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.
Project
Frugal Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Water 4.0 in Africa (FIUWA)
The results of the project will be utilized to kickstart an innovation community of practice that not only improves water infrastructure but also has the capacity to spur entrepreneurship and create jobs for youths
Project
Managing a Just Transition to Electric Mobility – A Resource Nexus Approach to End-of-Life Vehicles in the Global South
The project formulates policy recommendations for international trade regarding used battery-electric vehicles
Project
Resource Nexus for Sustainability Transformations (NEXtra)
The project supports doctoral students from the Global South working on sustainability transformations using a Resource Nexus perspective.
Project
Lusatian Resources - Sustainable Development of Coal Mining Areas through Adaptation of the Resource Nexus and Considering Social Change (LuReNex)
The research investigates the German role on global coal phase out and modelling pathways for other UN Member states
Project
The social dimension of sustainability in agricultural systems
This doctoral research is aimed at understanding and measuring the impacts of agricultural practices on the social dimension of sustainability.
Project
Digital Goverment Assessment Programme, Saudi Arabia.
The project goal is to help the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia improve the online presence and user-friendliness of key government entities
Project
Advisory service for the development of a climate analysis and justification for the Resilient Puna Project in Peru
This consultancy aims to secure funds to increase the resilience of high Andean communities towards the impacts of changing climate conditions
Project
E-Learning: Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change (E-HM3C)
This project involves the development of an interactive e-learning course on Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change.
Project
‘CRoss-sEcToral planning decisIoN-maKing platform to foster climate Action’ — ‘RethinkAction’
This project will build a cross-sectoral platform to deliver clear and valuable information on climate change that supports decision making.
Project
Sustainable Transformation in Coal Regions of the Global South: Challenges from a Resource Nexus Perspective (NEXtra Core)
The project aims at analyzing environmental legacies of the carbon age and developing perspectives for the energy transition in coal regions