Information and data services and technology for sustainable water management

This project aims to develop and promote tools and services to provide the data and information needed for strategic water planning and management.

Promoting unconventional water resources and technologies for water-scarce areas

This project promotes a range of unconventional water resources to bring new water sources for human consumption and food production.

Organisational Decision-Making in Water Reuse for Smart Cities (SMART-WaterDomain)

This project aims to provide a systematic framework to facilitate the uptake of wastewater reuse in the industrial/ agricultural sector.

Dr David Alkaher

Elizabeth J. Taylor

AI & Global Governance: COVID-19 Underlines the Need for AI-Support Governance of Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Why a Water-Energy-Food Nexus could be the next step in creating cooperative AI-supported governance.

New Report Highlights the Potential of Technologies to Uncover Patterns of Labour Exploitation

Smartphone app Apprise allows for secure and confidential interviews of vulnerable populations to identify cases of human trafficking.

Dr. Akio Takemoto

Akio Takemoto was a Head of Programme and Administration at UNU-IAS. 

Understanding the urban space for better governance: use of nontraditional data for real time disaggregated decision making

This research project aims to harness non-traditional datasets and computational knowledge to formulate methods to aid the achievement of the SDGs.

5 Facts on Mangroves

Mangroves are an important component in the ecosystem, with many benefits.