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Anca Dobre
Anca Dobre is a financial and administrative professional at UNU-MERIT.
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Article
Five Facts on Ocean Warming
The ocean is absorbing Earth's excess heat, with far-reaching consequences for people, nature and the global climate.
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Degree Defense
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Online Panel Session: UNU Paris on Science Diplomacy for the UNESCO IDSSD Global Conference
Join UNU Paris for an online panel session for the UNESCO IDSSD Global Conference!
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Padmi Ranasinghe is Presenting Paper at the City College of New York
Padmi Ranasinghe is presenting at the Climate Change, Biodiversity and the Political Process, an urban city programme at the City College of New York.
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Defining and Detecting Online Misogyny: Aligning Social and Computer Sciences
This paper examines disciplinary divides in defining online misogyny and calls for an integrated framework bridging computational and social sciences.
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Three Positions Open at UNU Macau
Applications open for Visiting Research Fellowship (2026), Senior Researcher – Team Lead (P3), and Training & Educational Analyst (PSA Contract)