Welcome Speeches by the UNESCO IWS 2022 Hosts
Channel: Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) - Felsőbbfokú Tanulmányok Intézete
Date: 2022-02-22

Ferenc Miszlivetz (director of iASK)
Béla Básthy (mayor of Kőszeg)
Miklós Réthelyi (chair, Hungarian National Committee of UNESCO) 

Truth and Consequences- UNESCO MOST Winter School by iASK
Intergenerational Perspectives on Hybrid Risks
21st - 25th February 2022 - Online

Organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and the Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES), in cooperation with the University of Pannonia, and the UNESCO Chair of Kőszeg.

In a (post-)Covid-19, post-truth world troubled by political, economic, and climate crises, and adjusting to hybrid lives, requires rethinking old concepts and approaches to inter-dependent global challenges. Emerging shifts in the geopolitical order, reorganization of the global economy and social spaces, the appearance of novel political options, and the increase in migration waves and environmental emergencies, combine to pose a novel set of interdependent and hybrid risks that put a strain on the socio-political orders within real-existing democracies. Strongly convinced that the contemporary historical moment requires both unorthodox and innovative approaches capable of embracing our current complexity and uncertainty, the 4th UNESCO MOST Winter School invites all interested participants to join us in Kőszeg (Hungary) February 21-25, 2022 for intergenerational exchange of ideas and perspectives on transforming our future. We are particularly interested in proposals made by advanced graduate students, both junior and senior scholars, as well as professionals and activists from a wider circle of civil society organizations. Participants are welcome who value interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral exchanges to transform current hegemonic thinking into a new paradigm that better mitigates interlinked and paradoxical risks.

The discussion at the winter school will revolve around the following topics:

Our Hybrid Futures: Digital re-wiring, social distancing and redefined lifestyles after Covid-19
Is it Time to start Panicking? Governance in the face of climate emergencies
How to Tell the Truth? Communication between science, politics (policy) and societies in times of crisis and change
Challenged Democracies: Deconstructing old values, creating new alliances and (re)building social trust in (post)pandemic times
Rethinking Europe and its Geopolitics in the Contemporary Era
Southeast Europe at a Geopolitical Crossroads: Between China, Russia, and the European dream
Who are We? Transformation of modern identity influenced by migrations, modern lifestyles, technocultures, social media and accelerated presumption: intergenerational perspectives
Eligibility: Advanced MA and Ph.D. students and young researchers, young professionals, policymakers, and social entrepreneurs, who have a keen academic or professional interest in the topics.