IPUR partnering with UN to develop first Global Risk Report
11 March 2024
IPUR is proud to announce a partnership with the United Nations Executive Office of the Secretary General (UN EOSG) to develop the first UN Global Risk Report. The report presents the analysis of a survey of various stakeholders including member states, the private sector and civil society among others stakeholders on their perceptions of the most urgent and important global risks, interactions between risks and the potential for polycrisis, and the multilateral system’s preparedness to mitigate these risks. The report contributes to the call of the UN SG United Nations’ seminal UN75 Declaration to “learn, share experiences and information to reduce risks and make our systems more resilient”.
Prof Leonard Lee, IPUR Director, was recently invited to deliver keynote addresses at two conferences: the "AI and Social Science Research" conference (co-organised by the Shanghai Federation of Social Science...
The two-day conference brought together leading academics, medical professionals, and industry experts to discuss how information, technology, and societal changes shape risk perception and health choices. During a conference exploring...