Join the Opening Program 2025! Re-shaping our Futures: Global Citizenship for Dignity

29 May 2025

APRU SDG Education for Global Citizenship 2025 Opening Program
Re-shaping our Futures: Global Citizenship for Dignity

June 2, 2025 (Online) Bangkok Time (UTC+7)     
2025 Theme: Diversity and Inculsivity-Actions for Sustainability   

Time*                                          Program
Monday, June 2, 2025
8:00-8:15Welcome addresses

Professor Wilert Puriwat, D.Phil., President, Chulalongkorn University
Professor Dato’ Seri Ir. Dr. Noor Azuan Abu Osman, Vice Chancellor, Universiti Malaya
Dr. Michaela Friberg-Storey, UN Resident Coordinator in Thailand  

MC & Introduction to the program
Ms. Michiko Yoshida, Director, Global Networking and Engagement Div., Office of Int’l Affairs and Global Network, Chulalongkorn University  
8:15-9:20Keynote Panel Session
“Re-shaping our Futures: Global Citizenship for Dignity”  

Prof. Dr. Adrian Little, Pro Vice Chancellor (International), University of Melbourne; Professor of Political Theory “Theorising Sustainable Development after the SDG”

Prof. Dr. Leonora C. Angeles, School of Community and Regional Planning and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia     “Desperately Seeking Dignity in Hyper-Consumer Society: Enabling Global Citizenship & Social Responsibility Amidst Increasing Individualism & Nationalism”

H.E. Asst. Prof. Dr. Bhanubhatra Jittiang, Thailand Representative, ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission of Human Rights “Cultivating Global Citizenship in Practice: Challenges and Opportunities from the Experiences of Southeast Asia”  

Moderator: Mr. Phinith Chanthalangsy, Regional Advisor, Social and Human Sciences Unit, UNESCO Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Education  
9:20-9:30Break  
9:30-10:30Workshop: Partnership for SDGs

Ms. Marisa Panyachiva, Partnership and Development Finance Officer, Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Thailand
End of the program

Keynote Panel Session, Opening Program
APRU SDG Education for Global Citizenship 2025

Dignity serves as the foundation and the guiding principle of the United Nations. Since 1945, this concept governs our multilateral system, as it also projects the never-attainable horizon of our action towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

80 years down the line, how does this concept still inform or question our discourse and actions today? Similarly, how should we question related concepts such as “Global Citizenship” coined in the SDG4, in light of the fundamental concept of “Human Dignity”?  In view of the complexity, uncertainty, inequality, fragility and risks we witness today in the world, what should be our immediate responsibility in seeking ways to mitigate such risks and in create enabling conditions for the operationalization of such concepts? How should be our methods and approaches in addressing the most pressing challenges threatening human dignity and global citizenship?

Supporting youth and fostering continuous questioning of the status quo of our world is essential in re-shaping our futures for lasting peace and a better planet. The Keynote Panel “Re-shaping our Futures: Global Citizenship for Dignity,” invites experts from across the Asia-Pacific region who have been working tirelessly to safeguard and promote dignity for all to engage with students. The panelists will engage with students on how we could re-shape our futures grounded on the principle of human dignity. They will share their perspectives and questionings through their ongoing efforts, initiatives, and roles in education, research, and policy engagement. It is hoped that as dynamic agents of change, youth can initiate different paths toward a more just and sustainable futures.

Panelists

  • Prof. Dr. Adrian Little, Pro Vice Chancellor (International), University of Melbourne; Professor of Political Theory
    “Theorising Sustainable Development after the SDG”
  • Prof. Dr. Leonora C. Angeles, School of Community and Regional Planning and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia
    “Desperately Seeking Dignity in Hyper-Consumer Society: Enabling Global Citizenship & Social Responsibility Amidst Increasing Individualism & Nationalism”
  • H.E. Asst. Prof. Dr. Bhanubhatra Jittiang, Thailand Representative, ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission of Human Rights
    “Cultivating Global Citizenship in Practice: Challenges and Opportunities from the Experiences of Southeast Asia”

Moderator:

  • Mr. Phinith Chanthalangsy, Regional Advisor, Social and Human Sciences Unit, UNESCO Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
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