Webinar Explores the Role of AI in Smarter, Sustainable University Management

Experts highlighted human-centred approaches and applications of AI to strengthen governance and operations in higher education.

Sylvia Nowack

Sylvia Nowack

Full-time PhD Programme

The full-time PhD track is a four-year programme in Maastricht, where scholars focus on their research, usually funded by a grant or scholarship.

UNU-MERIT

Shaping Tomorrow: Apply Now for UNU’s Digital Technology and Sustainable Development Program

Applications are open for UNU-DTSD 2026, where young scholars learn how digital tech supports fair and sustainable development.

Reimagining Urban Science for Global Sustainability: Five Strategic Research Areas

Maya Takahashi

Maya Takahashi is Senior Assistant to the Rector of UNU.

Exhibition: "Fuji-California Young Artists Expo 2025"

Young artists from around the world share their urgent messages on peace, the environment, poverty, gender and diversity.

Dr. Aya Suzuki

Dr. Aya Suzuki is Senior Vice-Rector of the United Nations University and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Prof. Simon Michael Papalexiou

Professor Simon Michael Papalexiou’s research is at the forefront of hydroclimatic variability and extremes, bridging advanced space–time stochastic modeling, downscaling, and climate change diagnostics. 

Dr. Dhimas Dwinandha

Dr. Dhimas Dwinandha is a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow jointly affiliated with UNU-IAS and the Institute of Science Tokyo.