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Switzerland at the United Nations Security Council: Academic Insights
2023 - 2026 (36 months)
grant-giving organisation: Fondation pour l’Université de Lausanne (Suisse)
Applicant: Prof. Jean-Christophe Graz; Prof. Lucile Maertens (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Other collaborators: Dr. Sara Hellmüller (ETH Zürich)
Switzerland holds a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the first time in 2023-2024. This provides a unique opportunity for researchers to analyze an elected member with the particular characteristics of being a neutral and small state as well as a relatively young member of the organization but with a long history of commitment to multilateralism and of hosting multilateral organizations.
This research aims at broadening the analysis of the practices used by elected members in the UN Security Council. Based on the case of Switzerland, it applies ethnographic approaches to collect fine-grained data on its practices and provide a detailed account of its membership.
The project generates unique insights for both scholars and policymakers to understand the practices and the functioning of the UN Security Council on a daily basis. Based on the Swiss experience, it furthers our understanding of the main decision-making body for contemporary and future international peace and security.
