From Gaza to Sudan, communities are famished to the point of desperation. History has shown that the consequences of famine are not borne only by immediate victims but also by future generations.
Read blog post by @unu-wider.bsky.social Director Designate @apvjustino.bsky.social: go.unu.edu/RA7c8
As we close our 40th year, we reflect on UNU-WIDER’s legacy and look to future. Director Designate @apvjustino.bsky.social reminds us of the task ahead: harnessing shared knowledge to improve lives in an uncertain world. Learn more about the work we do: go.unu.edu/XR6Xh
#WIDER40 #2025recap
Black and white image of Italian partisans of the Brigade Garibaldi.
How do violent pasts shape democratic politics decades later?
A new Broadstreet blog by @laiabalcells.bsky.social, @apvjustino.bsky.social and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social dives into findings from the Comparative Political Studies special issue.
Read more: go.unu.edu/fc9rP
First time writing for Broadstreet blog! With @apvjustino.bsky.social and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, we wrote about the Special Issue just published at Comparative Political Studies: www.broadstreet.blog/p/legacies-o...
A great overview of a great special issue, including our paper on the legacies of antifascist resistance in Italy.
Thank you again @laiabalcells.bsky.social @apvjustino.bsky.social @andrearuggeri.bsky.social !
Food security is vital for dignity, equality, and peace, yet it’s often compromised in conflict settings. On today's #HumanRightsDay, we explore how hunger and conflict create a damaging cycle. Read this blog by @apvjustino.bsky.social: go.unu.edu/Y0Y4d
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Picture of UNU-WIDER delegation: Dominik Etienne, Patricia Justino, Aino Hiltunen, and Sami Husa at the World Social Summit 2025.
Aino Hiltunen pictured at the UNU booth at World Social Summit 2025.
Picture of the World Social Summit 2025 logo at the venue.
The #SocialSummit2025 is live in Doha! 🌍✨
Catch us at the our booth to discuss inequality, social protection, and building trust.
📍Solutions Square, hall 6, QNCC
Don’t miss our Solutions Session with UN DESA and Government of Finland tomorrow: go.unu.edu/hfQhS
@apvjustino.bsky.social
Yesterday at #SocialSummit2025, UNU-WIDER and UN DESA, supported by the Government of Finland, co-hosted the Solutions Session "Trust as the Foundation for Social Development." @apvjustino.bsky.social highlighted that 60% of people globally struggle, with many households one shock away from poverty.
📽️ "Fragility is an issue that affects all of us."
At @fiia.fi event on the crisis in global development, @apvjustino.bsky.social warned that most of the world’s extreme poor live in conflict-affected countries, and cutting aid risks deepening both poverty and instability.
Sarah Stroup, Marikki Karhu, Patricia Justino, Katariina Mustasilta, and Ville Sinkkonen on stage, smiling.
Today's seminar focused on the decline of global development and possible ways forward. The speakers discussed topics such as the role of global aid in mitigating human suffering, states' justifications for withdrawing from global development, and the interdependence between poverty and conflict.
Patricia Justino at the IFPRI Policy Seminar in 2025
Maria Eugenia Genoni at the IFPRI Policy Seminar in 2025
At @ifpri.org Policy Seminar, @apvjustino.bsky.social and Maria Eugenia Genoni (World Bank) showed that global poverty is increasingly concentrated in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Breaking the poverty-fragility trap needs better investing, managing, and measuring. Watch: go.unu.edu/gImJP
📅October 17⏰9:30AM EDT
📌 Tackling extreme poverty and financing for food systems in Africa
🤝 Organized by IFPRI and partners on the margins of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings
💬 @lflopezcalva.bsky.social @apvjustino.bsky.social @anamibanez.bsky.social @jo-swinnen.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/Poverty-
Image of Patricia Justino and the title of her keynore, Rebuilding Trust in a Fractured World, with the Fragile Lives 2025 conference's logo and visual elements.
@apvjustino.bsky.social is at Fragile Lives 2025 in Berlin!
Tomorrow, her keynote discusses the global erosion of trust—in institutions, in democracy, and interpersonally—and what this means for social cohesion and governance in fragile contexts.
Learn more: go.unu.edu/XxaSa
New publication alert: "Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20th Century Europe", at Comparative Political Studies. With @andrearuggeri.bsky.social and @apvjustino.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
💭 A recent survey reveals declining faith in democracy among European youth. To earn back young people's trust, "[d]emocracy must prove it can deliver tangible results," writes @apvjustino.bsky.social, Deputy Director of @unu-wider.bsky.social.
