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News
Gender Equality Featured by UNU Sustainable Development Explorer
Led by UNU Macau, the EQUALS Research Group is an important research partnership addressing SDG#5.
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Workshop Details Findings on Global Important Agricultural Heritage Systems in East Asia
The event was held as part of a UNU-IAS project on monitoring and evaluation methods for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
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New Visiting Research Assistant
Catriona Craven-Matthews will be visiting research assistant of UNU Macau. She focuses on human rights, migration, gender, and human trafficking.
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Policy Brief Provides Guidance for Upscaling the SDGs in Higher Education
Recommendations for better bridging the potential of the higher education sector with the sustainable development agenda.
Media Coverage
Why MONUSCO Should Focus on Protection Instead of Going Back on the Offensive
The killing of fourteen UN peacekeepers were in the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this month.
Project
Key Performance Indicators for the Ministry of Justice
Enhance Portugal's justice system efficacy with a robust framework, detailed assessments, and strategic recommendations based on international rankings.
Project
Addressing Wicked Resource Management Problems
This project aims at identifying ways to better handle wicked resource management problems, both from a management and from a governance perspective.
Project
Transforming urban centers into smart cities with emerging technologies
The research project aims to develop a framework for transforming urban centers into smart cities with emerging technologies.
Blog Post
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
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.