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Using a Brazilian university as a case study, can international mobility shape students’ attitudes toward inequality? How can we implement more secure, more sustainable and more efficient migration governance? These are just two questions that have been tackled by our researchers in January 20...

Evidence suggests that millions of individuals are disregarded in risk and vulnerability analyses due to a lack of sufficient data. In her master’s thesis research, Katherine Bruni (recent MPP alumna) tried to identify a baseline understanding of the exposure, susceptibility and adaptive capacity of...

Matilde Perotti (alumna of the MPP 2021-22 cohort) outlines the challenges of undertaking research on disaster risk management in refugee camps, drawing on her firsthand experiences of working in a number of challenging situations. I am a graduate of International Relations and Global Affairs, and I...

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UNU-MERIT is delighted to announce that it has formally become an Academy Training Centre, as part of the International Telecommunications Union’s Academy Training Centre programme.  This programme takes the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU’s) capacity dev...

A post by Dr Zina Nimeh UNU-MERIT mourns the loss of a dear colleague, professor, educator and humanist who passed away on 30 December. Michael Cichon had a long-standing relationship with UNU-MERIT as an honorary professor and as the driving force behind the establishment of the master’s program in...

Prof  Dr Jo Ritzen is an Honorary Professor at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University. He served as Minister of Education, Culture, and Science of the Netherlands from 1989 to 1998, becoming the longest-serving Education Minister in the EU. Subsequently, he was appointed Vice-President of the World Ban...

Last week, a delegation from the City Council visited UNU-MERIT to explore ways to further our partnership. The City’s delegation comprised Ms Anita Bastiaans, Alderman for Welfare, Diversity, Civic Integration, Euregio and Europe; Mr Johan Pas, Alderman for Housing, Education, Student City & We...

During the first webinar of the UNESCO Chair series on ”Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Sustainable Development in Latin America”, Prof. Gabriela Dutrénit  (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, México) gave a presentation on “STI Policy, development strate...

We aim to enhance understanding of multifaceted impacts of climate change and related hazards on mental health and psychosocial well-being by capturing reflections from different geographic regions and their capacities to integrate support services in climate response strategies. Speakers: Xiaomeng ...

Article originally published in Morse In the recent years, we all observed how countries and institutions relied on digital tools to deal with the COVID shocks. For example, at Maastricht University, with the help of the digital learning management system and meeting software Canvas, Zoom and MS Tea...

As part of UNU-MERIT’s UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Sustainable Development for Latin America, we proudly announce our series of webinars on Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Sustainable Development in Latin America. The meetings will be framed ...

The United Nations University-MERIT (UNU-MERIT) and the Enrico Fermi Study and Research Center (CREF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining a framework for a groundbreaking collaboration that will apply physics models to economics.  In November, a delegation of UNU-MERIT, led by ...

 United Nations University – MERIT · Director´s Corner Podcast – Nov 2022   In this episode of the Director’s Corner Podcast, Director Bartel Van de Walle chats with Kathleen Hopewell, new Student Ambassador of the MPP Programme. In this conversation, Bartel shares with Kathl...

UNU-MERIT’s Policy Action Lab provides a safe space for knowledge exchange between practitioners and researchers and broadens the scope of how global policy challenges and problems are framed and defined. Its core objective is: to draw on lessons learned from the experience of policy actors and othe...

Press release The Research Network on Ukrainian Migration, a new initiative from the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw; Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute; Maastricht University; and UNU-MERIT, launches in Maastricht on November 8.  The Research Network on Ukrain...

Starting on Thursday, 20 October, UNU-MERIT launches its yearly seminar series for the academic period of 2022/23.This years’ edition aims for a bi-weekly in-person dynamic, with a hybrid format to maximise attendance. Seminars will happen every other Thursday during lunchtime and lunch will be cate...

United Nations University – MERIT · Director’s Corner – Oct 2022   In this episode of the Director’s Corner, Prof. Bartel Van de Walle in conversation with Keith Burnet, Senior Advisor in Communications at UNU-MERIT, discusses how the institute’s Computational Innovation...

We all know that starting a research project is not the same as starting the actual research. Administrative hurdles and research preparation simply take time – often more time than planned. Beginning in 2022, a research team of 10 partners from 10 different universities on 4 continents started work...

  The European Commission has released the European Innovation Scoreboard 2022, which tracks innovation across the continent. It was prepared and coordinated by UNU-MERIT’s researchers Hugo Hollanders, Nordine Es-Sadki and Aishe Khalilova.  The European Innovation Scoreboard provides a comparat...

  A joint post by Abigail Daley & Louisee Cruz Louisee Cruz traces her path to career success directly back to her decision to undertake the Masters of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, graduating in 2017. She speaks to Abbie Daley about her journey, lessons learned, and her h...