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Upcoming Events
Seminar
Government Automation: Benefits, Risks and Key Enabling Factors
Event
SCIENCE TALK: Assessing Water Policy Interventions
Symposium
Empowering Lesotho: Unlocking Finance to Drive the Energy Transition in a Landlocked Developing Country
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Mobile Internet Diffusion and Development Impacts: Evidence and Heterogeneity Effects
Workshop
Co-creation for Public Administration: Engaging Citizens in the AI Lifecycle
Side Event
Rethinking Debt Sustainability to Kickstart Growth
Lecture
Valedictory lecture Prof Dr Clemens J.M. Kool
Seminar
Greening Education: Transforming Circular Economy Education for Future Generations
Previous Events
Side Event
Leveraging the Nexus Between Data and Capacity Development to Supercharge Domestic Revenues
SEVILLE: UNU-WIDER will co-organize a side event at FFD4 exploring the power of administrative data to improve fiscal systems and domestic revenue mobilization.
Event
Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)
Supporting reform of the international financial architecture and mobilizing investments in the Sustainable Developments Goals.
Conversation Series
Building Co-Existence: Towards an Inclusive Japan
On 26 June 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Ven. Kodo Nishimura, Buddhist monk, and Mr. Juan Pablo Reyes, publicist and photographer.
Event
SCIENCE TALK: UN Sustainable Development Goals 101
An Introduction to the SDGs for Cities
Degree Defense
BIG IDEAS Series
The World Drought Atlas: Understanding and Managing Systemic Drought Risks
ONLINE: On 24 June 2025, UNU will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Davide Cotti and Edward Sparkes, Senior Research Associates at UNU-EHS.
Conversation Series
India and the World: Democracy, Development and Justice
On 23 June 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Dr. Abishek Singhvi and Prof. C. Raj Kumar.
Degree Defense
Side Event
Addressing Loss and Damage in Informal Settlements: Pathways to Resilience and Equity
ONLINE and BONN: On 19 June 2025, UNU, Habitat for Humanity and UN-Habitat will co-organize a side event at the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany.
Conversation Series
The Future of Education, Culture and Science in the Digital Age
On 19 June 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Ms. Gabriela Ramos, former UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social Sciences.