Prof. Karl Hanson joins young Venezuelan delegates from CORENATs and its founder Angel Gonzalez, representatives of a regional coordination of working children and adolescents.
The roundtable examines child labour in Latin America at the crossroads of legal norms, research and lived experience, exploring policy implications, methodological challenges and firsthand perspectives to illuminate rights, protections and children’s agency, and to identify avenues for advocacy and reform.
In French.
Viewed as a Gutenberg moment of the twenty-first century, artificial intelligence is a disruptive innovation that is reshaping books and knowledge. This lecture examines how AI transforms the production and transmission of cultural and intellectual content, and how it can act as a powerful multiplier of young people’s talents. Participants will gain critical perspectives on societal implications and strategies to harness AI for rebuilding prosperity in Switzerland and Europe.
In French.
Authors Cléo Jansen and Tom Tirabosco present a probing investigation into the proposed future collider at CERN. Their book examines the scientific, ethical and societal questions raised by a project of this scale: the role of research, our relationship to technological progress and the wider environmental and social impacts. By meeting scientists, engineers, economists and philosophers, they juxtapose perspectives and invite reflection on the choices we make in the name of knowledge.
In French. Followed by a discussion.
The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy is pleased to invite you to Democracy Week 2026, a series of public events organised in collaboration with the Geneva Chancellery of State. Bringing together academics, policymakers, journalists, civil society actors and the wider public, this initiative creates a space for dialogue on the opportunities and challenges facing democracy today.
The Department of Ancient Studies at the Faculty of Humanities (UNIGE) is offering a series of public lectures dedicated to interactions, exchanges, and cultural dynamics in the ancient world. Faculty members and researchers will explore diplomatic relations, the movement of objects, religious and linguistic influences, and issues of identity at the crossroads of the Mediterranean and the ancient Near East.
In French.
Guided by puppeteers Cécile Chevalier and Franck Fedele of Tête-dans-le-sac marionnettes, this hands-on workshop introduces participants to puppet construction and the basics of manipulation. In a playful, practice-focused session, attendees will explore materials, simple mechanisms and performance gestures to bring a creation to life. Suitable for the general public from age nine; children must be accompanied by an adult. Learning outcomes include construction techniques and movement fundamentals.
In French.
This workshop explores the traditional process of assembling a herbarium specimen, inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s collections. Participants learn scientific techniques for pressing and mounting dried plants on old paper, practice botanical labelling and nomenclature, and select specimens to create a personal herbarium sheet. The session examines preservation methods, identification principles and the historical context of Rousseau’s approach, combining practical skills with scientific insight to produce a lasting botanical object.
In French.
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