policy officers to…

Disruptive technologies and rights-based resilience [ICP 2021]

This project aims to facilitate a multistakeholder consultative process to…

Behavioral Insights to Support Decision-Making (UN HLPF 2021)

On 7 July 2021, the GSPI co-organised with the Simon Institute for Longterm…

Harnessing Research to Build Forward Better (2021 HLPF side event)

Scientific research has a critical role to play in addressing global challenges…

GSPI Activity Report 2018-2020

During our first two years of activity, we have led experimental activities to…

GSPI Action Plan 2021-2022

We are happy to share the vision and concrete actions planned by the GSPI for…

Course: The Art of Brokering Knowledge

On 5 May 2021, the GSPI team gave a course on the the Art of Knowledge…

Announcing ICP 2021 selected projects

The GSPI is pleased to announce the selection of the three Impact Collaboration…

Event: ‘Towards 2030: Navigating Complexity and Information Overload in Decision Making’

In 2020, more than 100,000 academic articles have been published on COVID-19.…

Event: Building Resilience to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

Thursday, 25 March 2021  - 15:00 - 16:30 (CET) As of the end of February 2021,…

Consultation | Online Tracker for Scientific Needs in International Chemicals & Waste Governance

This workshop brought together the main Geneva-based stakeholders acting in the…

Supporting Multilateral Environmental Agreements on chemicals and waste with scientific evidence [ICP 2020]

This project aims to foster engagement of the scientific community to support…

REDEHOPE: Reliable Data for Evidence-Based Housing Policies [ICP 2020]

Based on the rigorous study of existing data ecologies, the project intends to…

MAPMAKER: MArine Plankton diversity bioindicator scenarios for policy MAKERs [ICP 2020]

Global marine biodiversity supplies essential ecosystem services to human…

The art of brokering knowledge or how to align the stars

The Geneva Science-Policy Interface was created based on the normative premise…

Harnessing Computational Simulations to Design and Engineer Policy

By Maxime Stauffer I was recently invited to speak on a panel on Democratic and…

Establishing a Consortium for “Public Good” Data on the Politics of Energy Transition [ICP 2020]

Promoting coordination and synergies between practitioners, scientists and…

Announcing ICP 2020 selected projects

A huge thank you to everyone that submitted their project proposals to the…

Activity Report 2019

As part of its ‘build phase’ (2018-2020), the GSPI executive team focuses…

Action Plan 2020

Having entered 2020 and the second part of our ‘build phase’ (2018-2020), we…

| Conference Report | From Science to Practice: Strengthening Research Uptake to Achieve the SDGs

In the face of compounding global challenges and the pressing and ambitious…

Politics & Power in Evidence-based Policy

International Geneva, as a network of professional communities implementing the…

|Guest blog| The Environmental Defenders Crisis: Towards a Geneva Road Map

By Peter Bille Larsen "More than three people were murdered each week in 2018,…

Supporting Environmental Defenders

Across the world, voices to protect the planet are growing louder as climate…

From Science to Practice: Strengthening Research Uptake to Achieve the SDGs

In the face of compounding global challenges and the pressing and ambitious…

GSPI Policy Brief: Behavioral insights for climate action

The Geneva Science-Policy Interface launched its new policy brief on Behavioral…

Science, diplomacy & policy at the 2019 World Science Forum

On 20 November 2019, I took part in a panel entitled « Science-Diplomacy:…

Migration and Conflict: from Evidence to Solutions

Venue: Graduate Institute, Geneva How to generate policy-relevant evidence and…

Digitizing Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Childhood Illness in Primary Care in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

In order to improve the quality of care and optimize medical prescriptions to…

Digitisation: What Role for International Geneva? (Digital Day 2019)

On 3rd September, the University of Geneva welcomed a broad set of participants…

Evidence-based Thinking, Challenges, and Strategies

International and non-governmental organizations in Geneva are increasingly…

Politics and Power in Evidence-based Policy

International Geneva actors, and other communities aiming to implement the…

Policies for Children’s Rights: Constructing an Evidence-Based Approach

Thirty years after the signing of the UN Convention on Children’s Rights…

At risk: Understanding Contemporary Environmental Civil Society Challenges

Environmental defenders, including civil society organizations as well as…

Building Evidence around Innovative Education Programmes that Engage Youth on the Move

Youth are taking a more important part in modern migration and refugee flows.…

At risk: Understanding contemporary environmental civil society challenges

Environmental civil society organizations, as well as individual defenders,…

How Are We Navigating Evidence-Based Thinking in International Geneva?

Science is a critical partner in developing the tools, evidence, analysis, and…

How to Automate the Analysis of Aerial Data in the Context of Aid & Development

WeRobotics, Picterra, Pix4D, Geneva Science-Policy Interface, International…

Strengthening the Interface between Academia and International Geneva to Address Global Challenges

PALAIS DES NATIONS. KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING COMMONS (UN Library) Faced with…

Aerial Intelligence in the Context of International Aid and Development

Aerial Intelligence in the Context of International Aid and Development, 6…

Drones for Good: Humanitarian Action from the Sky

Despite the hot debate surrounding the security and military applications of…