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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HI-PATH
This project aims to map the outcomes of livelihood innovations for climate adaptation and co-create climate-resilient development pathways.
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Resource Nexus Perspective on Climate Resilient Agri-Food System: Stakeholder Analysis, Land Management and Business Decisions (KlimaKonform)
This project aims to support the analysis of communities' capacities for climate change adaptation and facilitate land management and decision-making.
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Emergency preparedness planning for water supply and sanitation in health care facilities - organisational and technical solution strategies to increase resilience (NOWATER)
This project aims to deepen understanding of the factors that promote or hinder the continued operation of health and care facilities during crises.
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Evidence, Policy and Interventions for Covid-19 Tracker
This project aims to provide an inventory of public health, economic, social, and community measures taken to respond to COVID-19 in all countries.
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Analysis and Evaluation of the Sustainability and Resilience of Reinforcement Measures with Novel Mineral-bonded Composites
The project entails the analysis and assessment of the sustainability and resilience of new composites and reinforcing systems
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Smart Cities Position Paper
Advance South Africa's smart city vision with a defining position paper, focusing on tailored strategies, government roles, and coherent action plans for sustainable urban development.
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Blockchain Technology on Provision of Electronic Services Provided by Public Authorities and Private Sector Entities
This research project aims to identify the limits of blockchain technology in complying with GDPR and provide recommendations to address this challenge.
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Organisational Decision-Making in Water Reuse for Smart Cities (SMART-WaterDomain)
This project aims to provide a systematic framework to facilitate the uptake of wastewater reuse in the industrial/ agricultural sector.
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Understanding the urban space for better governance: use of nontraditional data for real time disaggregated decision making
This research project aims to harness non-traditional datasets and computational knowledge to formulate methods to aid the achievement of the SDGs.
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UM Barometer: Monitoring the 2017-2021 Action Plan of the University of Minho
Developing a tool to track and assess the initiatives from the 2017-2021 University Action Plan.