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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Water for Circular Societies
This project aims to provide scientific evidence and solutions for the development of sustainable urban water policies in Asia.
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Gender-based AI policy in Southeast Asia: Enhancing The Development of Standards and Frameworks for Critical Technologies in Southeast Asia
This project aims to define the current state of artificial intelligence policy in Southeast Asia in relation to gender, to improve the status quo.
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Phase II of the Southern Africa – Towards inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme
This project aims to support policy-making for inclusive growth and economic transformation, and bridge the gap between research and policy-making.
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UM Barometer: Monitoring the 2021-2025 Action Plan of the University of Minho
Developing a tool to track and assess the initiatives from the 2021-2025 University Action Plan, including designing the UM Barometer web portal.
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Development of the Water Information Management System (WIMS) as part of the CReW+ Project
This project aims to develop a Water Information Management System with other partners for water-related data to inform national decision-making
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UN Sustainability Strategy II
This project aims to establish the UN as a leader in environmental and social sustainability management by 2030.
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Update of WHO Gender Mainstreaming Manual
This project will oversee the updating of a key handbook on gender for health workers, promoting non-binary concepts and intersectionality.
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Barriers to Sustainable Infrastructure: the Case of Chile (SI-Chile)
This project will build a structured identification of the hurdles obstructing sustainable infrastructure.
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Development of NatCat Risk Profile Reports for ASEAN Member States (AMS)
This project will produce Risk Profile Reports for ASEAN member states that assess risk appetite and finance capacity for recovery from disasters.
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Integrating the Resource Nexus in Payments for Watershed Ecosystem Services: Conception and Application
The project aims to define an economically feasible and socially acceptable payments for ecosystem services (PES) scheme to aid watershed management.