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Press Release
UNU-BIOLAC and Universidad Central de Venezuela Sign Agreement to Promote Academic Exchange in Biotechnology
The agreement stems from a successful academic experience and includes Mexican Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey as a technical ally.
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Who counts and who's counted: the complicated relationship between migrants and population data
This seminar traces how migrants were counted in UK censuses, showing how population data can mean recognition, risk, and evolving democratic power.
Seminar
Under pressure? Forced migration and public health
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring David Zuchowski, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economic Analysis at the Universitat de València and research fellow at Global Labor Organization (GLO).
Seminar
Reducing Racial Bias in Hiring: A Field Experiment with Colombian Firms
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series team is pleased to announce our upcoming research seminar featuring Jaime Millan-Quijano, Professor at the Department of Economics (Public Economics Section) at Universitat de Barcelona and a researcher at the Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
Seminar
Webinar #3 | From Field to Framework: How "Micro-Transformations" Became an ICEGOV 2025 Award-Winning Paper
3rd webinar of the series "Write. Review. Publish.", aimed specifically at the ICEGOV community, will feature Robert O. Ifeonu
News
UNU-IAS and Waseda University Sign Agreement on Academic and Student Exchange
Under the agreement, UNU-IAS and Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies will collaborate on research and educational activities.
Event
Webinar | Gender-responsive/-transformative interventions in HIV, TB, and Malaria programmes: What can we learn from the existing evidence-base?
Examining evidence on changes in health- and gender-related outcomes attributable to gender-responsive and -transformative interventions in HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria programmes.
Press Release
French National Assembly Publishes Report on the Establishment of a UNU Ocean Institute in France
France is establishing the first UNU Ocean Institute in Brest and French Polynesia, a project with unanimous parliamentary support.
Staff
Aurélie Richard
Ms. Aurélie Richard is a Junior Fellow at the United Nations University Paris Office.
Expert
Bianca Kodaira
Bianca is a UNU Research Fellow and Strategy and Policy Advisor at the newly reopened UNU Paris Office