Upcoming Events
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Seminar
Expertise at Work: New Technologies, New Skills, and Worker Impacts
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Anna Salomons, Professor at Utrecht University’s School of Economics and Professor of Labor Economics, Tilburg University.
Event
Women in Peace: Strengthening Economies to Address Violence Against Women
TOKYO: On 6 February 2025, UNU and Guardian Girls International, in partnership with KIF Japan, will co-host a panel discussion on women’s empowerment.
Event
SCIENCE TALK: An Easy Economic Decision? Nature-Based Solutions to Global Drought Risks
An Economic and Financial Appraisal of Investment in Nature-Based Resilience Strategies
Training
European Training Camp: UNU Digital Technology and Sustainable Development Talent Program (UNDSDP)
The UNDSDP Camp is designed for young scholars currently enrolled in higher education institutions or in early career research positions.
Event
SCIENCE TALK: Water Diplomacy, Its Tracks and Third Parties’ Mediation
Role, Limitations, and Potential Constraints of Third-Party Engagement
Seminar
Overview of the Civic Tech Field Guide
Reviewing the open-source project Civic Tech Field Guide with Matt Stempeck
Event
SDGs Café — Wells as an Emergency Water Source: What’s Their Potential?
ONLINE: This event will discuss the role of wells in securing water access during natural disasters, focusing on case studies from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Conversation Series
The Pact for the Future and International Peace and Security
TOKYO: On 28 January 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Tadamichi Yamamoto, Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University.
Event
Celebrating the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation in Canada
Calling for urgent action to protect the world’s rapidly vanishing glaciers
Conversation Series
Japan's Role in the Indo-Pacific — the UN, ODA, and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
TOKYO: On 23 January 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Dr. Yuka Ando, Senior Researcher at the India-Japan Laboratory of the Keio Research Institute at SFC.