UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies

Regional Solutions for Global and Local Problems

Researching and improving cooperation within and between different levels of governance.

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Studying Regions: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches to Regionalism

This specialist course aims to equip students with knowledge of foundational concepts, epistemic approaches and theories on regionalism.

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EGR

Essays on Global Regionalism

Essays on Global Regionalism is an open-access, two-volume collection of ~100 essays exploring how regions shape world politics and governance.
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Events

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Joint International Economics - UNU-CRIS Seminar: Mapping Climate-Related Planned Relocation and Retreat: Insights from Global and European Databases

Within the field of human climate mobility, planned relocation and retreat remain among the understudied forms of mobility.

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Land Restoration through Traditional & Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge

Exploring the role of Traditional and Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge in land restoration, biodiversity protection and planetary health.

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Workshop

2026 ACUNS Annual Workshop on International Organisation Studies

We are pleased to co-organise the 2026 ACUNS Annual Workshop on International Organisation Studies in partnership with ACUNS and Narxoz University.

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Degree Defense

Public PhD Defense of Justine Miller, UNU-CRIS PhD Fellow

The PhD defense by Justine Miller on "Disentangling the Spaghetti Bowl of Regional Integration" takes place in Ghent on Tuesday, 18 June 2026.

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News

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Amazon disasters cross borders, but risk governance stops at them

A new UNU-CRIS report assesses how eight Amazonian countries manage disaster risk, and why shared hazards demand a coordinated regional response.

06 Oct 2026

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International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2026: Building Resilience Starts at Home

The International DRR 2026 provides an opportunity to reaffirm that resilience is not created by infrastructure or technology alone.

05 Oct 2026

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Poster: Psychological First Aid via Offline-Capable AI Chatbot for Natural Disasters

Provide insights into the feasibility of offering scalable, infrastructure-resilient, AI-based mental health support in post-disaster settings.

28 Sep 2026

13DS Quito 2

14th Doctoral School on Latin American, European and Comparative Regionalism

Learn from leading academics and develop your research projects at this week-long programme, held in Quito, Ecuador.
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