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Upcoming Events
Training
United Nations University Program on Digital Technology and Sustainable Development
Training
AI Research for Better Policy
Previous Events
Event
Breakfast Press Briefing: Global Water Bankruptcy & the Hidden Groundwater Crisis
Experts spotlight Global Water Bankruptcy and groundwater overuse, warning of mounting risks to food, drinking water, ecosystems, and stability.
Seminar
Webinar #7 | From Downtime Reads to Brave Leaps: Public Policy and Quantum Computing
Kimberly Moloney will discuss the "academic toe-dips", the actual research output, and the value of cross-disciplinary chats.
Event
Science Talk: Water Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance
Understanding the Indirect Toll of Conflict
Event
Exhibition: House of No Waste (HØW)
Exhibition of Global Ideas Competition House of No Waste at Kulturpalast, Dresden, 2 -11 July 2026
Event
Sixth SDGs National Children’s Poster Contest Exhibition
From 1 July, UNU is hosting an exhibition featuring SDG-themed posters created by elementary and junior high school children from across Japan and abroad.
Seminar
Detecting Technological Trajectories: Emergence, Convergence, Divergence, and Dormancy in Innovation Dynamics
Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series is pleased to promote an upcoming research seminar featuring Roney Fraga Souza from the Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Conversation Series
International Order Under Challenge
On 29 June 2026, UNU will host a conversation with Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament of India, and Prof. C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice-Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University.
Training
How Science, Technology, and Industrial Policy Will Shape Europe’s Future
UNU MERIT co-organises PhD Summer School 2026 in Strasbourg on Europe’s innovation, science and industrial policy.
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: The politics of selective visibility: Narratives, knowledge production, and entrenched biases of migration stories
Dr. Lorenzo Piccoli on how migration narratives shape public understanding, policy priorities, and the visibility of migration issues.
Event
Science Talk: From Space to Planetary Health
How Satellites and AI Reveal Earth’s Energy and Ecosystem Services