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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The CliMent Training School 1: Methods in Climate-Mental Health Survey Design and Quantitative Data Analysis

UNU-CRIS and Ghent University are jointly hosting CliMent Training School 1 from 17–19 March 2026 in Bruges, Belgium.

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Seminar

ECOWAS Beyond the States: Rethinking How Civil Society Is Shaping Regional Governance in West Africa

Dr. Kogbe discusses regional engagements of civil society actors in Africa, drawing from his recently published book.

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COP30 Debrief: One Health as SDG Accelerator

Virtual panel discussion on COP30's One Health governance advances

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Co-Designing Infrastructure with Nature and Communities

BELÉM, BRAZIL: This session at the COP30 Resilience Hub will discuss how nature-positive infrastructure can align climate, biodiversity and equity goals.

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UNU-CRIS Partners with UN Global Compact Network Poland and SGH Warsaw School of Economics for Certificate Programme on ESG Reporting

UNU-CRIS partnered with UNGCNP and SGH for an executive ESG training program, featuring a keynote on regional integration by Philippe De Lombaerde.

16 Oct 2026

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Latin America’s energy transition needs regional power

A new UNU-CRIS report assesses how six regional blocs could advance Latin America’s energy transition, and why shared electricity markets matter.

13 Oct 2026

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Resilience Starts at Home: A Collaborative Dialogue on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Nidhi Nagabhatla, Coordinator of the Nature, Climate and Health Cluster, is participating in this webinar marking the International Day for DRR 2026.

13 Oct 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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