Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019Wendy Cutler — Career Negotiator Analyzes the New Order in International TradeVice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former US trade representative speaks at the seventh annual Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program Speaking to 53 law students at the Salzburg Cutler* Fellows Program at the United States Institute of Peace last month, Wendy Cutler, vice president of the Asia Society…Social Enterprise3 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019Social and Emotional Learning in Crises and ConflictsCornelia Janke and Margi Bhatt discuss SEL’s power to help children in adverse contexts Participants at the program Social and Emotional Learning: Time for Action explored many aspects of SEL, from digital and cultural identities to assessment and measuring of SEL metrics. While participants came from a variety of nations…Education4 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019A Global Alliance for Social Emotional LearningSalzburg Global Seminar, Fellows and partners launch new global initiative from Salzburg Global SEL program Helen Keller once said: “Ideas without action are worthless.” In December 2018, Salzburg Global Fellows from 31 countries convened at Schloss Leopoldskron for Social and Emotional Learning: A Global Synthesis. The general goal of that…Education3 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019Salzburg Global Seminar Collaboration Leads to Dementia Research FundingGrant awarded to Salzburg Global Fellows to advance research of rare dementia in rural communities After backing a Salzburg Statement on Innovations in Dementia Care and Dementia-Friendly Communities, four Salzburg Global Fellows will collaborate again as a result of a million-dollar research partnership. A grant of over $6,000,000 funded by…Health3 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019Uncivil Society: Europe’s New Normal?Provost of beleaguered Central European University, Liviu Matei leads defiant evening discussion on the importance of academic freedom and the future of Europe With just 1500 students, who should care that a small private university in Budapest has been forced to relocate? Liviu Matei posed this question to his audience…Europe4 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019New Answers on the Importance of CultureSalzburg Global Fellow Chunnoon Song-e Song reflects on her career changes since attending her first Salzburg Global program In 2014, Chunnoon Song-e Song arrived at Schloss Leopoldskron looking for answers. She was one of 50 rising talents invited to attend the inaugural program of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young…Museums5 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019Responding to the Hidden Crisis of “Unknowing”Anasuya Sengupta, co-director and co-founder of Whose Knowledge?, discusses culture, knowledge, and what inspires her work “Here’s the internet. It has the potential to be democratic and emancipatory. It has the potential to be all the things people are claiming it already is. It is not.” Anasuya Sengupta is co-founder…Arts And Culture4 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019Reflecting on Cultural Heritage and Looking for New AnswersFormer director-general of the National Museums of Kenya George Abungu discusses the changes in his cultural heritage work over the last decade In the fall of 2009, participants convened at Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, for the program Connecting to the World’s Collections: Making the Case for the Conservation and Preservation of…Heritage4 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019Using SEL to Help the Healing ProcessReginald Braggs of the American University of Nigeria describes how SEL is helping the Chibok girls The world was watching in April 2014 when over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria, were snatched from their school by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. While some have still not returned (an estimated 112…Education3 min read
Published in Salzburg Global Seminar·Mar 29, 2019Mapping Out SEL and Facilitating Conversations at Salzburg Global SeminarMonika Kochowicz discusses her work and the conversations she has had in Salzburg After three days of productive talks at the Salzburg Global Seminar program, Social and Emotional Learning: Time for Action, participants have had the opportunity to exchange knowledge and learn about different countries’ approaches to social and emotional…Education3 min read
