Water Unequal Exchange: Embedded Groundwater, Chemicals, and Wastewater in Textile Trade from Bangladesh to the EU and the USA (2000–2023)

The JoongAng Newspaper Features UNU-IAS Director’s Speech on AI and Education

A keynote speech by Prof. Yamaguchi was featured by The JoongAng, a leading daily newspaper in the Republic of Korea.

The Future of Education, Culture and Science in the Digital Age

On 19 June 2025, UNU will host a conversation with Ms. Gabriela Ramos, former UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social Sciences.

Fostering Partnerships between DC and New York for Development Financing and Multilateralism

Advancing debt sustainability and multilateral cooperation ahead of FfD4.

Webinar Highlights Action-Oriented Teaching for Sustainability

Part of the UNESCO ESD-Net 2030 learning webinar series, the session explored how to empower learners to tackle global challenges.

Women, Peace, and Cybersecurity: a Gendered Approach to Empowerment in a Digitally Interconnected World

ONLINE: On 17 June 2025, UNU will host a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Jaimee Stuart, a Senior Researcher and Team Lead at UNU Macau.

Dr. Pinar Dinc

Dr. Pınar Dinç is a political scientist specializing in environmental peace and conflict studies, with a particular focus on the interplay between political power, climate and environmental change, ecological degradation, authoritarianism, resistance, and migration. 

Dr. Alesia D. Ofori

Dr. Alesia D. Ofori works at the intersection of governance, society, and sustainable development, investigating how political, economic, and socio-cultural processes across local, meso, and global levels shape the governance of natural resources and development outcomes.

Dr. Rolf Larsson

Dr. Rolf Larsson is a water resources researcher with a diverse background spanning computational fluid dynamics (CFD), snow hydrology, urban hydrology, and urban flood management. 

AI Efficiency: The Key to a Smarter, More Sustainable Future for Africa

Democratized AI solutions can enable Africa to utilize AI for critical applications such as agriculture, health care and climate resilience.