Research Topics

Research and academic activities aligned with every Sustainable Development Goal

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Blog Post 13 Dec 2017

To Prosecute or Not To Prosecute: The Need for Justice in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

Envisioning a special court and transitional justice in Sri Lanka.

News 06 Dec 2017

Symposium Discusses Standardization of Eco-labelling and the Role of the SDGs

UNU-IAS and IDE-JETRO co-organized a symposium on standards and certification systems for environmentally friendly products and technologies.

Project 28 Nov 2017

Sustainability Science Journal

This journal promotes science-based predictions and impact assessments of global change.

Blog Post 10 Nov 2017

Can We Sustain Peace by Fighting Human Trafficking in Conflict? Lessons From Libya

A "prevention first" approach and its potential impact on the upcoming Security Council debate.

Media Coverage 08 Nov 2017

Secretary-General Guterres and Changes within MONUSCO

The UN's peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Expert Adjunct Assistant Professor

Vítor Fonte

Vítor Fonte is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV). He is also a full-time Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, and a senior researcher at INESC TEC’s High Assurance Software Laboratory (INESC TEC/HASLab).

Expert Doctoral Researcher

Andrea Beatrix Müller

Andrea Müller is a Doctoral Researcher at UNU-FLORES working on decision support in water management.

Project 23 Oct 2017

Digital transformation and emerging technologies

This research project aims to explore how emerging technologies can transform the public sector and decision-making, and support sustainable development.

Project 13 Oct 2017

Digital Government strategy and methodologies

This research project relates to the development, renewal, and redesign of the e-Government strategy into a digital governance strategy.

Project 22 Sep 2017

Global and Regional Multistakeholder Institutions (GREMLIN)

This project compares two different policy areas in the broad field of global public goods where multistakeholderism has become a defining norm.