Research Topics

Research and academic activities aligned with every Sustainable Development Goal

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The University shall devote its work to research into the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations and its agencies.
Charter of the United Nations University

People — topics on improving lives of people everywhere

Education

Gender

Health and well-being

Hunger

Poverty

Planet — topics on preserving and improving our environment and natural resources

Climate change

Consumption and production

Life below water

Life on land

Water

Prosperity — topics on building a sustainable and fulfilling future

Economic growth

Energy

Industrial policy

Inequality

Infrastructure

Jobs (decent work)

Sustainable cities and communities

Peace and partnerships — topics on fostering peaceful, just, and inclusive societies

Institutions

Justice

Peace

SDG partnerships
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Expert Assistant Professor

Prof. Dr. Zina Nimeh

Zina Nimeh is an assistant professor at UNU-MERIT’s School of Governance in the Netherlands, where she runs the Master’s specialization in Social Protection Policy Financing and Budgeting (part of the M.Sc. programme in Public Policy and Human Development).

Expert Associate Academic Officer

Dr. Erick Rostand Gankam Tambo

Dr. Erick Gankam Tambo is an Associate Academic Officer at UNU-EHS, where he is in charge of the conceptualization, organization and management of e-learning activities notably eLearning modules related to the core competency of UNU-EHS.

Expert Co-Head of GLOMOS Programme

Dr. Joerg Szarzynski

Prof. Dr. Joerg Szarzynski is the Co-Head of GLOMOS Programme at UNU-EHS.

Expert Senior Research Fellow

Rachel M. Gisselquist

Rachel M. Gisselquist, a political scientist, is a Senior Research Fellow with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and a member of the institute’s senior management team.

Expert Project Researcher

Marieke Zwartjes

Marieke Zwartjes is a Project Researcher at UNU-CRIS. 

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Robin Cowan

Robin Cowan is Professor of the Economics of Technical Change at the  University of Maastricht. 

Expert Senior Researcher

Dr. Adriaan van Zon

Adriaan van Zon is a Senior Researcher at UNU-MERIT.

Expert Senior Researcher

René Wintjes

René Wintjes is senior research fellow at MERIT (now the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology  — UNU-MERIT) since 1998.

Expert Researcher

Kirsten Haaland

Kirsten Haaland is a researcher at the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) who is interested in Open Source Software, Online Communities, Open Science, FAIR principles, Business Models & Business Processes.

Expert Professorial Fellow

Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen

Jo Ritzen is professorial fellow of International Economics of Science, Technology and Higher Education at the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.