Inequality

Connecting Perspectives: Highlights from the 2025 UNU Migration Network Research Symposium

Climate change, mental health, and gender inequality were key themes at the UNU Migration Network Symposium on 29 Sept 2025 at UNU-MERIT.

Inclusion in Body and Mind: Ensuring Full Participation of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Decisions Related to Nature

Law-making Initiatives of Small Island Developing States on Loss and Damage

Amid lagging global climate action, SIDS are exploring social and legal avenues for climate reparations and justice beyond UN negotiations.

Breaking through neurocysticercosis, the old-fashioned way

Lucia Celia Abril Garcia developed a pipeline to isolate parasitic microRNAS for an eventual early diagnostic protocol for this taeniasis

AI: A Ladder To Progress Or A Trap Of Division? The Choice Is Ours

Whether AI becomes a tool for shared progress or a weapon of division depends on the governance choices we make now.

Four Ways the International Scientific Panel on AI Should Approach AI Risk

Global AI governance enters new phase with launch of the International Scientific Panel on AI.

Webinar Launch of a New Supplement on Advancing Gender Transformative Approaches in African Health Settings

The webinar explored the programmatic and operational realities of gender transformative approaches in SRMH across different African contexts.

UNU and Egypt Co-host TICAD 9 Thematic Events on Africa’s Digital Future

The events brought together academic experts and government representatives at the intersection of education, governance and digital innovation.

Nurturing Leadership for Sustainable Development in Africa

Our event at TICAD 9 highlighted the contributions of the UNU-IAS Global Leadership Training Programme to achieving the SDGs in Africa.

From Traditional Aid to Mutually Beneficial Partnerships

Writing in The Japan News, our expert João Filipe Papel calls for a bold reimagining of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.