On Friday, 4 February, the UNU Institute of Advanced Studies in Yokohama kicked off the UNU-IAS 2011 Seminar Series with a presentation on “Biofuels Sustainability: Lessons in Life-Cycle Assessment”. The lecturer was Dr. Jason D. Hill, As... »

Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, personal hygiene products, chemical run-off … these and other pollutants are contaminating the giant aquifers under Mexico’s Riviera Maya district (a popular tourism district on the eastern portion of the Yucat... »

Prof. Ramesh Thakur of the University of Waterloo, a former UNU Vice-Rector, returned to UNU Centre in Tokyo on 27 January to present issues covered in his latest book, The Dark Side of Globalization. »

The United Nations University is ranked among the world’s top-ten government-affiliated think tanks, according to the 2010 Global Go-To Think Tank Ranking report (“Think Tank Index”), and its World Institute for Development Economic... »

The UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) welcomes the signing of the Global Re-ordering: Evolution through European Networks (GREEN) contract by the European Commission (EC). This EC Framework Programme 7 integrated re... »

A delegation from the UNU Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST) visited the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China on 15 December 2010... »

Globally, in both poor and rich countries, agriculture is one of the few industries that remains largely owner-operated and reliant on family labour. Family farms typically achieve a high degree of efficiency, benefitting from the commitment of fami... »

In late November, UNU and UNESCO agreed to establish a UNESCO–UNU Chair on Regional Integration, Migration and Free Movement of People. This new UNESCO–UNU Chair, to be located at the UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU... »

The Council of the United Nations University convened its 57th session at UNU Headquarters in Tokyo from 29 November though 2 December. The Council, the governing board that formulates the principles and policies which guide the activities and operat... »

During her first official visit to Japan, Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, delivered the keynote address at a UNU Public Symposium on “Climate Change and Education: UNESCO’s Role in the 2010s”. In her presentation at UN... »