Research Projects

Generating solutions to pressing development challenges

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UNU research focuses on the challenges faced by the United Nations and its Member States. Our current research portfolio supports all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 to inspire global action to overcome the world’s biggest challenges.

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Project 09 Dec 2024

UN Portugal Digital Fellowship “Capacity Building Programme on Digital Innovation and Transformation”

Building digital governance skills for inclusive, secure, and citizen-centred transformation in developing countries.

Project 06 Nov 2024

VerFarming Weisswasser

This project explores innovative approaches to local food production through vertical farming in the Lusatian region.

Project 11 Jul 2024

National Strategy for Digital Transformation in Guinea Bissau

Support Guinea-Bissau's digital growth through a comprehensive transformation strategy, enhancing public sector digitalisation, governance, and citizen services by 2030.

Project 06 Nov 2024

Resource Nexus Approaches to Sustainability Transformations in Plastic and Packaging Material Use, Reuse and Reduction (TRANS-PLAST)

This project examines plastics and packaging through the lens of the Resource Nexus, focusing on materials and waste.

Project 06 Nov 2024

Optimizing Water Management Strategies: A Resource Nexus Approach to Impactful Water-Food Sustainability in Water-scarce Areas (NEAR-Nexus Impact Irrigation)

This project researches how adaptive strategies of water management for agriculture can be implemented to deal with the emergence of water scarcity.

Project 06 Nov 2024

A Resource Nexus Approach to the Restructure of Financial Instruments (RENFIN) for Agriculture in India

This project looks at challenges faced by small land holder farmers in India to make finance more accessible facilitating adoption of good practice.

Project 06 Nov 2024

The Role of Stakeholders in Corporate Biodiversity Management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

This project examines the roles of stakeholders in the opportunities and challenges posed to biodiversity management in the unique ecosystems of MENA.

Project 17 Mar 2024

Financial Management and Policy Planning for Risk Financing: A Comprehensive Architecture towards Resilience

This project will strengthen the financial management of disaster risk and integrate risk financing into key policies where INFFs are used.

Project 22 Feb 2024

Portugal EGOV Index | Assessment of Portugal’s performance in the main international benchmarks on digital governance: analysis, recommendations, monitoring, and capacity development

Enhance Portugal's digital governance via strategic analysis and action plans, focusing on international benchmarks, continual improvements, and stakeholder engagement.

Project 15 Feb 2024

Strengthening Public and Private Actors’ Capacities to Operationalise a Laboratory on Innovation in E-Governance

Enhance Cape Verde's digital governance through an e-governance lab, fostering public and private sector collaboration for sustainable public services modernisation.