This hybrid panel discussion focused on the pressing topic of polycrisis. Held during the CIVIS Days in Salzburg (2024), this event is linked to the PolyCIVIS network, a collaboration between the CIVIS Alliance members and 4 additional African universities.
PolyCIVIS’s 21 universities collaborate in this event bringing together experts from a range of disciplines to reflect together on future strategies, joint actions and consequences of polycrisis.
Speakers:
- Prof. Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Rector, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
- Prof. Mucha Musemwa, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand
- Prof. Edward Bbaale, Principal & Professor of Economics, Makerere University
- Prof. Gudrun Zagel, Faculty of Law, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
- Prof. Anne Weyembergh, PolyCIVIS Project Director, Université libre de Bruxelles (moderator)
Themes:
- Defining and understanding polycrisis
- Exploring polycrisis’ interconnected global risks and cascading effects
- Social impacts and inequalities
- Changing the narrative: solutions and resilience
Target audience:
This event is open to researchers, academics, students, policymakers, journalists, representatives from non-profit organisations and any other key stakeholders interested in polycrisis.
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