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News
UNU's Strategic Recommendations to the G20+: Advancing Citizen-Centered Digital Inclusion
UNU-EGOV advises G20+ on enhancing digital inclusion through data-driven, citizen-centred policy recommendations.
Blog Post
It Takes a Village to Raise GenAI: Navigating the Legal and Ethical Considerations
Part 5 of a blog series on the 2024 ACUNS session - It Takes a Village to Raise GenAI: Exploring GenAI’s Impact on Education and Research.
Article
The Limitations of Maximum Likelihood Estimation in Generative AI: An Obstacle to Representing Rare Information
As generative AI continues to permeate society, addressing its limitations is crucial to ensuring fairness, inclusivity, and accuracy.
Expert
Carlo Angelo Barace
Carlo is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.
Expert
Rajeev Ranjan
Rajeev Ranjan is part of the Joint PhD Programme of UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden.
Project
The future of UN peace operations
Shaping conversations and leading research on the dynamics affecting peace operations.
Staff
Dr. Gustavo Fermin
Gustavo Fermin is The Programme Coordinator of the UNU-BIOLAC.
News
UNU-MERIT Researchers Contribute to Eurostat’s First Manual on Business Innovation Statistics
The manual is a vital resource for statistical offices across the EU, offering detailed guidelines on collecting comparable business innovation data.
Blog Post
Bridging Sound Art and Science: A Conversation with Julie Semoroz
Conversation between Julie and UNU Macau, on the relation of art and digital technologies, sustainability and wellbeing.
News
Corporate accountability in global health governance? A case study of the Access to Medicine Index
A new briefing paper critically analyses the AtMI to evaluate voluntary corporate performance indexes as an accountability mechanism in health.