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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MPP Experience Day
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: On Monday 14 April 2025, UNU-MERIT will host its first MPP Experience Day, an event designed especially for prospective students of our MSc in Public Policy and Human Development (MPP).
Seminar
Evaluation of Lifelong Learning in Higher Education - Lunch seminar
Cristina Mancigotti will present the project "Evaluation and Impact of Lifelong Learning in Higher Education: the case of a Dutch University".
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Essays on the economics of conflict and human capital in Central Africa
Soazic Elise Wang Sonne
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Missiles and Misfits: Reimagining Home and Security for Queer Internally Displaced Persons From South Lebanon.
This paper explores the intersection of armed conflict, displacement, and LGBTIQ+ identity, highlighting the challenges and resilience.
Seminar
The labour market effects of cash transfers to the unemployed: Evidence from South Africa
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Timothy Köhler, a Junior Research Fellow at the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) based in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
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
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: Pathways Towards Circular & Sustainable Economies in Developing Countries
Maria Tomai
Previous Events
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UNU-MERIT at the UN Behavioural Science Week 2025
This session showcases how behavioural science is being applied across the UN to inform policy, address sustainability challenges, and improve nutrition outcomes.
Seminar
Online Q&A Session on UNU-MERIT's MSc Programme
ONLINE: On 3 April, UNU-MERIT will host a Q&A session for prospective students interested in their MSc in Public Policy and Human Development (MPP).
Seminar
One Bed, Two Dreams: Female Migration, Conservative Norms and Foreign Brides in South Korea
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Giulia Briselli, a Postdoctoral Scholar at ESCP Business School, Paris Campus.
Event
Cash in Humanitarian Emergencies [Social Protection Webinar with WFP]
The Social Protection Master’s specialisation will be hosting the Cash in Humanitarian Emergencies webinar, where presenters from WFP's Delivery Field Support team will share their experiences and insights on how cash transfers can serve as a vital tool for social protection in humanitarian contexts.
Seminar
Social Preferences Across the World
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research week seminar featuring Alexander W. Cappelen, a professor at the Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Conference
PhD Event: March Research Days
In Person: Join our annual event as PhD fellows present their research.
Degree Defense
PhD defence: Why Political Actors Engage Young People In Public Policy: Educational Reforms in Ireland and Flanders
PhD Defence Lotte Geunis, UNU-MERIT
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Safeguarding (Digital) Cultural Heritage in Crises: Connecting Palestinians Beyond Borders and Forced Separation
Safeguarding Digital Cultural Heritage in Crises—understanding how tech protects and threatens Palestinian heritage amid conflict and displacement.