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: Sneha Marydas & Cecilia Seri - Migration Seminar series
Coordinator: Soha Youssef - PhD Defences, UNU-MERIT PhD programme
Contact: Julia Walczyk
Upcoming Events
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Workshop
YSI Workshop on Structural Change, Inequality, and Growth
Join the upcoming workshop on structural change and income inequality, organised in partnership with leading scholars and institutions
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: The Role of Entrepreneurs and Financiers in the Circular Economy Transitions in Differing Geographical Contexts
Olga Rataj, UNU-MERIT
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Mobile Internet Diffusion and Development Impacts: Evidence and Heterogeneity Effects
Trang Thi Pham, UNU-MERIT
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Trapped in Poverty: Persistent Poverty in the Context of Global Crises
PhD defence Teresa Janz
Seminar
Executive Seminar on Successful University Leadership
This 3-day seminar, led by Emeritus Prof. Jo Ritzen and former Dutch Minister of Education, offers lectures, peer learning, and case-based examples.
Degree Defense
PhD defence: Innovative capacity in low-tech service firms: An analysis of the Brazilian boutique hotels and pest control sectors
Marcia da Mota Daros, UNU-MERIT
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: The Challenges of South America’s Lithium Triangle: Industrial Policies for an Emerging Global Value Chain
Mauricio Cespedes Quironga, UNU-MERIT
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Essays on Economic Complexity, International Trade and Minerals Economics
Jorge Valverde-Carbonell
Event
UNU-MERIT Internal Conference 2025
UNU-MERIT Internal Conference 2025: A vibrant platform for PhD fellows and researchers to share insights, foster collaboration, and drive innovation.
Previous Events
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Event
Economic Fitness and Complexity Summer School
A five-day Economic Fitness and Complexity Summer School, jointly organised by UNU-MERIT, UNU-CRIS and the Enrico Fermi Research Centre.
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Agents of human development? The strategies of (irregular) Filipino migrant domestic workers in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Lalaine Siruno, UNU-MERIT
Seminar
Bridging Promises and Reality: The Challenges of EU-Africa Migration Cooperation
Africa-EU migration policies show limited progress due to mismatched priorities, weak political will, and uneven resource commitments.
Event
Youth Innovate: Local Challenges, Global Solutions
Programme Joint Conference – UNU-MERIT -Porta Mosana College
Seminar
Open Source Software as Digital Platforms to Innovate
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Dr. Sergio Gabiel Petralia, an Assistant Professor, Faculty of Geosciences at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Event
On-line training on science, technology and innovation policy and policy instruments for Africa
UN-IATT Work Stream 6 on Capacity-Building in STI for SDGs will organise three online training sessions on 19, 21 and 26 May 2025 to enhance STI policy-making for SDGs, targeting African stakeholders and open to global participants.
Seminar
Shielding the few and perpetrating the pattern for the many: interaction of gender discrimination and status in predicting promotion
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Giulio Marini, a Senior Assistant Professor at the University of Catania, Italy.