Read more: go.unu.edu/fWQba
#UNUYouthMonth
I’m honoured to have been appointed the next Director of UNU-WIDER starting May 2026.
WIDER has long been a beacon of rigorous, policy-relevant research on pressing global challenges. Leading this remarkable institution is both a privilege and a responsibility I take on with deep commitment.
📢 New Policy Brief: How to make aid work in fragile states
Aid in fragile contexts needs more than technical fixes. The brief calls for long-term, flexible support rooted in local legitimacy.
📄: go.unu.edu/pTvBB
#FragileAid @apvjustino.bsky.social @rgisselquist.bsky.social @anvaccaro.bsky.social
Juan Masullo and I wrote a piece on the recent assassination attempt on Senator Uribe in Bogotá, its connections to the drug war, how it echoes the past, and why it is only the most visible form of how the drug war undermines democracy. 1/2
Abhijit Banerjee on podium speaking, in the background there is a WIDER Annual Lecture banner.
Three people speaking to each other, two are facing away from camera, the third person is smiling.
Group of people listening on chairs as Ravi Kanbur speaks at the fireside chat.
Two women speaking in front of a publications table at the WIDER development conference.
That’s a wrap! 💬
The 2025 #WIDERDevConf brought bold ideas on how inclusive social protection can drive growth, trust & equity. From tax justice to climate resilience, one thing is clear: we can’t afford to go without it.
Catch the highlights 👉 go.unu.edu/n7DCj
📉 Global trust is in crisis
A new WIDER Working Paper by @apvjustino.bsky.social and Melissa Samarin reveals how declining trust in governments and between people is weakening the social fabric in countries around the world.
📄 Read the paper: go.unu.edu/LqJgS...
The period 2020-2023 has been the most violent in 30 years. The current international financial architecture often neglects security needs in fragile countries.
@apvjustino.bsky.social calls for tailored, long-term financial engagement that supports peacebuilding. go.unu.edu/zMGy5
📢 Join us on 24 April at 12PM EDT for the launch of #UNDESA World Social Report 2025, co-produced for the first time with UNU-WIDER!
The event includes a presentation by UNU-WIDER Deputy Director @apvjustino.bsky.social, key report findings, and audience Q&A.
Register here 👉 go.unu.edu/xDRmk
🌍 Why does 40% of the world feel life is worse now than 50 years ago?
Insecurity and distrust are key issues. @apvjustino.bsky.social & Marta Roig discuss urgent insights from the UN DESA World Social Report 2025. 👉 Watch: go.unu.edu/mPQ2d #WorldSocialReport #EveryoneIncluded
Today, we celebrated our 40th anniversary with an Evening Exchange co-hosted with our long-term partner ZIPAR.
In a panel on Zambia’s debt and development challenges, @apvjustino.bsky.social underlined: “It cannot be a trade-off between fiscal reform and investing in people.”
go.unu.edu/kmJTu
Our keynote speakers will be Patricia Justino @apvjustino.bsky.social, Deputy Director of the United Nations World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland, and Amber Peterman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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At a UN DESA event, our Deputy Director @apvjustino.bsky.social joined global leaders, including António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, to discuss new evidence from the World Social Report 2025 and the future of social development: go.unu.edu/mPQ2d
#SocialSummit2025 #EveryoneIncluded
Spent the last two days in deep conversation about tax and conflict with this brilliant group in Helsinki, @unu-wider.bsky.social. More on our meeting and work here! www.wider.unu.edu/event/tax-co...
Much food for thought after a productive workshop on armed group taxation at @unu-wider.bsky.social with a fantastic crowd, @apvjustino.bsky.social, @maxgallien.bsky.social, @ashleyajackson.bsky.social, @tbandulairwin.bsky.social, @yguichaoua.bsky.social, @jessietrudeau.bsky.social and many more.
The calls for reform of the international financial architecture are many and multifaceted
What better way to understand what is on the global financing for development agenda than to read Prof Jose Antonio Ocampo's latest book!
This book is open access go.unu.edu/7Yb7T
'forcing the world’s poor to pay for Britain’s safety'. Brilliant and brutal Guardian editorial about UK's decision to redirect aid to defence. Must read. chakrabortty.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
