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Open Call: Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD and ProSPER.Net Membership
Apply now to be a RCE on Education for Sustainable Development and for membership in ProSPER.Net.
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Development Must Tackle an Age-old Scourge — Slavery
The sustainable development case for ending modern slavery.
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Fourth SDG–UP Workshop Shares Japanese Universities' Contributions to the SDGs by Addressing Social Issues
On 27 January 2021, UNU-IAS organized the fourth workshop of the UNU SDG–University Platform (SDG-UP).
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Black Voices Matter: Does Systemic or Implicit Bias Freeze the Careers of Black Academics?
With staggeringly low representation of black staff among academics, how can we ensure constructive change and a ‘mindshift’ across the system?
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Apply Now for 2021 UNU-IAS Master’s and Doctoral Programmes
UNU-IAS is now accepting applications for September 2021 admission to its two postgraduate degree programmes.
Blog Post
Technological Innovation to Support Formalisation and Reduce Exploitation
Apprise and Apprise Audit support formalisation by providing a voice to workers who experience varying degrees of informality.
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Third SDG–UP Workshop Highlights SDGs-focused Research & Teaching for Japanese Universities
The workshop discussed university efforts to contribute to the SDGs by solving social issues as well as developing human resources.
Press Release
Ageing Dams Pose Growing Threat
By 2050, most people on Earth will live downstream of tens of thousands of large dams already operating at or beyond their design life.
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Apply Now for 2021 JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
UNU-IAS is now accepting applications for the 2021 JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship programme. The application deadline is 21 Feb. 2021.
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Now Accepting Applications for the 2021 UNU-IAS Master’s and Doctoral Programmes
The application deadlines are 12 March 2021 for the master’s programme, and 9 April 2021 for the doctoral programme.