Events

Opportunities to join UNU events worldwide

Events Header Photo

The UNU global network hosts events online and at diverse locations around the world. See individual event announcements for registration information.

If you would like to receive notifications about in-person and online events at UNU Headquarters in Tokyo and throughout Japan, please subscribe to the UNU Headquarters events mailing list.

Upcoming Events

Showing 1-8 of 20 results

Seminar

Social protection responses to forced displacement: recent approaches and field practices

Over 122M people were forcibly displaced in 2024. This highlights urgent needs to link humanitarian aid with national social protection.

-

Seminar

The Unpromised Land: Elites and Human Capital Development in 20th-Century Peru

MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Hector Paredes, a PhD Student at the Paris School of Economics working on Development, Globalisation, Political Economy and Trade.

-

Training

Online Training for Latin America on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy and Policy Instruments for the SDGs

Online training on STI policy and instruments for SDGs in Latin America, hosted by IATT and UNU-MERIT.

-

Conference

ICEGOV 2025 – 18th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

ICEGOV 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria, gathers global experts to shape digital governance through cooperation, innovation, and inclusion (4-7 Nov 2025).

-

Event

Science Talk: Extreme Weather Warnings

Reflections on the Role of Broadcast Meteorologists

-

Event

UNU-INRA’S KWAPONG LECTURE ON CRITICAL MINERALS AND GREEN INDUSTRIALISATION IN AFRICA

You're invited to the 7th session of the Professor Alexander Adum Kwapong Lectures - Nature Speaks

-

Conversation Series

Crime at a Crossroads: The New Dynamics Shaping Responses to Organized Crime

On 11 November 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Dr. Mark Shaw, Executive Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

-

Event

MPP Experience Day

MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: On Monday 12 November 2025, UNU-MERIT will host the MPP Experience Day, an event designed especially for prospective students of our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development (MPP).

-

Previous Events

Showing 1-10 of 1018 results

Event -

Digital Governance Dialogues | Webinar #1: Official Launch & Digital Governance Strategies and Policies

This first webinar will mark the official launch of the initiative and bring together representatives from PALOP countries.

Event -

Diálogos sobre Governação Digital | Webinar #1: Lançamento Oficial e Estratégias e Políticas de Governação Digital

Este webinar marca o lançamento oficial da iniciativa e reúne representantes dos PALOP numa partilha de estratégias nacionais de governação digital.

Event -

Science Talk: The Wildfire Paradox

Rising Human Exposure Despite Declining Burned Area

Conversation Series -

Building Peace by Building Strong Institutions

On 27 October 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Elizabeth Spehar, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support.

Event -

AI + Capacity Building

Wynn Palace, Meeting Room Tulip

Event -

AI + Education

Wynn Palace, Meeting Room Tulip

Event -

GenAI at the Edge: Smarter, Closer, and Greener (Closedoor)

Wynn Palace, Meeting Room Lotus

Event -

Digital Economy and AI Forum

Wynn Palace, Meeting Room Orchid

Event -

"Responsible AI for Judiciary support": Practical Example and Discussion

Wynn Palace, Meeting Room Jasmine

Event -

Smart Education Forum 2025

Wynn Palace, Grand Theater