UNESCO chair

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The UNESCO chairs aim to create international networks for the exchange of knowledge in the area of ​​responsibility of UNESCO .

General

As part of the UNITWIN program, UNESCO has recognized so-called UNESCO chairs since 1992on. With these chairs, UNESCO is pursuing several goals. On the one hand, the aims of UNESCO should be made known to universities and their concerns supported. Another goal is international networking, especially with universities in the southern hemisphere, and their integration into the international scientific community. In the past, UNESCO chairs have often distinguished themselves in one of the areas of responsibility of UNESCO or in cooperation and knowledge transfer with international partners. The network now consists of more than 700 chairs from various disciplines in 114 countries. There are currently twelve UNESCO chairs in Germany, six in Austria and eight in Switzerland (as of January 9, 2020).

UNESCO chairs

UNESCO chairs in Germany

  • UNESCO Chair in Marine Geology and Coastal Management
Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, founded: 1997
  • UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies
Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg , founded: 2003
  • UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development
Leuphana University of Lüneburg , Institute for Environmental Communication, founded: 2005
  • UNESCO Chair in International Relations
Technical University of Dresden , founded: 2009
  • UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship and Intercultural Management
University of Wuppertal , founded: 2010
  • UNESCO Chair in Arts and Culture in Education
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Institute for Education, founded: 2010
  • UNESCO Chair in Hydrological Change and Water Resources Management
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen , founded in 2010
  • UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development
University of Hildesheim , Institute for Cultural Policy, founded: 2012
  • UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Communication and Information
University of Hamburg and the Hans Bredow Institute , founded: 2013
  • UNESCO Chair on World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve Observation and Education
Heidelberg University of Education , Geography Department - Research Group for Earth Observation ( r geo), founded: 2016
  • UNESCO Chair on Transcultural Music Studies
Joint institute for musicology at the Liszt School of Music Weimar and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena , founded in 2016

UNESCO chairs in Austria

  • UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue for South-East Europe
University of Graz , founded: 2007
  • UNESCO Chair for Peace Studies
University of Innsbruck , founded: 2008
  • UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Tourism
University of Salzburg , founded: 2011
  • UNESCO Chair on Integrated River Research and Management
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna , founded: 2014
  • UNESCO Chair of Bioethics
Medical University of Vienna , founded: 2016
  • UNESCO Chair “Human Rights and Human Security”
University of Graz , founded: 2016
  • UNESCO Chair on Conservation and Preservation of Tangible Cultural Heritage
University of Applied Arts Vienna , founded: 2019

UNESCO chairs in Switzerland

  • UNESCO Chair for Human Rights and Democracy (French: Chaire UNESCO sur les droits de l'homme et la démocratie)
University of Freiburg , Interdisciplinary Institute for Ethics and Human Rights, founded: 1998
  • UNESCO Chair for Technologies for Development (French: Chaire UNESCO de technologies en faveur du développement)
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne , founded: 2007
  • UNESCO Chair for the Protection of Cultural Property under International Law (French: Chaire UNESCO en droit international de la protection des biens culturels)
University of Geneva , founded in 2012
  • UNESCO Chair on ICT to Develop and Promote Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites
Università della Svizzera italiana Lugano, founded: 2013
  • UNESCO Chair on Natural and Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Mountain Development
University of Bern , founded: 2016
  • UNESCO Chair for Hydropolitics (French Chaire UNESCO en hydropolitique)
University of Geneva , founded: 2016
  • UNESCO Chair on Personalized and Adaptive Distance Education
Fernfachhochschule Schweiz Brig, founded: 2016
University of Basel , founded: 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 702 UNESCO CHAIRS as at 30/09/2017 (PDF). UNESCO, September 30, 2017, accessed October 23, 2017 .