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Research and academic activities aligned with every Sustainable Development Goal

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News 16 Mar 2018

A Social and Cultural Geographer Joins the Migrant Tech Team

Anoosh Soltani is the new Visiting Research Assistant of UNU Macau research team. She is about to complete her PhD in Human Geography at UoW.

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GGS Reporting Session

On 13 March 2018, UNU-IAS will organize a Reporting Session for its Grant for Global Sustainability (GGS) programme.

Expert Research Associate

Amina Ebrahim

Amina Ebrahim is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER focusing on tax administrative data in South Africa.

News 09 Mar 2018

Pilot of Apprise: Identification of Exploitation of Migrant Workers

UNU Macau's Hannah Thinyane, Karthik Bhat and Monticha Puthawong begin the initial rollout of Apprise to support labour exploitation identification.

Project 01 Mar 2018

Protecting the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of UN Sanctions

Challenges in UN Security Council sanctions, particularly in counter-terrorism.

News 24 Feb 2018

UNU Institute in Macau at the Migrating Concepts International Conference

Jenny Ju represented UNU Macau at the conference, presenting her research paper during the (Trans)Nation, Identity, and Cultural Production session.

News 07 Feb 2018

New Senior Research Assistants at UNU Institute in Macau

With Economics, Politics and Technology background, new researchers Don Rodney Junio and Dhaval Modi will bring fresh knowledge to UNU Macau.

Report 03 Feb 2018

Cradled by Conflict: Child Involvement with Armed Groups in Contemporary Conflict

This report seeks to understand how and why children become associated with, are used, and exit non-state armed groups in contemporary conflict.

Expert Research Associate

Maria Jouste

Maria Jouste is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER.

Expert Research Fellow

Carlos Gradín

Carlos is a Research Fellow at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).