GREYCELLS AND UNIGE

Partnering with the University of Geneva – UNIGE

Greycells has been collaborating with the University of Geneva – UNIGE for several years:

Greycells members have acted as academic mentors for Bachelor’s or Master’s students, helping them navigate the complexity of the UN multilateral system, sharing their experience of work in the field and at Headquarters, advising on career development and leveraging their networks.
UNIGE students’ associations have actively participated in the preparation of Greycells intergenerational dialogues, contributing to the development, dissemination and analysis of survey questionnaires, summarizing findings, and providing a youth perspective in panel discussions.

With the adoption of Greycells mentoring policy, collaboration with UNIGE has become more strategic, spanning the three levels of academic study – Bachelor, Master and Doctorate – and adopting a variety of formats:

Greycells has been invited by the UNIGE Graduate Campus to co-organize in early October a first-of-its-kind event on “Exploring careers in international organizations”, featuring a conference followed by “speed mentoring”. This event will address requirements, opportunities, and challenges of careers in international organizations, including the added value of a Doctorate.
Greycells has been approached by the UNIGE Global Studies Institute (GSI) to host small groups of students from their BARI (Bachelor of International Relations) and MAGS (Master of Global Studies) programmes, to work on specific projects as part of their course credits.
BARI students will support Greycells in organizing a Round Table on “Multilateralism at a crossroads: the impact of multiple crises on the UN and the people engaged in delivering its mission”.
MAGS students will support Greycells in developing the “The Geneva Trails Project” project, including the creation of a Geneva International Trail entitled Walking Through Modern Multilateralism, highlighting international organizations and reformers who made Geneva their refuge.