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🌡️ As climate extremes shatter records, the links between environmental degradation, public health, and crises are more urgent than ever.

🌍 Executive Short Course – Planetary Health

🗓️ 15–26 September 2025 | 🎓 2 ECTS credits

📌 Apply by 24 August 2025

🔶 How do floods, droughts, and ecosystem collapse impact disease patterns, displacement, and crisis response?
🔶 What does it mean to adopt a planetary lens in humanitarian settings?

This 2-week course is designed for professionals tackling the realities of climate, health, and crisis response.

Led by Dr Anne Golaz, Senior Lecturer at the Université de Genève and public health expert with over 20 years of experience at World Health Organization (WHO) , CDC , and UNICEF .

👉 More info & apply: humanitarianstudies.ch/education/planetary-health

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📍 , 20–24 July 2025 | Apply by 29 June

Join our executive short course on AI-Enhanced Negotiation in Health Emergencies. Learn to structure high-stakes negotiations using tools like ChatGPT, anticipate challenges, and analyse stakeholder dynamics more effectively.

This course, designed for and professionals, offers:

- Real-world negotiation simulations
- Training in ethical AI use in humanitarian work
- Stakeholder mapping and influence strategy tools
- Expert instruction by negotiation expert Claude Bruderlein
- 2 ECTS | Université de Genève certification
- Reduced fees (Full price: CHF 800 | *Special Rate: CHF 400)

👉 Apply by 29 June, spots are limited: https://humanitarianstudies.ch/education/ai-negotiation-health-crises-istanbul/

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🚨 Update – New format, extended deadline & reduced fees

Due to ongoing geopolitical tensions and airport closures in the region, the AI-Enhanced Negotiation in Health Emergencies course will now take place fully online — while maintaining the original dates.

The application deadline is extended to 6 July 2025, as no travel or visa arrangements are required.

Led by negotiation expert Claude Bruderlein, this advanced course equips humanitarian and health professionals to:

🔹 Plan and navigate negotiations in complex crisis settings
🔹 Build and use an AI-powered assistant (ChatGPT) for negotiation support
🔹 Engage in real-case simulations with seasoned practitioners

📅 Course dates: 13–17 July 2025
💬 Language: English
🖥️ Format: Fully online
📌 Live sessions: daily from 14:00 to 18:00 ( Time)
📚 Self-paced modules and a final reflexive analysis to be submitted within two weeks of the course
❗ New reduced fees (subsidised by the Ville de Genève)
• Full price: CHF 400
• Special rate: CHF 200 (For local staff)

👉 Apply by 6 July: https://humanitarianstudies.ch/education/ai-negotiation-health-crises-amman/

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🟥 On 11 June, we had the honour to host a critical conference at the Université de Genève , opening a space for dialogue on a troubling trend: the deliberate targeting of health systems in armed conflicts.

Guest of honour Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah delivered a rigorous analysis of this new warfare strategy, joined by distinguished panelists including Prof. Larissa Fast, Dr Maarten van der Heijden, and Avril Patterson.

Some of the critical reflections shared during the conference included:

🗨️ The loss of 1,500 health workers in Gaza is more than a human tragedy — it is the erasure of a generation of expertise, making future recovery of the health system nearly impossible in the short term.

🗨️ International law is clear, but impunity persists because states exploit legal loopholes and avoid accountability.

🗨️ Protecting healthcare is not just humanitarian — it is a collective responsibility. When healthcare is under attack, the consequences ripple far beyond the frontlines.

Organised by the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies and the Faculté de médecine - UNIGE, the event, skillfully moderated by Prof. Karl Blanchet and Prof. vinh kim nguyen reaffirmed the vital role of academic institutions in research, documentation, and fostering critical dialogue to advance accountability.

📖 Read the full article in Le Journal de l’UNIGE: https://f.mtr.cool/wjffywjett
🎥 Watch the full conference recording here: https://f.mtr.cool/oiqeylmaom

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🚨 Last chance to apply for our new Advanced Course on AI-Enhanced Negotiation in Health Emergencies (residential in )!

