List of Established UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in U.S.

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List of Established UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in U.S.

U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
As of February 25, 2011

2008

UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Rivers, University of Washington

2007

UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development, Boston University, Women’s Studies Program

UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace, University of Oregon, Oregon Humanities Center

2006

UNESCO Chair on Achieving the Promise of EFA: A Focus on Literacy and Sustainable Development, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

2005

UNESCO Chair in creating independent, pluralistic media: training and exchange program for journalists, University of Colorado at Boulder, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

UNESCO Chair on Growing up in cities, Cornell University, New York

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington D.C.

UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Education, University of Colorado at Denver, Health Sciences Center

2004

UNESCO-Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair in Coastal Resources, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

UNESCO-Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair in Global Coastal Assessment, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett

2002

UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Florida Atlantic University

2001

UNESCO Chair in Comparative Human Rights, University of Connecticut

2000

UNESCO Chair in Communication, University of Texas-Austin, College of Communication

1999

UNESCO Chair in Higher Education, University of Puerto Rico

1997

UNITWIN Network for Improving Biological Sciences Education through the Development and Use of Information Technologies in some Arab States Universities, Purdue University, Indiana

1996

Mobile UNESCO Chair dedicated to the Problems of Habitability in the Hispanoamerican Cities and to the Integral Revitalization of their Historical Centers, University of Puerto Rico

UNESCO Chair in Education for peace, University of Puerto Rico