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The 10th Young Researchers Summit – Supporting young researchers

The 10th was hosted by the Institute for Business Ethics at the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of St. Gallen on 4 & 5 September 2025. Since its creation in 2016 by GSEM Professor Dorothée Baumann-Pauly and professor Florian Wettstein (AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of St. Gallen), the Summit has provided Ph.D. students and early post-doctoral researchers with an international platform to present and discuss research-in-progress on human rights that is advanced but not yet published with peers and experts from around the globe.

This year, 13 projects were selected from over 50 applications. Participants came from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States. Their research addressed a broad range of topics, including corporate human rights due diligence, international and soft law, business responsibility in conflict zones and supply chains, transformative remedies for business-related human rights abuses, Indigenous rights, labor rights, and the social impacts of corporate policies on marginalized communities.

The Business and Human Rights Young Researchers Summit aims to strengthen business and human rights as an academic discipline by encouraging and supporting emerging scholars. The event is held in partnership with the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights at the GSEM, the Institute for Business Ethics at the AV¶ÌÊÓƵ of St. Gallen, the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, and the Business and Human Rights Journal. Its alumni network now includes more than 100 scholars worldwide who continue to advance research and practice in the field.