A CAMPUS FOR PEACE
The founders of the Cité internationale wanted to help build a peaceful world by creating a place dedicated to international exchange. Driven by these values for nearly a century, the Cité internationale has gradually established itself as a place where the major issues of today’s world and the construction of a peaceful world for today and tomorrow can be discussed. To help students from all over the world refine their view on the world, the houses on campus organise the University of Peace every year.
LOOKING AT THE WORLD FROM ANOTHER ANGLE
The University of Peace allows the international students living on campus to compare and contrast their world views with those of their co-residents as well as famous figures and experts from all fields. Over a week of talks and debates, participants are invited to discuss a theme related to peace and to come up with some recommendations to help people live together more harmoniously.
To bring together some of the intellects that are the hope of tomorrow and to make them realise that people, despite the diversity of their origins and the traditions that have formed them, are not as different from each other as they imagine.
Our editions
Water, the challenge of preserving a common good
In a world where the impact of climate change is becoming a daily reality and where geopolitical balances are being redrawn, humanity, and in particular the younger generations, will have to face unprecedented challenges. Water scarcity is one of them. It currently affects 700 million people in 43 countries. The 8th edition of the University for Peace has been launched by writer and academician Erik Orsenna, guest of honour, and Blanca Jiménez Cisneros, Ambassador of Mexico to France, who spoke on “The diplomacy of water”.
FROM URGENCY TO CLIMATE JUSTICE
Climate change is an ecological, political, food and energy crisis that does not affect all countries in the same way. What are the next steps in achieving true climate justice? Is legal constraint an effective means, or even the only means, of preventing environmental destruction? This was the programme of the 7th edition of the University of Peace.
REINVENTING DEMOCRACY
Analysing crises in democracy from a cross-disciplinary and international perspective and identifying best practices and new, more inclusive and more participatory organisational structures was the aim of the 6th edition of the University of Peace, organised by 20 houses of the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris.
ACTING QUICKLY IN THE FACE OF THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
The 5th edition of the University of Peace examined the major issues linked to the climate emergency. How can we bring about a radical change in our lifestyles? How can we re-establish a balance that is now seriously compromised? How can we change the way we consume?
DEMOCRACY AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: CHALLENGES AND THREATS
Artificial intelligence, cybercrime, fake news, big data, transhumanism… Questions about the challenges and threats of new technologies for our democracies abound. The houses of the Cité internationale organised the 4th edition of the University of Peace on the theme of democracy and digital technology.
INNOVATION AND PEACE
The 3rd edition of the University for Peace focused on the theme of “Innovations and peace”In what ways can advances in the exact sciences and humanities be a vehicle for peace and contribute to nurturing the principles of generosity, exchange and sharing? With the participation of Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, and Jean-Claude Ameisen, Honorary President of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee.
PEACE AND MIGRATION: THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY
The 2nd edition of the University of Peace looked at the theme of Peace and Migration, a topic that came to the fore as a result of the many questions raised by the exceptional migratory movement in the Middle East and Europe in 2016. It was approached from the angle of reception and the problems linked to the arrival in the countries most directly concerned of populations with different profiles. With the participation of António Guterres, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
A CAMPUS BORN OUT OF A PACIFIST IDEAL
The Cité internationale was born in the aftermath of the First World War, from the dream and desire of personalities engaged in public life and exceptional philanthropists. They wanted to do their bit to build a more peaceful world by creating a place devoted to international dialogue.
RESIDENTS WITH A CAUSE
The residents of the Cité internationale play an active role in organising political, social and cultural activities on campus. They engage with the major contemporary social issues, setting up collaborative projects and organising debates and events on campus throughout the year.
