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Upcoming Events
Workshop
Connected by Design: Building Inclusive Digital Infrastructure for Future-Ready Cities
Event
Documentary Film Screening: Paper Lanterns
Seminar
UNU-IIGH Webinar | Gendered risks of privatised practices on the health workforce
Workshop
Digital4Culture - Understanding the Relationship between Digital Technologies and Cultural Heritage
Event
Science Talk: NASA Earth Data Applications
Seminar
Ethnic Favouritism in Environmental Disaster Payouts.
Event
Science Talk: Innovations in Tree-Ring-Based Streamflow Reconstructions
Event
UNU-MERIT Internal Conference 2025
Previous Events
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Trapped in Poverty: Persistent Poverty in the Context of Global Crises
PhD defence Teresa Janz
BIG IDEAS Series
Building Our Immunity to Mis/Disinformation Through Journalism
ONLINE & TOKYO: On 11 September 2025, UNU will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Hanako Montgomery, international correspondent at CNN, based in the Tokyo bureau.
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Liminality and Exclusion of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
This paper will show how identity cues shape refugee support. Only perspective-taking boosts inclusion; cost info fails.
Event
Science Talk: Enhancing Climate Resilience Through Dam and Barrier Removal
Linking River Restoration to Adaptation
BIG IDEAS Series
Reimagining Gender and Climate Justice in Higher Education
ONLINE: On 9 September 2025, UNU will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Giselle Miole, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UNU-IAS.
Conversation Series
Bridges and Borders: Multicultural Exchange and Peacebuilding in the AI Era
On 8 September 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Professor Valerio de Cesaris, Rector of the University for Foreigners of Perugia.
BIG IDEAS Series
Social Media for Social Good: Promoting Well-being in the Digital Age
ONLINE: On 5 September 2025, UNU will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Meg Hoffmann Nakagawa, founder of Blossom the Project.
Event
Reassessing Multilateralism: The United Nations at a Crossroads
TOKYO: On 4 September 2025, UNU will host an event exploring how the United Nations and Japan can promote sustainable development in the context of drifting multilateral priorities.
Event
Exhibition: “Conciencia” by Ciro Palomino
Peruvian artist Ciro Palomino’s exhibition "Conciencia" uses powerful imagery to spark reflection on global challenges and the SDGs.
Event
水电未来
挑战、创新与中国经验的启示