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People — topics on improving lives of people everywhere
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Prosperity — topics on building a sustainable and fulfilling future
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Yifan Mao
Yifan Mao is a research fellow at the United Nations University Institute in Macau who focused on the intersection of AI, education, and a sustainable future.
Article
Ancestral Sociohydrology: Transforming Water Research by Learning from Multiple Ways of Knowing, Relating to, and Governing Water
The contemporary scientific concept of the hydrological cycle emerged within a positivist paradigm.
Commentary
Putting Sustainability at the Center of the AI Conversation
Writing in The Japan Times, our expert Jerome Silla highlights the transformative potential of AI for sustainable development.
Seminar
Organisational Capabilities, Digitalisation, and Labour Productivity
MAASTRICHT & ONLINE: Our UNU-MERIT Seminar Series, in collaboration with the MILE–SBE Seminar Series, is pleased to announce an upcoming research seminar featuring Elena Cefis, Full Professor at the University of Bergamo.
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Marino Tommaso Dezulian
Marino Tommaso Dezulian
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Muhammad Asim Shoaib
Muhammad Asim Shoaib
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Elisha Acheampong Darko
Elisha Acheampong Darko
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Adriana Catherine Bohorquez Diaz
Adriana Catherine Bohorquez Diaz
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Nabiyya Perennia
Nabiyya Perennia