Call for Expressions of Interest: Become a UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hub

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to become a UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hub. 

The BRIDGES Coalition is a unique global programme aimed at fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and the promotion of social transformation efforts worldwide. BRIDGES connects research, policymaking and community development to address pressing global challenges. Anchored in UNESCO’S, Management of Social Transformations (MOST) programme, BRIDGES provides evidence-based policy recommendations developed through transdisciplinary, humanities-inclusive sustainability science research. 

We are now accepting Expressions of Interest (EOI) to establish UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hubs from organisations, institutions and/or foundations. Ideal hub candidates will have profiles encompassing research, education and science-policy missions that advance transformations to sustainable social and ecological systems. BRIDGES places a premium on dialogue, exchange and co-creation of knowledge among diverse societal partners.

What are UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hubs?

BRIDGES hubs are the operational arm of an international initiative that transcends borders and enhances efforts at a range of scales to mobilise academic communities in the humanities, arts and other human science and social science-orientated communities of knowledge and action in the sustainability science space. 

Becoming a UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES hub will position your organisation/institution at the forefront of global efforts, within the United Nations system, to foster meaningful transformative change in the service of long-term social and ecological sustainability.

Why Become a UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hub?

Hubs have -

• Increased Collaborative Opportunities - Collaborate with global experts, policymakers, and communities to drive impactful change for social and ecological sustainability.
• Access to Expanded Expertise and Funding Opportunities - Have access to UNESCO’s international network of researchers, thought leaders, policy specialists and practitioners.
• Enhanced Influence - Gain recognition, visibility and opportunities for meaningful influence and impact within the global ecosystem of human and social sciences working to drive transformative systems change.
• Promoting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Contribute to the shaping of policies that address critical issues such as climate change, extinction and biodiversity loss, unsustainable practices of resource extraction and pollution, human and planetary wellbeing, equality and human rights. 

How to Apply

Please visit our website for application guidelines. However, in brief, your Expression of Interest should be no longer than 15 pages and provide the following:

1. A brief overview of your institution/organisation, including its mission and areas of expertise.
2. A description of your organisation’s profile and track record in initiatives that foreground some or all of the following: social, economic or ecological sustainability, social and human sciences, arts and culture, educational sciences, traditional knowledge systems, community co-produced knowledge/applied solutions
3. Clarification of why your organization/institution/foundation is ideal candidate to support and lead a BRIDGES hub.
4. Any relevant partnerships, collaborations or networks you are part of that support your application.
5. An accounting of the capacities your proposed hub can contribute to the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES coalition.

Submission Process

Please submit your EOI, as a pdf, to directorate@bridges.org.

Next Steps

Following the submission deadline, all applications will be reviewed, and selected candidates will be invited for further discussions. 

For any enquiries, please contact us at directorate@bridges.org.