2027 Summer School: Science & Policy for environmental action

From climate change to biodiversity loss or plastic pollution, environmental crises have become more complex and intertwined. They call for active collaboration between scientists and policy actors towards science-informed solutions. Scientists, policy actors and intermediaries need specific skills and capacities to navigate the science-policy interface in global environmental governance and in more local pathways towards the ecological transition.

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International Geneva hosts a unique ecosystem of international organisations, NGOs, diplomatic missions, think tanks, donors and research institutions, which creates opportunities for science to join the policy table.

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This Geneva Summer School offers early-career researchers, policy professionals and civil society actors the opportunity to:

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• understand transnational policymaking and the use of evidence and scientific knowledge
• explore models and practices to produce and translate knowledge in support of environmental policymaking
• gain practical insights from high-level experts and practitioners from International Geneva while visiting key locations of environmental governance
• build a network and gain interdisciplinary exposure
• develop leadership skills and discover career pathways at the science-policy interface
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Course description

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The course includes conceptual framing sessions, interactive sessions with practitioners, practical and experiential activities and field visits. It involves high-level experts and practitioners working at the science-policy interface.

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The course is organised in five modules:

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Module 1: Environmental governance, understanding decision-making, power dynamics and the role of expertise

Module 2: Knowledge brokering, practical skills to translate knowledge in support of policymaking

Module 3: Collaboration and co-production, the art of building trust and connection across the science-policy boundaries

Module 4: Process management, facilitating science-policy engagement activities

Module 5: Leadership and career paths at the interface

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More details are available at this link.

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