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Posted in Blog on Jul 31, 2025.

Bridging Futures General Assembly Event 2025

Author: Sophie Spooner. Earlier this month UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition came together in Swansea, Wales for the second General Assembly and third Governing Council meetings of the coalition. On 16th July, at the Dylan Thomas Centre our public programme ‘“Bridging Futures: Connecting Today's Decisions to Tomorrow's Needs”’ kicked off three back-to-back days of exciting activities, public events, film screenings, lectures, panel discussions and participatory workshops, as well as planning and launching of new initiatives.

Posted in Blog on Jul 25, 2025.

Unlocking impressive youth potential amidst significant challenges for an equitable future

Author: Nolita Mvunelo, Principal of Cultural Transformations at The Club of Rome. Young people hold the key to fostering systems transformation. This is why so much of The Fifth Element’s work focuses on empowering younger generations and promoting intergenerational collaboration. Read the article below to explore how to unlock youth potential in ways that put life at the centre of decision-making, while investing in the changemakers of tomorrow.

Posted in Blog on Jun 09, 2025.

BRIDGES Cologne Participates in 2025 Global Solutions Summit in Berlin: Reflections by Dr Nsah Mala

Author: Dr Nsah Mala. From 5-6 May 2025, BRIDGES Cologne participated in the 2025 Global Solutions Summit (#GSS2025) in Berlin (Germany) through our Hub Director, Dr Nsah Mala. Fondly referred to as the World Policy Forum, the Global Solutions Summit brings together diplomats, businesspeople, politicians, policymakers, civil society organisations (CSOs), students and youth, researchers and scholars to discuss global challenges and explore or suggest potential solutions to them.

Posted in Blog on May 23, 2025.

BRIDGES Cologne Policy Insights #2: Towards the Authorship of Nonhuman Animals

Author: Dr Nsah Mala. In the second edition of the BRIDGES Cologne Policy Insights, by Dr Nsah Mala, BRIDGES Cologne Hub Coordinator, we shine a spotlight on the question of whether or not nonhuman animals can be considered as authors under German copyright law. We do this by discussing a recent publication by Prof Dr Roman Bartosch, Co-Director of BRIDGES and MESH at the University of Cologne, and Julia Kessel, Research Assistant at the Faculty of Law, FernUniversität in Hagen.

Posted in Blog on May 20, 2025.

A Conversation with Dr Rebekah Humphreys: Decoding the Lives of Animals

Author: Sophie Spooner. In an interview with Dr. Jeanette Gallagher, Dr Rebekah Humphreys, UWTSD, discusses concepts from her recently published book, “Animals, Ethics, and Language: The Philosophy of Meaningful Communication in the Lives of Animals.” The conversation between Dr Humphreys and Dr Gallagher probes fundamental questions surrounding our moral obligations towards the animal kingdom, which form the basis of Rebekah’s book. The essence of ethics in our interactions with both human and non-human life is at the core of their discussions.