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
Conference
3rd International Conference: Geospatial Science & Technology for Earth Observation (GSTEO 2026)
Event
UNESCO Chair Special Session at the III LALICS Master's Academy 2026
Training
United Nations University Program on Digital Technology and Sustainable Development
Training
AI Research for Better Policy
Previous Events
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
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Essays on Automation, Trade, and Industrial Policy
Thao Trang Nguyen
Event
From Hype to Evidence: A Process Tokenisation Framework for the Public-Sector
The session will address how public-sector organizations can assess the applicability and feasibility of tokenisation within their processes.
Workshop
2026 ACUNS Annual Workshop on International Organisation Studies
We are pleased to co-organise the 2026 ACUNS Annual Workshop on International Organisation Studies in partnership with ACUNS and Narxoz University.
Degree Defense
Public PhD Defense of Justine Miller, UNU-CRIS PhD Fellow
The PhD defense by Justine Miller on "Disentangling the Spaghetti Bowl of Regional Integration" takes place in Ghent on Tuesday, 18 June 2026.
Event
Science Talk: Environmental Controls on the Conversion of Nutrients to Chlorophyll in Global Lakes
Global patterns of lake productivity