Regular workshops and training courses are also held as part of the research and policy analysis programme. Regular events include:
- Short-term training programme on Policy Design and Evaluation (DEIP, DEPP, IATT or Tailored): Mindel van de Laar
- UNU-MERIT Seminar Series
Coordinators: Karthika Baby Sujatha, Lizeth Molina & Raghav Chakravarthy - Migration Seminar series
Contact: Melissa Siegel - PhD Defences, UNU-MERIT PhD programme
Contact: Micheline Goedhuys
Upcoming Events
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Seminar
Innovation and catching up: Policy lessons from Korea for Latin America and the Caribbean with Keun Lee | UNESCO Chair
Keun Lee draws on Korea’s experience to examine how technological innovation can support economic catch-up in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Seminar
Rent and Surplus Value in the Data Economy: Implications for Data Governance
The UNU-MERIT Seminar Series is pleased to announce an upcoming research seminar featuring Maria Savona, Full Professor of Economics at Luiss University and Professor of Economics of Innovation at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex. Her research focuses on technological change and innovation, employment and wage inequality, industrial policy, and structural change.
Workshop
Masterclass: Migration and Climate Change
This 2-hour masterclass offers an introduction to the intersection of climate change, migration, and digital infrastructures.
Event
Study Public Policy and Human Development | Online Master's Week 2026
Join our online session to learn about the MSc in Public Policy and Human Development and hear from the programme coordinator and a student ambassador.
Event
UNESCO Chair Special Session at the III LALICS Master's Academy 2026
Call for Master's students to join the UNESCO Chair special session at the III LALICS Master's Academy 2026.
Event
CILAC 2026-UNESCO Chair Panel on Science and Agriculture: Sustainability and Competitiveness
A roundtable at Foro CILAC 2026 on how science and innovation are transforming agriculture, sustainability and competitiveness in Latin America
Symposium
Call for Papers: Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium
The Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium invites research on innovation, structural change and development.
Training
AI Research for Better Policy
Previous Events
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Seminar
The Long-Run Persistence of Family Ties in Latin America
Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series is pleased to promote an upcoming research seminar featuring Juliana Jaramillo, researcher at the Central Bank and the Center of Regional Studies (CEER) in Colombia and research affiliate at the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: From Scientific Systems to Artificial Intelligence Adoption: Knowledge, Innovation and Technological Change in Latin America
Fernando Vargas, UNU-MERIT
Seminar
Mangrove Ecosystems as Nature-Based Protection against the Early-Life Mortality Effects of Floods
Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series is pleased to promote an upcoming research seminar featuring Enrico Nichelatti, Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Socio-Economic Inequality at the University of Luxembourg, LUX.
Seminar
Nearshoring en tiempos turbulentos with Ernesto Stein | UNESCO Chair
Nearshoring is reshaping global production, with important implications for productive development and policymaking in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Meaningful E-Participation Outcomes Through the Interplay of Supply and Demand-Side Drivers
Dobrina Poirier
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Diaspora Engagement in a New World Order: Diplomacy, Policy and Power
Dr. Martin Russell on the changing role of diaspora engagement in diplomacy, policymaking, investment, and talent attraction.
Seminar
My Shock Hit Differently: Political Favoritism and Fund Allocation after Hydrogeological Shocks
Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series is pleased to promote an upcoming research seminar featuring Professor Giuseppe Maggio , Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Palermo, Italy.