In the fifth episode of Peace in a Pod, we sit down with the Ombudsman for the United Nations Funds and Programmes, Mr. Giuseppe De Palo. Giuseppe helps prevent and resolve work disputes within a variety of UN bodies. He talks to us about Third-Party Mediation and his work in it. Third-party mediation is where an external, neutral mediator is appointed mutually by disputing parties. The idea here is that a third-party will help find common ground and options for a peaceable settlement....

In this episode of Peace in a Pod, we discuss human trafficking and modern slavery in the US-Mexican border. In this episode, we introduce you to Fernanda, a Communications Team member at the Peacebuilding Initiative. Fernanda interviews Dr. Melissa Torres, Assistant Professor and Director of Human Trafficking Research at the Baylor College of Medicine, and Vice-President of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Through this conversation, Fernanda hopes to explore...

In this episode of Peace in a Pod, we have a conversation with two masters’ researchers at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Arthur Lusenti and Zachary Alvarado about Europe and Peace. When we speak of Europe and Peace in contemporary security politics, we often look at how Europe acts abroad and how its actions affect peace around the world. However, inreasingly, Europe is once again at the centre of a variety of threats, both from within and from without. These threats affect Europe’s own...

In this episode of Peace in a Pod, we engage the topic of racial inequality and injustice in our societies. The murder of George Floyd has brought to attention the endemic nature of systemic racism around the globe. In this episode, Keshav is joined by guest interviewer Noura Tan, Co-Founder and Deputy Director of the Peacebuilding Initiative. Noura speaks with Kennedy Mmasi, the president of the Afrique Association and Kathryn Gichini an alumnus of IHEID currently working for peacebuilding...

Bienvenue to the very first episode of Peace in a Pod, the new monthly Podcast by the Peacebuilding Initiative. I am your host Keshav Khanna. In this months episode, we speak with Jake Fessler, a scholar at the Graduate Institute about the role labour can play in building lasting peace. Explore how trade-unionism teaches skills useful for negotiation, and much more! Subscribe to keep expanding your understanding of Peace and how it is affected by what's happening in the world. Show Notes: How...