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20 Years of LABMUNDO Seminar, at IESP-UERJ

In 2026, the World Political Analysis Laboratory will complete 20 years since its foundation. These two decades have been devoted to research, the generation of knowledge and the training of new researchers focused on understanding the social, economic, political, ecological, technological and cultural transformations that the global order is undergoing in the 21st century.

To mark this significant milestone, on Friday 28 August, LABMUNDO is gathering together a number of researchers who have been involved in its history to present the seminar The Collapse of Multilateralism: crises, reconfigurations and the role of the Geopolitical South’ at our headquarters at the Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP-UERJ). Throughout the day, from 9.30 am to 7 pm, our team will hold five panel discussions dedicated to analysing and debating the profound crisis facing multilateralism in contemporary geopolitics from perspectives including human rights, international cooperation and foreign policy, amongst others.

Programme

9.30am – 10.15am | Opening panel – The collapse of multilateralism: critical analyses and contemporary debates:

10.30am – 12.30pm | Panel 1 – Human rights, climate change and the crisis of multilateralism:
01:45 pm – 03:45 pm | Panel 2 – International cooperation in the context of the crisis in multilateralism:
04:00 pm – 06:00 pm | Panel 3 – Brazilian foreign policy and the geopolitical South in the context of fragmented multilateralism:
06:15 p.m. – 07:00 p.m. | Closing session – Multilateralism, the Geopolitical South and research trajectories: 20 years of LABMUNDO

Closing the programme, from 7.00 pm, the Laboratory invites all those present to join us for a social cocktail reception. Organised by LABMUNDO, the seminar The Collapse of Multilateralism: crises, reconfigurations and the role of the Geopolitical South forms part of the IESP-UERJ 2026.2 Lecture Cycle and is supported by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

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