The Foundation participated in the first-time organised International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding
The forum was hosted by UNDP and took place 25-26 March in Accra, Ghana.
Navigating development complexities needs integrated leadership
In the Art of UN Leadership interview series, Frode Mauring, recently retired United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) talks about development coordination in the country context.
In this conversation with Edit Morin-Kovacs he gives diverse perspectives and candid reflections on the leadership needed to move development forward.
Reflections from our leaving Executive Director Henrik Hammargren
As nine years have come to an end, the Foundation’s Executive Director, Henrik Hammargren, left his position in mid-February. Below is Henrik Hammargren’s letter, in which he reflects on his journey within the Foundation, lessons learnt and his call for a continued work in the name of Dag Hammarskjöld.
Peace research craves an open mind
In October 2023 Isak Svensson was appointed as Dag Hammarskjöld Professor Chair at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Uppsala University where he studies international mediation in civil wars, religious dimensions of armed conflict, and the dynamics of nonviolent civil resistance. In an interview with Simone Hagfeldt he shares his motivation for taking on this position.
Solving problems and shifting systems with intentional ethical leadership
In the Foundation’s Art of UN Leadership interview series, Programme Manager Edit Morin-Kovacs was in conversation with Dr Monica Sharma during her visit at the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation where she conducted a short workshop on principled and ethical leadership.
Implementing the UN Youth Strategy – Lessons from The Gambia
The paper identifies learnings from UN colleagues, civil society, and government representatives on the success and limitations of ongoing efforts to implement the UN Youth Strategy within The Gambia.
Monica Sharma: ‘Courageous, principled and ethical decisions build good leadership’
In the beginning of January, the Foundation organised a workshop on UN Leadership with Dr Monica Sharma as key-note speaker. Read more about the workshop here.
Henrik Hammargren interviewed by the Swedish Radio: ‘ We have noticed a greater interest’
The movie Hammarskjöld premiered in cinema on the 25th of December 2023 and has created a newfound interest about Dag Hammarskjöld. The Foundation’s Director Henrik Hammargren met with the journalist Åsa Widstedt from the Swedish Radio P4 Uppland, to talk more about this.
RFSU: ‘An intersectional feminist perspective is part of the main strategy’
The Foundation’s José Alvarado interviewed Belén Sobrino and Åsa Eriksson at the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) to learn more about how their organisation works with intersectional feminist perspectives.
‘In a globalised world, human rights must also be global’
In the week following the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, the family of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi visited Sweden and Uppsala.