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Innovation Practitioners and Scholars on AI: What Research Can Foster AI-Driven Innovation?

05 Dec 2025

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Analysing complex challenges: UNU-MERIT concludes a successful intensive course on Agent-Based Modelling.

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The Emerging Digital Technologies Reshaping Labour Markets: UNU-MERIT Paper Wins Best Paper Award at CONCORDi 2025

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Upcoming Events

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Degree Defense

PhD Defence: Bridging profitability and sustainability: Essays on Private Sector Innovation for Sustainable Development in Low-Income Contexts

Maximilian Bruder

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Conference

Call for papers: 13th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE)

December 10-12, 2025- Trivandrum, Kerala, India

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The Michael Cichon Graduate Award for Theses in Social Protection and Public Policy - 2025

Honouring excellence in social protection research at the 2025 Michael Cichon Graduate Award.

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Seminar

Online Q&A Session on UNU-MERIT's MSc Programme

ONLINE: On 11 December, UNU-MERIT will host a Q&A session for prospective students interested in their MSc in Public Policy and Human Development (MPP).

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