UN Research Colloquium "Global Transformations: The International System at a Crossroads?"

2024-10-25

25 - 26 October 2024 at Leuphana University Lüneburg

On 25 and 26 October, the Joachim Herz Doctoral School of Law, together with the AG Junge UNO-Forschung (Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen), hosted this year's UN Research Colloquium on "Global Transformations: The International System at a Crossroads?". The event was aimed at young researchers and students of all disciplines and provided an opportunity to present and discuss current research papers, bachelor/master theses and seminar papers.

The Colloquium addressed the current global transformation processes that pose significant challenges to the international system in general and to the United Nations in particular. A wide range of changes are taking place at both the national and global levels, which in turn require extensive processes of adaptation. Worldviews and perspectives are shifting, key factors (e.g. climate) are undergoing significant changes, and new developments require a re-evaluation of established concepts. However, none of these changes take place in a social, legal or political vacuum. The aim of the research colloquium was therefore to examine these transformation processes from a multi- and interdisciplinary perspective and to bring together the insights gained in the colloquium and in a joint exchange of ideas.

We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz (Professor for International Relations, Leuphana University Lüneburg) for his highly topical keynote speech on the transformation of international organisations, as well as all participants and speakers for their commitment. Further information can be found here (link).