Public commentary on the United Nations in financial crisis
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THIS CAMPAIGN IS CLOSED.
If you want to support me, I am available for contracts to do academic analyses, written or spoken commentary, and independent UN system and UN finance consultancy until the end of 2025.
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The United Nations (UN) is facing its most important financial crisis in decades. This is a crowdfunding campaign to support the continuation of my informed public commentary on how the UN crisis will unfold.
Since April 2025, I have published close to 150 public posts on UN reform & crisis (see linklist here):
I have also written a comprehensive briefing on the link between UN80 and the UN liquidity crisis:
With your support, I will continue until the end of the year (December 2025) to cover UN80 and the future of the UN system while working as a freelance UN system & UN finance analyst.
Why me?
My name is Ronny Patz, a political scientist based in the small town of Brandenburg/Havel just outside Berlin in Germany. For >10 years, I have been doing academic research and outreach on the financing of the UN system (e.g. co-writing the book "Managing Money and Discord in the UN" and publishing a lot on this topic).
I have never worked inside the UN system but have spent a lot of time figuring out how it works:
Right now, I work as an independent (= freelance) UN analyst and author trying to combine local life with well-informed global commentary.
Why did I need support?
I could afford to continue to do my UN research and commentary until the end of August, while I worked on related topics and have sufficient income from freelance work to cross-finance my analyses and commentary.
But crunch time for the UN is the period from September until December and this fundraising campaign was meant to support my work on this from September until December.
What will I do with the funding?
With the funding I received (~€2800 for 4 months = 700€/month before taxes and social security), I can work on UN affairs for 1-2 hours a day. Everything that I write, unless it is from additional freelance contracts, will be public and linked in my overview blog post (see top of this description):
Within my available time, I will also be available as an independent commentator/speaker for relevant non-profit events, podcasts etc. Where possible, I could help journalists, academics, activists, and UN officials from around the world to make sense of the ongoing UN crisis, explain UN finances, and help develop ideas for UN reform.
PS: And if you want to contact me, you find me on LinkedIn or here: https://polscieu.wordpress.com/about-me/ (see the imprint of my blog for my e-mail)
Organizer
Ronny Patz
Organizer
Brandenburg, Brandenburg