Events

Opportunities to join UNU events worldwide

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

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Upcoming Events

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Science Talk: Spatial Patterns of Groundwater Use and Depletion in Transboundary Aquifers

A New Typology of Border-Zone Use to Identify High-Risk Regions and Guide Cooperation

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Documentary Film Screening: Astropolitics

On 23 April 2026, UNU will host a screening of the documentary film Astropolitics, which highlights how space has become more accessible, yet also more contested.

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Training

Communicating Science-Based Public Policies: Challenges in the Digital Age

This training seeks to outline a diagnosis of the challenges institutions face when communicating public policies grounded in scientific evidence.

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Global Governance Author Information Session & Book Talk

Global Governance invites scholars to a publishing info session and Q&A, featuring a book presentation by Editor-in-Chief Inken von Borzyskowski.

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Science Talk: Can Environmental Water Markets Sustain Utah's Great Salt Lake?

Bridging Water Scarcity and Governance Through Market-Based Solutions

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CONCERT: Gents Universitair Symfonisch Orkest (GUSO) and UNU-CRIS Welcome Nikola Meeuwsen

The Ghent University Symphony Orchestra (GUSO) and UNU-CRIS invite you to celebrate their respective 20th and 25th anniversaries on Monday, 4 May.

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Seminar

Webinar #5 | Publishing Challenges and Strategies to Overcome them

In this 5th webinar, Marijn Janssen will share actionable insights to improve submission success rates, including common pitfalls and best practices.

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Training

IATT STI Forum Side Event: Scaling Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Capacity Building: Lessons Learnt, Gaps and the Way Forward

UN side event on strengthening science and innovation policy capacity for the SDGs, sharing practical lessons, gaps, and next steps.

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Previous Events

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MPP Experience Day

MAASTRICHT : On Monday 13 April 2026, 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).

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Global Water Bankruptcy: Understanding the Impacts and the Way Forward for Shaping Regional Resilience and Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific

The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) hosts experts to speak on Global Water Bankruptcy and its implications for Asia and the Pacific.

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Online Q&A Session on UNU-MERIT's MSc Programme

ONLINE: On 9 April, UNU-MERIT will host a Q&A session for prospective students interested in their MSc in Public Policy and Human Development (MPP).

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Can combining education and entertainment in video games promote pro-environmental behaviour?

MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Stefania Innocenti, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford.

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Science Talk: Toward Scalable and Reliable Flood Mapping

Transforming Flood Prediction with Physics-Guided AI

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Digital Falsehoods and Global Risks: Why the UN Must Respond

Global Governance Policy Dialogue Series

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Webinar #4 | Inclusion by Design or by Assumption? What Mobile Banking Reveals About Digital Policy

This 4th webinar explores how interaction challenges reveal the relationship between interface design, digital policy, and user experience.

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Autism Assistance Dogs and Inclusive Society: Advancing Human Rights through Project ACCESS

On 2 April 2026, UNU will host a conversation with Yoshiko Paku, Representative Director of Assistance Dogs Japan.

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Science Talk: Predictive Understanding of Wildfire Ignitions Across the Western United States

Pattens of Interactions Among factors Governing Wildfire Ignitions

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Exploration in Research Teams: Building on the Shoulders of PhD Students

MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Professor Michele Pezzoni, Associate Professor at Université Côte d’Azur and linked to CNRS, GREDEG, and Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques, HCERES in France.