This Year's Theme Is:
Planetary Realities: Rethinking Governance Beyond Borders
Our world is being redefined by borderless challenges such as the climate crisis, digital information regimes, pandemics, and the sharing of space resources. The answers to these challenges are still largely nation-state-centric, fragmented, and inadequate.
This year, the Sakıp Sabancı Research Awards invite researchers to consider the following questions:
- How can new forms of governance be shaped in response to planetary challenges?
- How can information flows be democratized in the digital world?
- How can new ethical frameworks (justice, rights, equality) be established between the local and the global?
- Are public interest governance models possible against profit-driven global platforms?
- How should collective responsibility be defined in the face of planetary challenges such as the climate crisis, space pollution, and pandemics?
Why Now? – Theme Timeliness:
- The world is struggling to find a common language and structure in the face of global challenges.
- As the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals approach, we see how inadequate governance systems are in times of crisis.
- Digital platforms like ChatGPT and TikTok raise new questions about information management and the public interest.
- Younger generations are calling for not only national but also global responsibility.