📅 Application deadline: 22 June 2025

In today’s complex humanitarian and health emergencies — from pandemics to conflicts and climate-related crises — negotiation has become an essential skill for field practitioners.

Led by negotiation expert Claude Bruderlein, this advanced course will help you to:

- Learn structured negotiation techniques for complex and high-stakes contexts

- Build and optimize an AI-powered negotiation assistant (using ChatGPT)

- Practice negotiation simulations with seasoned field practitioners

- Gain tools to assess political environments, stakeholder positions, and risk scenarios

Fee: CHF 800 (with a special rate of CHF 400 available for government & NGO staff in low/middle-income countries)

The course is organised in partnership with Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network as our hosting partner.

🔗 Learn more and apply: https://humanitarianstudies.ch/education/ai-negotiation-health-crises-amman/

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🚨 Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts

📅 1–12 September 2025 | Online

⚠️ How can civilians be protected amid conflict, displacement, and violence?

👉 Led by Baptiste Martin – a humanitarian practitioner with extensive field and teaching experience – this course equips participants with practical tools and critical insights into protection norms, mandates, and strategies in conflict settings.

👨‍🏫 Meet the course director: https://f.mtr.cool/dwwauiqndk

🔗 Learn more & apply: https://f.mtr.cool/eqpcfxkitb

*50% discount for nationals or staff of NGOs, CBOs, government, INGOs or IOs based in low- and middle-income countries!

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🧠 Interested in how AI can strengthen negotiation in health crises?

This Thursday, join our free online webinar to discover our new executive course:

“AI-Enhanced Negotiation in Health Emergencies”, taking place this July in .

📅 Thursday, 12 June

🕔 Start: 5 PM (Amman time)

🎙️ With Claude Bruderlein, Course Director

This webinar is especially relevant for:

✔️ Health and humanitarian professionals in crisis-prone settings

✔️ NGO staff and government officials in the Middle East

✔️ Graduate students and professional networks in humanitarian health

🧭 Hosted in collaboration with Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network

📍 Learn more about the course: https://humanitarianstudies.ch/education/ai-negotiation-health-crises-amman/
👉 Register for the webinar: humanitariansrudies.ch/ai-negotiation-webinar

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🎓 What can you gain from our Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Humanitarian Action?

Our MAS empowers professionals worldwide with advanced crisis-response skills, critical thinking, and abilities. Developed in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) , this flexible, blended-learning programme combines online and residential modules in , creating a truly and practice-oriented experience.

👇 Hear from our alumnus, Majd Aljunaid

🗓️ Next cohort starts on 1 September 2025
📅 Application deadline for EU/EFTA citizens: 30 June

Two flexible paths to choose from:
• A 14-month Master
• A flexible 2–3 year programme

👉 Learn more and apply: 🎓 What can you gain from our Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Humanitarian Action?

Our MAS empowers professionals worldwide with advanced crisis-response skills, critical thinking, and abilities. Developed in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), this flexible, blended-learning programme combines online and residential modules in , creating a truly and practice-oriented experience.

👇 Hear from our alumnus, Majd Aljunaid

🗓️ Next cohort starts on 1 September 2025

📅 Application deadline for EU/EFTA citizens: 30 June

Two flexible paths to choose from:

• A 14-month Master

• A flexible 2–3 year programme

👉 Learn more and apply: https://f.mtr.cool/vtcrodywrf



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📣 Our Annual Report 2023–2024 is here!
We are pleased to announce the release of the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies’ Annual Report, reflecting a year of impactful work, engaged learning, and rigorous research.

With over 700 applications across all programmes — from the MAS and CAS to Executive Short Courses and MOOCs — our Centre continues to be a key academic platform for humanitarian professionals worldwide.
Our research initiatives, spanning Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Europe and beyond, underscore our commitment to bridging research and practice for more inclusive and accountable humanitarian responses.
We extend our sincere gratitude to our partners, donors, and students for their trust and collaboration, and to our colleagues and teams for their dedication. A special thank you to StudioCL for their graphic design work that brought this report to life.



📚 Read the full report here: https://f.mtr.cool/vpfmtjmism
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