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Upcoming Events
BIG IDEAS Series
Sowing Equality: Addressing Gender Barriers in Food, Water and Agricultural Systems
Event
SCIENCE TALK: The Geography of Invisible Vulnerabilities
Side Event
Societies in Harmony with Nature: Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities through the Implementation of the Satoyama Initiative and COMDEKS
Event
Workshop on Innovative Resource Mobilization Strategies for International Organizations
Side Event
Human Security and the Health Impacts of Ocean Plastic Pollution — Interlinkages between SDG 3 and SDG 14
Event
2025 Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Global Forum
Event
Reimagining Climate Governance: Reforms, Models and Actions
Event
Diplomacy in Transition: Women in Leadership
Previous Events
Workshop
Learning from the Global Majority: A New Global AI Governance
A workshop bringing together global voices to shape inclusive, sustainable, and responsible AI governance.
Event
Exhibition for Peace: 80 Years Since the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bombings
From 11 July, UNU will host an exhibition on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, nuclear disarmament and movements towards peace.
Event
SCIENCE TALK: Water and Food Security Challenges in North Africa
An Integrated Approach to Water Scarcity, Climate Resilience, and Regional Stability
Seminar
Seminar
Greening Education: Transforming Circular Economy Education for Future Generations
BEIJING & ONLINE: This parallel session of the 20th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology will explore how to integrate circular economy principles into business education.
Lecture
Valedictory lecture Prof Dr Clemens J.M. Kool
Prof Dr Clemens J.M. Kool’s valedictory lecture explores Europe’s challenges since the euro’s introduction and advocates for stronger integration and solidarity.
Side Event
Rethinking Debt Sustainability to Kickstart Growth
SEVILLE: UNU-WIDER will co-organize a side event at FFD4 examining insights from debt sustainability analyses to tackle debt burden and economic development challenges.
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Mobile Internet Diffusion and Development Impacts: Evidence and Heterogeneity Effects
Trang Thi Pham, UNU-MERIT
Workshop
Co-creation for Public Administration: Engaging Citizens in the AI Lifecycle
Join UNU-EGOV's workshop on co-creation strategies for citizen engagement in public sector digital transformation.
Symposium
Empowering Lesotho: Unlocking Finance to Drive the Energy Transition in a Landlocked Developing Country
On 3 July 2025, UNU will co-host a symposium exploring investment towards clean energy in the Kingdom of Lesotho.