20th Anniversary 2024
We are delighted to be celebrating with you a special anniversary in 2024: 20 years since the foundation of Globethics!
Looking back... 20 years of Globethics
The founding workshop that launched Globethics.net, renamed Globethics in 2023, took place in August 2004 at the Château de Bossey, Switzerland in the presence of an international group of applied ethics experts.
The workshop was convened by Christoph Stückelberger, Professor of Ethics and current President of Globethics, with the participation of 29 other experts in ethics from 4 continents and 21 countries (Cameroon, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa; China, India, Indonesia, Lebanon; Belgium, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, USA), with the vision to provide a platform for all those interested in applied ethics to be able to exchange on and share knowledge resources via an online network and library.
Twenty years after its launch, Globethics is an international organisation with regional centres around the world and a global network of academic, civil society, and inter-governmental partners.
The Globethics vision of ethical leadership for a just, inclusive and sustainable world is one of hope grounded in the reality of what can be achieved with you and our community.
Take a trip down memory lane...
See the photos from our 20th Anniversary Photo Exhibition and more from the past twenty years on Flickr. Don't forget to comment and share your memories with us!
20th Anniversary Photo Exhibition
Looking forward...
We have organised and are planning many exciting moments throughout 2024 to celebrate this important milestone; to share our thanks with you, the Globethics community, and to continue our journey together towards ethical leadership.
Take part in the 20th anniversary celebrations!
From 2 - 4 September 2024, Globethics organised the 7th Global Ethics Forum at Maison de la Paix in Geneva, Switzerland, entitled Ethical Leadership for a Re-envisioned Future. The Global Ethics Forum is a global solution-focused, multisectoral and multistakeholder platform for dialogue, networking, and engagement, convening institutions, policymakers, senior experts, and practitioners from the private sector, higher education, governments, multilateral, nongovernmental, and faith-based organisations, among others.
Globethics’ vision is to promote ethical leadership for a just, inclusive, and sustainable world. The first Globethics Youth Leadership Award was launched in our 20th Anniversary year to further that vision in the next 20 years by recognising, honouring and empowering young leaders from around the world striving for positive, ethical change in their community, institution, society, nation, region or even globally.
Learn more about the Award and the 2024 winners.
Globethics' 20th anniversary year has also coincided with a change in the Presidency and Board of Foundation. Having served as President of the foundation since 2016, Christoph Stückelberger handed over the presidency of Globethics to Dietrich Werner on 4 September 2024. Also starting their terms as of September 2024 are the two new Vice Presidents, Divya Singh and Dicky Sofjan, and two new Board Members, Andre Schneider and Marie-Laure Salles.
Read the outgoing and new presidents' speeches.
The 20th anniversary and Presidency handover celebrations were marked by speeches given by both the founder and outgoing president Christoph Stückelberger, and incoming president Dietrich Werner:
From 24 September to 8 October 2024, Globethics, in partnership with Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, will organise its first Doctoral School for PhD candidates from around the world. The 12-day-long research-oriented programme will focus on the topic Ethics of Inclusive Peace and Responsible Governance.
Globethics hosted the ICDE Leadership Summit from 5-7 June 2024 at Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland. Over 120 educational leaders, experts and policymakers from more than 35 countries engaged on the Summit theme: Ethical Leadership in the Age of AI: Rethinking Futures of Education.
Share your photos and stories
20 years of Globethics means 20 years of our global network and your dedication to ethics and ethical leadership - so we invite you to share your special memories, moments, and stories of Globethics via this form: Globethics 20th Anniversary - Share your stories.
Plus, stay tuned to hear about additional events around the world, special publications, and much more!
More news and events in 2024
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