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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Conflict Prevention in the Era of Climate Change: Adapting the UN to Climate-Security Risks
Supporting the UN and its partners to develop climate-sensitive conflict prevention approaches.
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Due Process in UN Targeted Sanctions
The potential to advance the UN Security Council's use of sanctions to achieve its strategic objectives.
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The United States' Current and Future Relationship With the United Nations
US policy towards the UN under the Trump administration and effective, multilateral approaches to the UN's engagement with the US.
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UN Transitions: Improving Security Council Practice in Mission Settings
The Security Council's historical evolution in overseeing UN transitions.
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Project: Conflict Prevention in the Sahel: Emerging Practice Across the UN
Supporting the UN’s understanding of the situation in the Sahel - and how it can better respond to current and emerging risks
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No Research About Us Without Us: Participatory Policy-Oriented Research With Children and Youth Affected by Conflict
A participatory workshop model to assess the needs of children and youth impacted by conflict.
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Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Five Goals to bolster the industry’s response to modern slavery and human trafficking.
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The Iraqi State, Geopolitics, and the Popular Mobilization Forces
Policies that could potentially to chip away at paramilitary groups' power, mitigate their abuses, and enforce their accountability.
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Citizenship and Its Discontents in the Middle East: Kurdish Nationalism at an Impasse
The challenges facing Kurdish national identity in Iraqi Kurdistan's stalled political transition and the possibility for a new social contract.
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The New Geopolitics of Converging Risks: The UN and Prevention in the Era of AI
The emerging impacts of AI convergence on the United Nations’ prevention agenda.