Tag: Sustainability

Geneva sustainability week 2025, March 17-21

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As Spring is approaching, so comes the yearly Sustainability Week, along with a small display of selected titles in the entrance of the Library. The environment and sustainable development belong to the main topics covered by the Library over the past decades. Our dedicated collection is characterised by a large scope of subjects and perspectives of study, covering topics like climate change, natural resources and conflict, among others.

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DORA – 10 years on

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The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is 10 years old. As an homage, we are displaying a few titles related to the issue in the entrance of the Library this week.

Metrics-based research assessment is considered a root cause of the crisis of scholarly publishing via the famous motto “Publish or perish”. The culture in academia is slowly evolving towards more qualitative evaluation, as multiple initiatives show since then, including COARA, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment.

Many events are organised during the 10th anniversary week from May 12 to 19. Check them out!

You can read more about metrics in scholarly publishing in our dedicated guide. If you would like some information about sustainable publishing and open access options, visit us on Tuesday at the FAB for the IHEID Book and Podcast Festival or contact library@graduateinstitute.ch.

Book of the Week: “Transforming multilateral diplomacy: the inside story of the Sustainable Development Goals”, by Macharia Kamau, Pamela Chasek and David O’Connor

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“Transforming Multilateral Diplomacy provides the inside view of the negotiations that produced the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Not only did this process mark a sea change in how the UN conducts multilateral diplomacy, it changed the way the UN does its business. This book tells the story of the people, issues, negotiations, and paradigm shifts that unfolded through the Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs and the subsequent negotiations on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, from the unique point of view of Ambassador Macharia Kamau, and other key participants from governments, the UN Secretariat, and civil society.”

Publisher: London, Routledge, 2018
Call number: 327(004) HEIA 121548