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From Satellites to AI: How Digital Technologies Are Reshaping Climate Resilience in Extreme Environments

12 Jun 2026

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They Want to Change Me; they Want me to be Someone they Want

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Women’s status in economics: Evidence from Africa, Asia, and Latin America

13 May 2026

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Building STI Policy Capacity: A Multi-Agency UN Effort in Action

13 May 2026

Upcoming Events

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Seminar

Ecosystems for Transformative Entrepreneurship in Africa

MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series is pleased to announce an upcoming research seminar featuring Erik Stam, Full Professor and Academic Director at Utrecht University.

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Degree Defense

PhD Defence: Essays on Automation, Trade, and Industrial Policy

Thao Trang Nguyen

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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.

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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.

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