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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Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Barriers to Female Employment in Egypt: Gender Norms, Childcare, and Household Dynamics
Abdelrahman Mohamed Nagy Mohamed Hussein
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: mHealth-Enabled Differentiated Service Delivery for HIV Care: A Case Study of The Lighthouse Trust HIV Clinic in Malawi
Christine Njoki Kiruthu-Kamamia
Conference
UNU-MERIT Internal Conference 2026
UNU-MERIT’s Internal Conference is an annual event where researchers and fellows share work, exchange feedback, and strengthen collaboration.
Training
Intensive Course on Agent Based Modelling in Economics and Social Sciences
Master agent-based modelling for social science research with leading experts at the UNU-MERIT ABM Summer School in Maastricht.
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Migration, Remittances and Capabilities in the Global South: Exploring the India-Nepal Corridor through Aspiration and Capability Perspectives
Dr. Mandeep Grewal on migration, remittances, and livelihood opportunities along the India-Nepal migration corridor.
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.
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.
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
Who Stays, Who Rises, Who Enters? Innovation and Workforce Dynamics at the Firm Level
Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series is pleased to promote an upcoming research seminar featuring Professor Erol Taymaz from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara.
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Parity and Prejudice Inquiries into Social Media, Gender Inequality, and Development
Praachi Kumar
Training
Caribbean Capacity-Building Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation Policies and Instruments for the SDGs
The UN IATT Workstream 6 brings together partners for a Caribbean workshop strengthening STI policy and instruments for sustainable development in SIDS.
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.
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.
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.