Upcoming Events

UNU-MERIT organises various activities designed to stimulate academic debate, disseminate research findings, and facilitate knowledge sharing among researchers and policymakers.

Regular workshops and training courses are also held as part of the research and policy analysis programme. Regular events include:
 

Upcoming Events

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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.

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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.

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Workshop

YSI Workshop on Structural Change, Inequality, and Growth

A two-day Young Scholar Initiative (YSI) Workshop hosted by UNU-MERIT

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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

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Degree Defense

PhD Defence: Trapped in Poverty: Persistent Poverty in the Context of Global Crises

PhD defence Teresa Janz

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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.

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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.

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Previous Events

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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.

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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.

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EPRM Webinar

Join us for the EPRM Webinar on May 7th at 13:00 CEST

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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.

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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.

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Degree Defense

PhD Defence: Essays on the economics of conflict and human capital in Central Africa

Soazic Elise Wang Sonne

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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".

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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).

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