Museum for the United Nations - UN Live

UN Live is going to #Davos2025 to shine a light on the power of popular culture and the need for continued global collaboration.🌍 Against the backdrop of a planetary tipping point, geopolitical tensions, polarisation and inequality – world, business and cultural leaders will meet under the theme of “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age” at this year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. The "Intelligent Age" – driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence – brings both exciting opportunities and serious ethical concerns. It raises important questions: How can we best adapt to this new era? And how can we use it to strengthen collaboration, culture, empathy and positive action? We are looking forward to exploring these questions and bringing our own experience with using technology for good, such as facilitating global conversations through our #GlobalWe platform to foster empathy, and #SoundsRight – a global music initiative to recognise the value of nature and inspire millions of fans to take action – all while generating royalties from NATURE’s own sounds towards nature conservation. You will find UN Live at a myriad of events, including in the #SDGTent, at the Goals House, at the Inkwell Beach (Cannes Can: Diversity Collective) panel on "The role of popular culture and media in building inclusive economies", and at a panel at Hub Culture where sustainability and the culture road to #COP30 in Brazil will be in focus. And of course, we will explore the #WEF2025 arts and culture scene, which you can follow on UN Live’s Instagram. Photo 1: "Work in Progress” by Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake, featured in an interview on how art can drive equality for women. “Our capacity to value the importance of women in society will define The Intelligent Age” - Yana Peel, Global Head of Arts and Culture at CHANEL. Can be found on the WEF website. Photo 2: Understanding the deeper currents of the global climate conversation through #GlobalWe, together with Cortico, where we gathered over 2,900 experiences and perspectives on climate action–with the help of natural language processing and machine learning to amplify the perspectives. Photo 3: Inkwell Beach Davos, World Economic Forum with Seth Schachner, Nicole Loftus, Larry Adams, Ebony Young, MSOL and Katja Iversen   Ann Rosenberg, Kumi Naidoo, Birgitte Hagemann Snabe, Jan Mattsson, Jessica Faieta, Julia Goldin, Mikkel Bülow-Lehnsby, Omino Gardezi, Katherine "Kat" Randel Katja Iversen Adrianne C. Smith Stan Stalnaker Dr Anino Emuwa Fabiana Schaeffer John Werner Joseph Fowler Vilas Dhar Lara Clements Leslie Johnston, M.Sc. Natalia Vega-Tracy (Vega-Berry) Earth Public Information Collaborative Margaret Richardson Michele Malejki Petra Dizdar #Davos #WEF #Collaboration #powerofpopularculture

🌍 WE ARE HIRING: Head of Finance & Administration 🌍 The Museum for the United Nations – UN Live are looking for a Head of Finance & Administration. This is a key role in our organisation, responsible for our back-office administration and processes, financial management, cash flow as well as our financial forecasting, long-term planning and administrative development. Location: Copenhagen, Denmark. Fluent Danish and English is essential. You will be part of a strong team of motivated professionals with diverse backgrounds and nationalities located in a growing number of locations around the world. If interested, please send your CV and a cover letter to jobs@museumfortheun.org. We will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis, so please express your interest as soon as possible. #museumfortheun #newposition #hiring #finance #administration #Denmark

A highlight of 2024!✨ #UNGA79 and this inspiring conversation at the SDG Media Zone exploring how music moves and connects people. “Music opens us up to receive a message, it drops us back into our heart,” said Madame Gandhi, artist and activist, before performing her new song “In Purpose (feat. NATURE)” as part of #soundsright. Thanks to Maher Nasser from the UN Department of Global Communication, Hanna Grahn from Spotify, and artist Madame Gandhi for the great dialogue.

