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Innovation Practitioners and Scholars on AI: What Research Can Foster AI-Driven Innovation?
Carlo Pietrobelli and Fernando Vargas joined experts to discuss how AI is shaping innovation in LAC and the policy priorities needed to guide its use
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Analysing complex challenges: UNU-MERIT concludes a successful intensive course on Agent-Based Modelling.
A week-long ABM course at UNU-MERIT gave PhD students practical tools to model complex dynamics and address today’s global challenges.
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The Emerging Digital Technologies Reshaping Labour Markets: UNU-MERIT Paper Wins Best Paper Award at CONCORDi 2025
Tommaso Ciarli and co-authors win CONCORDI 2025 Best Paper for mapping how emerging digital technologies reshape employment in Europe.
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Dutch election should make Europe’s universities think local
International excellence means nothing if the societies sustaining universities no longer feel connected to them, say Jo Ritzen and Job Zomerplaag
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A Global Vision for UNU-MERIT: In Conversation with Dr. Rohinton Medhora
In this interview, IAB Chair Rohinton Medhora discusses UNU-MERIT’s future and the importance of bridging research and policy.
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From brain drain to brain bridges: How mobile PhD scientists connect home countries to global science
Internationally trained PhDs aren’t a ‘brain drain’—they bridge Colombia’s researchers with the global scientific community.
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Bridging Theory and Practice: Gender, Corruption, and Capacity Development in Global Migration Governance
UNU-MERIT researchers reflect on discussions about gender, migration and governance at the CEHLAF 2025 conference.
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Bridging Research and Policy amid a Mandate in Crisis
A UNU-MERIT–UNRWA partnership shows how student research can strengthen UN policy and resilience in times of crisis.
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The UNESCO Chair at LALICS Rio 2025: Fostering Global Dialogue on Innovation and Development in Latin America
UNU-MERIT’s UNESCO Chair promoted a dialogue on innovation at LALICS Rio 2025, focusing on digitalisation and AI in Latin America.
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A reflection on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics- Giants and the shoulders they stand on
Academics reflect on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics and its focus on innovation and technological change driving economic growth.