When the world seems fractured — politically, socially, and environmentally — we double down on the fact that collaboration and culture can do something policies, politics, economics and traditional development approaches alone cannot: move hearts, shift thinking, spark action among millions of people, and help create global momentums for positive change. UN Live had a busy 2024, and through music, arts, storytelling, dialogue and co-creation, we continued to champion global collaboration and the transformative power of popular culture to ignite empathy, agency and a sense of belonging to something bigger—being part of a ‘Global We’. Our initiatives grew, we engaged 100+ million people, and drove action on a global scale: 🔷With the launch of the music initiative #SoundsRight together with wonderful partners, we embraced the power of music—amassing 90M streams and 9M listeners across 182 countries, collaborating with global artists, and landing #NATURE in the top 1% of artists on Spotify—all while generating royalties to fund conservation. 🔷Through our #GlobalWe platform, we continued to bridge barriers and build bigger tables, amplifying unheard voices, and partnering with amazing partners across the globe. From celebrating international days, to hosting dialogues on social justice, global health, and planetary wellbeing, the Global We dialogue in 2024 elevated creativity and sustainability. 🔷We proudly made the case for culture, impact and global collaboration on some of the world’s biggest stages, including at the #WorldEconomicForum, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Inaugural Global Artivism Conference, #UNGA, #COP16, and #COP29. 🔷Backstage at UN Live, we strengthened the organisation and got new initiatives in the pipeline, including Defenders of Planet Earth (DoPE) – a light entertainment series showcasing ordinary people doing extraordinary things for sustainability, which is in production in India as we write. As we enter 2025 – we are excited to continue our journey, with some concern regarding the state of the world, but also with eagerness to continue building on the momentum that has been created. This is a time to step up further, and we will continue to champion multilateralism, explore innovative, new big bets, connect culture to impact and measurable change. Culture – and not least popular culture – doesn’t just respond to the world as it is, it helps reshape it. 🌱 Photos: Global We participants in Mexico City and Colorado Springs, Sounds Right billboard in London, Keynote on culture by Favianna Rodriguez, Interview with Sounds Right artist #Aurora by Imagine5, UN Live board member Kumi Naidoo at Games for Change festival, UN Live's Annesofie Norn at Communicating the Arts in Paris, UN Live and Sounds Right team at SGD media zone during UNGA. Birgitte Hagemann Snabe Jan Mattsson Jessica Faieta Julia Goldin Karen Wang Kumi Naidoo Mikkel Bülow-Lehnsby Omino Gardezi

🌍 WE ARE HIRING: GLOBAL WE PROGRAMMES ASSOCIATE 🌍 The Museum for the United Nations – UN Live is looking for a passionate and resourceful Junior Programme Associate to join our Global We team. This new role will be at the heart of an exciting new initiative, connecting Danes with peers from the global majority through innovative programming that fosters empathy, understanding, and a shared sense of purpose across cultural and geographical boundaries. Location: Denmark (fluent English and Danish essential) If interested, please send your CV and a cover letter to jobs@museumfortheun.org. We will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis, so please express your interest as soon as possible. See the full position at: https://lnkd.in/d7qJJKVj #museumfortheun #newposition #hiring

The Good Lab is a community-focused artist incubator and knowledge exchange project aimed at connecting global artists with important societal issues through cultural interaction. Taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in February 2024, the project brought together 21 international and local artists with 14 community organisations to tackle pressing global challenges: Displacement, Climate Change, and Public Space Access. 🎨 “Don’t underestimate micro action! From small actions and small change, comes big impact.” 💬 Read more about The Good Lab and Micro Galleries’ work in our latest feature on the Culture for Impact List 2024. Link below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/g9iyyJtv Kat Roma Greer #microgalleries #publicart #artivism #artforchange #artwithpurpose #artactivism

Through fashion and design, Heliaki is using popular culture to drive social change and empower the Pasifika community. 🪶 “As a Pasifika-owned business, we are guided by the strength of our ancestors and driven by a future we want to help shape.”💬 Read more about how Heliaki is doing this in our latest feature on the Culture for Impact List 2024. Link below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/gqpRnGMb   #cultureforimpact #fashion #indigenouspeople #popculture

NAAM Festival is a creative activism performing and visual arts group, unleashing arts and cultural expression to mobilise people for action. 🎨 Through a blend of storytelling, performance, citizen participation, and creative public therapy—the initiative engages regional artists, youth, and the general public to reimagine their relationship to water and drive positive action for the conservation of Lake Victoria. 🌊 Learn how they champion new creative formats in our conversation with Dave Ojay, Founder of NAAM Festival. Link in below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/gQeXwsRp #cultureforimpact #art #performingarts #JusticeforLakeVictoria

Through the delightful language of comics, traditional artist and graphic novelist Anna-Laura Sullivan uses her art to recognise the magic in the mundane. 💙 “Belonging is not about building something entirely new but rediscovering what has always been there—a familiar home. I want to offer reminders that there is much more love and kindness out there than you could ever imagine.” 💬 Learn more about her work and the power that art and comics can have to create empathy in this heartwarming conversation. Link in below. 👇 https://lnkd.in/gzBP6ffF #cultureforimpact #comics #annalaura #annalauraart #art

Through the art of baking, Mafigi Bakery is transforming lives at the Nakivale Refugee Settlement. The bakery offers training and hands-on experience to youth and individuals with disabilities, creating valuable skills that foster a resilient, inclusive community in the settlement. 🧁 Read along to learn more about stories from the bakery and how it has positively impacted their lives. 👇 https://lnkd.in/gqadMn8V Muhizi Patrick Mafigi #cultureforimpact #bakery #food #nakivalerefugeesettlement